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Chapter 12 HSN codes: oil seeds and grains

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder. Every heading in chapter 12 with its GST rate; search any 8-digit code below.

Rates checked · from the official GST notifications

    Rates from the CBIC notifications (9/2025, 10/2025 and 19/2025 for goods; 11/2017 as amended by 15/2025 for services), checked October 2026. Calculate GST

    Headings in chapter 12 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    1201Soya beans, whether or not broken4 tariff items0% or 5%
    1202Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken13 tariff items0% or 5%
    1203Copra1 tariff item0% or 5%
    1204Linseed, whether or not broken2 tariff items0% or 5%
    1205Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken2 tariff items0% or 5%
    1206Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken2 tariff items0% or 5%
    1207Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken23 tariff items0% or 5%
    1208Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard2 tariff items0% or 5%
    1209Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing20 tariff items0% or 5%
    1210Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin2 tariff items0% or 5%
    1211Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purpose, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered56 tariff items0% or 5%
    1212Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugarcane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included17 tariff items0% or 5%
    1213Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets1 tariff item0% or 5%
    1214Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets2 tariff items0% or 5%

    Where a heading shows two rates, its codes or its goods differ: tap the heading to see each 8-digit code and the condition for each rate.

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    What chapter 12 covers

    Chapter 12 of the tariff is "Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder". It has 14 four-digit headings and 147 eight-digit tariff items, such as 1201 (Soya beans, whether or not broken), 1202 (Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or), 1203 (Copra).

    GST rates in chapter 12

    By tariff item: see the table. For 147 of them the rate depends on how the goods are described or sold (for example the sale price, or whether they are pre-packaged and labelled), so the finder shows each option with its condition.

    Questions

    What is HSN code 1201?

    Heading 1201 is "Soya beans, whether or not broken". GST: 0% or 5%.

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