EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 1207.60
1207 60 00: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken:
- 1207 60 00 Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds
What you pay
Importing into EU
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 3
- Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- until 31 October 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 0382/26
- Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- from 1 November 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 0382/26
- Handling feeUnion handling fee 2 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- from 1 November 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 2108/26
- Documents
- Y126 Goods sold in distance sales
Import requirements 4
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- Regulation 0285/18
- Import controlImport control of organic products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
- Legal act
- Regulation 2306/21
- Import control
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- Regulation 0692/14
- Import control
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- Regulation 0263/22
- Documents
- Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
- N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
- N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Import VAT in the EU member states
The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.
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Austria 10% reduced rate
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Belgium 6% reduced rate
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Bulgaria 20%
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Croatia 5% reduced rate
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Cyprus 5% reduced rate
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Czechia 12% reduced rate
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Denmark 25%
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Estonia 24%
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Finland 13.5% reduced rate
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France 5.5% reduced rate
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Germany 7% reduced rate
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Greece 13% reduced rate
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Hungary 27%
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Ireland 23%
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Italy 4% / 10% reduced rate
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Latvia 12% reduced rate
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Lithuania 21%
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Luxembourg 3% reduced rate
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Malta 0% reduced rate
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Netherlands 9% reduced rate
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Poland 5% / 8% reduced rate
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Portugal 23%
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Romania 11% reduced rate
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Slovakia 19% reduced rate
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Slovenia 9.5% reduced rate
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Spain 10% reduced rate
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Sweden 6% reduced rate
TEDB · 25 October 2026
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and 8 moreAntarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, New Caledonia, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| EU–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| EU–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| EU–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| EU–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. | Western Sahara | Free |
| EU–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| EU–United Kingdom agreement | United Kingdom | Free |
| EU–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| EU–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| EU–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| EU–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| EU–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| EU–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| EU–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| EU–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| EU–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| EU–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| EU–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| EU–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| EU–San Marino customs union | San Marino | Free |
| EU–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
Footnotes
Duty applicable, except for products originating in or exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, where an ad valorem duty of 50 % applies.
EU: imports by month · HS 1207.60
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| €6.3m | 64.3% | +119.5% | |
| €1.6m | 16% | +85.6% | |
| €1.4m | 14.6% | +111.3% | |
| €268k | 2.7% | -86.3% | |
| €183k | 1.9% | -65.9% | |
| €19k | 0.2% | -18.6% | |
| €9k | 0.1% | +494.3% | |
| €7k | 0.1% | +35,033.3% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
1207.60 Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds
Legal notes
Notes
1. Heading 1207 applies, inter alia, to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil seeds, sesamum seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts (karite nuts). It does not apply to products of heading 0801 or 0802 or to olives (Chapter 7 or 20).
2. Heading 1208 applies not only to non-defatted flours and meals but also to flours and meals which have been partially defatted or defatted and wholly or partially refatted with their original oils. It does not, however, apply to residues of headings 2304 to 2306.
3. For the purposes of heading 1209, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, seeds of ornamental flowers, vegetable seeds, seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of vetches (other than those of the species Vicia faba) or of lupines are to be regarded as ‘seeds of a kind used for sowing’.
Heading 1209 does not, however, apply to the following, even if for sowing:
(a) leguminous vegetables or sweetcorn (Chapter 7);
(b) spices or other products of Chapter 9;
(c) cereals (Chapter 10); or
4. Heading 1211 applies, inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof: basil, borage, ginseng, hyssop, liquorice, all species of mint, rosemary, rue, sage and wormwood.
Heading 1211 does not, however, apply to:
(a) medicaments of Chapter 30;
(b) perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or
(c) insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading 3808.
5. For the purposes of heading 1212, the term ‘seaweeds and other algae’ does not include:
This line in earlier years
The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.
| Year | Description | Third-country duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds | Free | — |
| 2025 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2024 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2023 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2022 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2021 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2020 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2019 | Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds | Free | — |
CN code 1207 60 00 is a line of the EU Combined Nomenclature under HS subheading 1207.60 (safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds).
The third-country duty is free, and quantities are declared in —.
57 countries pay no duty in the EU thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as CARIFORUM and OCTs, against a standard rate of Free.
Imports of goods of subheading 1207.60 into the EU came to €9.8m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 40% on the year before); Kazakhstan supplied 64%, followed by Türkiye.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 23.4%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–10%, the Brazil duty is 0%–7.2%, the Argentina 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%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 1207.60 worth US$24m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Russia.
Questions and answers
What is the EU import duty for CN code 1207 60 00?
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is free; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 1207 60 00?
57 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 57 of them at 0%, under CARIFORUM, OCTs and SADC EPA and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
Where does the EU import these goods from?
For subheading 1207.60 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Russia (US$5m), followed by Argentina.