Subheading · Chapter 12 · Heading 1211
1211.20: Plants and parts of plants: ginseng roots
Official description Ginseng roots
1211.20 is a six-digit subheading of heading 1211, plants and parts of plants, chapter 12.
What you pay
Importing into UK from Barbados
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 1211 20 00 00 Ginseng roots Free
Additional duties and import rulesBarbados
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 3
- Import controlPhytosanitary Certificate (import)
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Curaçao, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard & McDonald Islands, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Isle of Man, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macao SAR China, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Réunion, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Barthélemy, St Helena, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Outlying Islands, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1527
- Documents
- N851
- 901Y
- 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))
- Import controlImport control - CITES
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2021 No. 54
- Documents
- C400 Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate
- Y900 Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
- Import controlImport control of organic products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/693
- Documents
- C644 Certificate of inspection for organic products
- Y929 Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | £204k | 52.2% | -52.9% |
 South Korea | £126k | 32.2% | +147.9% |
 Germany | £26k | 6.8% | +94.2% |
 Netherlands | £16k | 4.1% | — |
 India | £11k | 2.9% | +63.8% |
 France | £3k | 0.8% | -74.1% |
 South Africa | £3k | 0.7% | — |
 United States | £931 | 0.2% | -95.8% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU
TürkiyeWorld trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$10kUS$10k+US$135k+US$3m+> US$58m
Exports: 87
- China: US$96m
- South Korea: US$84m
- Canada: US$58m
- United States: US$42m
- Taiwan: US$10m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$7m
- Singapore: US$3m
- Germany: US$1m
- Belgium: US$901k
- France: US$488k
- Syria: US$376k
- India: US$372k
- Morocco: US$333k
- Malaysia: US$269k
- Spain: US$178k
- Italy: US$171k
- Netherlands: US$166k
- Indonesia: US$135k
- Japan: US$130k
- Thailand: US$110k
- United Kingdom: US$89k
- Nigeria: US$84k
- Czechia: US$62k
- Brazil: US$45k
- Pakistan: US$45k
- Austria: US$39k
- Colombia: US$36k
- South Africa: US$35k
- Macao SAR China: US$32k
- Peru: US$30k
- Philippines: US$23k
- Guam: US$20k
- Sweden: US$19k
- Poland: US$14k
- Egypt: US$10k
- Vietnam: US$9k
- Latvia: US$9k
- Slovenia: US$8k
- Russia: US$7k
- Sri Lanka: US$7k
- Australia: US$7k
- Ireland: US$6k
- Kuwait: US$6k
- Guatemala: US$6k
- Serbia: US$5k
- Cambodia: US$5k
- Romania: US$4k
- Malawi: US$3k
- Mexico: US$2k
- Denmark: US$2k
- Algeria: US$2k
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$2k
- Senegal: US$1k
- Cameroon: US$800
- Switzerland: US$700
- Hungary: US$700
- Lesotho: US$700
- Benin: US$600
- Uganda: US$500
- Uzbekistan: US$500
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$18kUS$18k+US$143k+US$1m+> US$28m
Imports: 123
- China: US$115m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$73m
- Japan: US$46m
- Taiwan: US$28m
- United States: US$11m
- Canada: US$5m
- Malaysia: US$5m
- Singapore: US$4m
- Vietnam: US$3m
- Italy: US$2m
- France: US$2m
- Germany: US$1m
- Macao SAR China: US$777k
- United Kingdom: US$684k
- Spain: US$597k
- South Korea: US$512k
- Netherlands: US$490k
- Saudi Arabia: US$478k
- Türkiye: US$442k
- Iran: US$391k
- India: US$362k
- Australia: US$338k
- Poland: US$269k
- Russia: US$261k
- Thailand: US$209k
- Denmark: US$182k
- Indonesia: US$169k
- Czechia: US$167k
- Luxembourg: US$151k
- Belgium: US$143k
- United Arab Emirates: US$139k
- New Zealand: US$133k
- Austria: US$110k
- Sweden: US$102k
- Mexico: US$76k
- Switzerland: US$74k
- Slovakia: US$73k
- Morocco: US$58k
- Norway: US$58k
- Egypt: US$57k
- Chile: US$57k
- Kuwait: US$54k
- Bulgaria: US$54k
- Colombia: US$46k
- Slovenia: US$45k
- Myanmar (Burma): US$43k
- Algeria: US$38k
- Pakistan: US$37k
- Guatemala: US$37k
- Ukraine: US$36k
- Portugal: US$36k
- Iceland: US$34k
- Hungary: US$32k
- North Korea: US$29k
- Argentina: US$28k
- South Africa: US$26k
- Uruguay: US$24k
- Ireland: US$19k
- Paraguay: US$18k
- Trinidad & Tobago: US$17k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | US$96m | 31.3% |
| 2 | South Korea | US$84m | 27.4% |
| 3 |  Canada | US$58m | 19.2% |
| 4 | United States | US$42m | 13.9% |
| 5 |  Taiwan | US$10m | 3.3% |
| 6 |  Hong Kong SAR China | US$7m | 2.2% |
| 7 |  Singapore | US$3m | 1% |
| 8 | Germany | US$1m | 0.4% |
| 9 |  Belgium | US$901k | 0.3% |
| 10 | France | US$488k | 0.2% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | US$115m | 37.8% |
| 2 | Hong Kong SAR China | US$73m | 24% |
| 3 |  Japan | US$46m | 15.2% |
| 4 | Taiwan | US$28m | 9.2% |
| 5 | United States | US$11m | 3.7% |
| 6 | Canada | US$5m | 1.7% |
| 7 |  Malaysia | US$5m | 1.7% |
| 8 | Singapore | US$4m | 1.3% |
| 9 |  Vietnam | US$3m | 1% |
| 10 |  Italy | US$2m | 0.8% |
Code history
Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 2008.99.
Subheading 1211.20 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 1211.20; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 173 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 173 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £391.2k (down 28% on the year before), at an average of £22.10 per kg; China supplied 52%, followed by South Korea.
World trade in these goods reached US$305m in 2024, down 15.1% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 31.3% of the total, ahead of South Korea.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for plants and parts of plants: ginseng roots?
Plants and parts of plants: ginseng roots fall under HS subheading 1211.20, part of heading 1211, in section II of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on plants and parts of plants: ginseng roots in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 1211.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on plants and parts of plants: ginseng roots in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 1211.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most plants and parts of plants: ginseng roots?
China, with US$96m in 2024 (31.3% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
173 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (52%), South Korea (32%) and Germany (7%), out of total imports of £391.2k.