EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 1209.22
1209 22 10: Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 1209 Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing:
- Seeds of forage plants:
- 1209 22 Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds:
- 1209 22 10 Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)
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 5
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 50% with document Y-155 (Products exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or Belarus) · otherwise free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- Regulation 1227/25
- Documents
- Y155 Products exported directly or indirectly from the Russian Federation or Belarus
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 50%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- Regulation 1227/25
- 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 5
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- Regulation 0285/18
- Import controlOfficial control - plants
- Applies to goods from
- Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Uruguay
- Legal act
- Regulation 2072/19
- Documents
- C085 Common Health Entry Document for Plants and Plant Products (CHED-PP) (as set out in Part 2, Section C of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Y146 Exemption for products intended for scientific purposes in accordance with Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
- Y171 Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- 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.
-
Austria 13% reduced rate
-
Belgium 6% reduced rate
-
Bulgaria 20%
-
Croatia 5% reduced rate
-
Cyprus 5% reduced rate
-
Czechia 12% reduced rate
-
Denmark 25%
-
Estonia 24%
-
Finland 25.5%
-
France 5.5% reduced rate
-
Germany 7% reduced rate
-
Greece 13% reduced rate
-
Hungary 27%
-
Ireland 23%
-
Italy 10% reduced rate
-
Latvia 12% reduced rate
-
Lithuania 21%
-
Luxembourg 3% reduced rate
-
Malta 0% reduced rate
-
Netherlands 21%
-
Poland 5% / 8% reduced rate
-
Portugal 6% reduced rate
-
Romania 11% reduced rate
-
Slovakia 19% reduced rate
-
Slovenia 9.5% reduced rate
-
Spain 10% reduced rate
-
Sweden 25%
TEDB · 3 November 2026
EU: imports by month · HS 1209.22
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| €8.7m | 25.1% | +6% | |
| €7.3m | 21.2% | +8.8% | |
| €6.2m | 18% | -7.9% | |
| €5.1m | 14.6% | +100.4% | |
| €2.5m | 7.1% | +46.8% | |
| €1.7m | 4.8% | -14.8% | |
| €1.2m | 3.5% | +5.7% | |
| €494k | 1.4% | -81.4% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
1209.22 Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds
EU lines: 1209.22
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 | Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) | Free | — |
| 2025 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2024 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2023 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2022 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2021 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2020 | unchanged | Free | — |
| 2019 | Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) | Free | — |
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 1209 22 10 is one of 2 lines under subheading 1209.22, clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds.
The third-country duty is free, and quantities are declared in —.
In the EU, additional duty of 50% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported goods of subheading 1209.22 worth €34.6m (down 0% on the year before), at an average of €3.50 per kg; New Zealand supplied 25%, followed by Australia.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 19.3%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is free, the Argentina duty is free, 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 free, the Switzerland duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 1209.22 worth US$152m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was New Zealand.
Questions and answers
What is the EU import duty for CN code 1209 22 10?
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.
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 1209 22 10?
Additional duty of 50% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
Where does the EU import these goods from?
For subheading 1209.22 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was New Zealand (US$12m), followed by Argentina.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.