Argentine Tariff (NCM-SIM) · NCM-SIM code · HS 1206.00
1206.00.90.290: Sunflower seeds: Tipo confitería, con cáscara, con un contenido de materia: las demás
Sunflower seeds
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Argentine Tariff (NCM-SIM), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
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- 1206 SEMILLA DE GIRASOL, INCLUSO QUEBRANTADA.
- 1206.00 SEMILLA DE GIRASOL, INCLUSO QUEBRANTADA.
- 1206.00.90 Las demás
- 1206.00.90.2 Tipo confitería, con cáscara, con un contenido de materia grasa inferior o igual al 36 % en peso, calculado sobre sustancia seca y libre de cuerpos extraños y en el que por lo menos el 90 % de los granos presente un ancho máximo superior o igual a 7,5 mm (R.747/95 MEYOSP)
- 1206.00.90.290 Las demás
What you pay
Importing into Argentina
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
1206.00 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken
UK Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
EU Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free – 20% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 9.2% 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Mexico Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Brazil Free – 7.2% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3.6% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 16 tariff lines · 14× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina lines: 1206.00
- 1206.00.10.000SEMILLA DE GIRASOL, INCLUSO QUEBRANTADA: para siembra
- 1206.00.90.110En envases inmediatos de contenido neto inferior o igual a 2 kg (Res. 835/05 SAGPyA)
- 1206.00.90.190SEMILLA DE GIRASOL, INCLUSO QUEBRANTADA: las demás, descascaradas (R.747/95 MEYOSP), las demás
- 1206.00.90.210En envases inmediatos de contenido neto inferior o igual a 2 kg (Res. 835/05 SAGPyA)
- 1206.00.90.290Tipo confitería, con cáscara, con un contenido de materia: las demás
- 1206.00.90.910A granel, con hasta el 15 % embolsado (Ley 21.453)
- 1206.00.90.921En envases inmediatos de contenido neto inferior o igual a 2 kg (Res. 835/05 SAGPyA)
- 1206.00.90.929Más del 15 % embolsado (Ley 21.453): las demás
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- 600013260 HMRC
Dried sunflower seeds Dried sunflower seeds for human consumption. The sunflower seeds are harvested from mature sunflower plants, cleaned thoroughly, and dehulled to remove the outer shell. Afterward, the seeds are gently dried, with no added ingredients and then packaged in a 100g pouch.
- 600010114 HMRC
Bird food 100% Black Sunflower seeds. The seeds are for feeding wild garden birds. Comprises of the whole seeds mainly black but some have white stripes, they are not shelled. The end consumer places the sunflowers in a bird seed feeder, or bird feeding table, or on the ground to attract a variety…
- 600010062 HMRC
Sunflower seed hearts. 100% Sunflower seed hearts, the seeds are for feeding of wild garden birds. Comprises of de-hulled (shelled) sunflower seeds which are broken and unbroken in the hulling process. The end consumer places the sunflower hearts in a bird seed feeder, or bird feeding table, or on…
- 600009215 HMRC
The product is a grow your own sunflower set. It consists of a polypropylene plastic flowerpot. This contains a soil disc which is made of bamboo powder, coconut Fibre, corn starch and water and contain sunflower seeds (Helianthus annuus). They are then packaged in a paper Bag package.
Legal notes
NCM-SIM code 1206.00.90.290 is a line of the Argentine Tariff (NCM-SIM) under HS subheading 1206.00 (sunflower seeds, whether or not broken).
The extra-zone duty (AEC) is 7.2%, and quantities are declared in KILOGRAMO.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 0%–20%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 0%–7.2%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
Argentina imported goods of subheading 1206.00 worth US$6m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the Argentina import duty for NCM-SIM code 1206.00.90.290?
The extra-zone duty (AEC) in the Argentine Tariff (NCM-SIM) is 7.2%; the supplementary unit is KILOGRAMO. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does Argentina import these goods from?
For subheading 1206.00 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$3m), followed by Chile.