Subheading · Chapter 12 · Heading 1212
1212.29: Seaweeds and other algae: other
Official description Other
1212.29 is a six-digit subheading of heading 1212, locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh…, chapter 12.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 1212 29 00 00 Other Free
- 1212 29 00 10 Fresh Free
- 1212 29 00 90 Other Free
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 1
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- 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
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | 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) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5.4m | 61.3% | +23.9% | |
| £1.1m | 12% | -29.1% | |
| £424k | 4.8% | — | |
| £315k | 3.6% | +69.5% | |
| £272k | 3.1% | -56.9% | |
| £255k | 2.9% | -5.1% | |
| £185k | 2.1% | +68.3% | |
| £157k | 1.8% | -4.5% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$113kUS$113k+US$2m+US$6m+> US$18m
Exports: 117
- Chile: US$102m
- Ireland: US$38m
- Peru: US$21m
- Indonesia: US$18m
- Canada: US$13m
- Philippines: US$11m
- China: US$11m
- Morocco: US$9m
- Iceland: US$8m
- France: US$7m
- Tanzania: US$6m
- South Africa: US$5m
- Norway: US$5m
- United States: US$5m
- United Kingdom: US$4m
- Vietnam: US$4m
- Portugal: US$4m
- Solomon Islands: US$4m
- Madagascar: US$3m
- South Korea: US$3m
- Netherlands: US$3m
- Japan: US$3m
- Malaysia: US$3m
- Spain: US$3m
- Germany: US$2m
- Brazil: US$2m
- Italy: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Denmark: US$1m
- Australia: US$1m
- Benin: US$983k
- United Arab Emirates: US$826k
- Venezuela: US$815k
- Sweden: US$774k
- Taiwan: US$719k
- Afghanistan: US$664k
- Poland: US$568k
- Austria: US$459k
- Mexico: US$433k
- Greece: US$372k
- Israel: US$295k
- Lithuania: US$294k
- St Lucia: US$282k
- Cyprus: US$239k
- Brunei: US$232k
- Slovenia: US$231k
- India: US$227k
- Tunisia: US$173k
- Russia: US$155k
- Honduras: US$129k
- Pakistan: US$115k
- Mozambique: US$113k
- Czechia: US$112k
- Sri Lanka: US$111k
- Singapore: US$105k
- Finland: US$101k
- Argentina: US$85k
- Türkiye: US$66k
- Thailand: US$63k
- Ukraine: US$56k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$49kUS$49k+US$622k+US$3m+> US$13m
Imports: 150
- China: US$118m
- United States: US$32m
- France: US$25m
- Spain: US$16m
- Japan: US$13m
- United Kingdom: US$12m
- Australia: US$8m
- Canada: US$7m
- Germany: US$7m
- Denmark: US$6m
- Italy: US$5m
- Austria: US$5m
- Chile: US$4m
- Norway: US$4m
- India: US$3m
- South Korea: US$3m
- Brazil: US$3m
- South Africa: US$3m
- Saudi Arabia: US$3m
- Poland: US$2m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$2m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Greece: US$2m
- Argentina: US$2m
- Netherlands: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Sweden: US$1m
- New Zealand: US$1m
- Russia: US$1m
- Tunisia: US$1m
- Czechia: US$955k
- Thailand: US$838k
- Portugal: US$834k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$735k
- Vietnam: US$664k
- Pakistan: US$622k
- Switzerland: US$586k
- Singapore: US$579k
- Colombia: US$513k
- Mexico: US$390k
- Croatia: US$337k
- Ecuador: US$337k
- Finland: US$326k
- Morocco: US$317k
- Guatemala: US$311k
- Philippines: US$304k
- Egypt: US$290k
- United Arab Emirates: US$290k
- Romania: US$289k
- Cyprus: US$258k
- Malaysia: US$252k
- Indonesia: US$244k
- Serbia: US$241k
- Zambia: US$206k
- Uruguay: US$169k
- Iraq: US$151k
- Lithuania: US$145k
- Peru: US$119k
- Latvia: US$118k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$102m | 32.4% | |
| 2 | US$38m | 12.2% | |
| 3 | US$21m | 6.8% | |
| 4 | US$18m | 5.7% | |
| 5 | US$13m | 4.1% | |
| 6 | US$11m | 3.6% | |
| 7 | US$11m | 3.4% | |
| 8 | US$9m | 2.8% | |
| 9 | US$8m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$7m | 2.4% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$118m | 37.6% | |
| 2 | US$32m | 10.1% | |
| 3 | US$25m | 7.9% | |
| 4 | US$16m | 5.1% | |
| 5 | US$13m | 4.2% | |
| 6 | US$12m | 3.8% | |
| 7 | US$8m | 2.6% | |
| 8 | US$7m | 2.3% | |
| 9 | US$7m | 2.2% | |
| 10 | US$6m | 1.8% |
Import duty on this product around the world 160
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
- 38number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 55%highest: Iran, Bahamas, South Korea
160
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 55% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.3% | 0% – 4% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1.4% | 0% – 3.5% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 10% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 1.3% | 0% – 4% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 31% | 10% – 45% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 3% – 27% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · 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
- 29297 Seaweeds & other algae
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 1111
- CPC 2.1 product
- 04933 Wild seaweeds and other algae, fresh, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, unfit for human consumption04934 Farmed seaweeds and other algae, fresh, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, unfit for human consumption
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 0311 Marine fishing0312 Freshwater fishing0321 Marine aquaculture0322 Freshwater aquaculture
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1212.29 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 1212.29 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 1212.20 | changed |
| 2002 | 1212.20 | changed |
| 1996 | 1212.20 | changed |
| 1992 | 1212.20, 2008.99 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 2
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.
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.
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RG 03.04.2026 sayı 33213 · Source: resmigazete.gov.tr
In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 1212.29 covers 2 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 1212.29; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 172 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 172 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 £8.8m (down 4% on the year before), at an average of £1.51 per kg; Ireland supplied 61%, followed by China.
World trade in these goods reached US$314m in 2024, down 22.4% on 2023.
Chile was the largest exporter with 32.4% of the total, ahead of Ireland.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for seaweeds and other algae: other?
Seaweeds and other algae: other fall under HS subheading 1212.29, part of heading 1212, in section II of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on seaweeds and other algae: other in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 1212.29 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 seaweeds and other algae: other in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 1212.29 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 seaweeds and other algae: other?
Chile, with US$102m in 2024 (32.4% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
172 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 Ireland (61%), China (12%) and Indonesia (5%), out of total imports of £8.8m.