1207.40: Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken: sesamum seeds

1. 1207 40 00 00 Sesamum seeds
2. 1207 40 10 00 Seed Free
3. 1207 40 90 00 Other Free

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£11m-20.6% · previous 12 months

Average import price£1.72 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
India	£4.8m	43.7%	-21.6%
Guatemala	£2.2m	20.1%	-28.8%
China	£1.7m	15.7%	+3.4%
Nigeria	£642k	5.8%	-9.2%
Chad	£483k	4.4%	-23.6%
Pakistan	£255k	2.3%	-39.8%
Bolivia	£222k	2%	+4.8%
Mozambique	£66k	0.6%	—

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Türkiye Free – 10% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 3.3% USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil Free – 7.2% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.6% Argentina Free – 7.2% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.6% Peru Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan 12% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · 7× specific or compound duty Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Niger	US$576m	12%
2	India	US$498m	10.4%
3	Sudan	US$403m	8.4%
4	Nigeria	US$386m	8%
5	Brazil	US$349m	7.3%
6	Pakistan	US$323m	6.7%
7	Tanzania	US$264m	5.5%
8	Mozambique	US$255m	5.3%
9	Ethiopia	US$240m	5%
10	Chad	US$204m	4.2%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$2bn	39.1%
2	Türkiye	US$453m	9.4%
3	Japan	US$364m	7.6%
4	India	US$237m	4.9%
5	South Korea	US$175m	3.6%
6	Israel	US$145m	3%
7	Egypt	US$103m	2.2%
8	Germany	US$103m	2.1%
9	Saudi Arabia	US$100m	2.1%
10	Greece	US$90m	1.9%

Import duty on this product around the world 164

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.

• 5%median duty
• 55number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 630%highest: South Korea, Venezuela, Bahamas

164

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	2.5%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	5%		2023
Angola	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	2.5%	0% – 5%	2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	4%	0% – 8%	2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	0%		2023
Aruba	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	0%		2023
Azerbaijan	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	35%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	2.5%	0% – 5%	2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Belize	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	5%		2023
Bhutan	0%		2022
Bolivia	13%	10% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	0%		2022
Botswana	7.4%		2023
Brazil	4%	0% – 8%	2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	5%		2023
Burundi	10%		2023
Cambodia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Colombia	10%	5% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Côte d’Ivoire	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	4%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	0%		2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	7.4%		2023
Ethiopia	5%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	8%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	5%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	5%		2023
Gibraltar	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	5%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	5%		2023
Guyana	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	30%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Iran	7.5%	5% – 10%	2020 · HS 2017
Israel	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	1.7%	0% – 5%	2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	10%		2023
Kiribati	20%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Laos	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	7.4%		2023
Liberia	5%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	12%*	0.1% – 49%	2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	10%		2023
Malawi	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	0%		2023
Mali	5%		2023
Mauritania	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	3%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	10%	0% – 20%	2023
Myanmar (Burma)	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	7.4%		2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	10%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	5%		2023
Nigeria	5%		2023
North Macedonia	0%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	3%		2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	4%	0% – 8%	2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	7%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	10%		2023
Samoa	20%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	5%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	5%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	5%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	7.4%		2023
South Korea	630%*		2023
Sri Lanka	20%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	0%		2023
St Lucia	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	5%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Sudan	25%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	1%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	5%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	10%		2023
Thailand	20%		2023
Togo	5%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	0%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	0%		2023
Tuvalu	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	10%		2023
Ukraine	5%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0%		2023
Uruguay	4%	0% – 8%	2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	5%		2023
Venezuela	40%		2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	5%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	4%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	25%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	15%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%		2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)

Classifications and correspondences

Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.

SITC Rev. 4

2225 Sesame (Sesamum) seeds

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 1111

CPC 2.1 product

01444 Sesame seed

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

0111 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

1. Tariff change 28 July 2026

   Notice of Actions in Section 301 Investigations of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure of Each Economy To Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced With Forced Labor

   FR Doc. 2026-15181 · 91 FR 47318 · Source: federalregister.gov

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