Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan · statistical code · HS 1211.90

1211.90.931

1211.90.931: Other medicinal and aromatic plants: Goods specified in Additional Note 1 to this Chapter

Other medicinal and aromatic plants

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, in force from 8 August 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 1211 Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
  2. 1211.90 Other
  3. 1211.90.500 4 Rooibos
  4. 1211.90.931 Goods specified in Additional Note 1 to this Chapter

What you pay

Importing into Japan

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin

Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.

Same subheading in other tariffs

1211.90 Plants and parts of plants: other

UK Free – 2% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 0.3% EU Free – 3% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 1.5% Türkiye 5% – 35% Third-country duty 16 tariff lines · average 30% USA Free – 6% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 2.7% · 1× specific or compound duty Canada Free General (MFN) 8 tariff lines Mexico 10% – 20% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 12% Brazil 7.2% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Argentina 7.2% General (MFN) 21 tariff lines Peru Free – 6% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 1% New Zealand Free General (MFN) 6 tariff lines Taiwan Free – 15% General (MFN) 72 tariff lines · average 0.8% GCC 5% General (MFN) 26 tariff lines Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 10% – 30% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 17.5% Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines

Japan lines: 1211.90

Binding rulings for similar goods

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.

  • N364937 U.S. CBP 6 October 2026 · 1211.90.89.40

    The tariff classification of basil seeds from India

  • H320527 U.S. CBP 12 November 2021 · 1211.90.92

    Modification of NY N280540; Tariff Classification of Rooibos Tea from South Africa

  • N309085 U.S. CBP 3 February 2020 · 1211.90.40.20

    The Tariff classification of herbal tea from Germany.

  • N306352 U.S. CBP 16 October 2019 · 1211.90.92.90

    The tariff classification of cotton seed powder from Belgium

  • 600013375 HMRC 15 August 2025 – 14 August 2028 · 1211 90 86 90

    root bark of the mimosa tenuiflora plant. use: in production of dyes bark is harvested, oven-dried, and crushed It is packaged in polyethylene bags and placed in cardboard boxes.

  • 600011504 HMRC 6 November 2024 – 5 November 2027 · 1211 90 86 90

    DRIED ROSE PETALS EDIBLE Rose petals washed & dried packed in 25g packets. Used in cooking.

  • 600010381 HMRC 30 May 2024 – 29 May 2027 · 1211 90 86 90

    It is a plant powder that is used for human consumption. Consists of a 100% Ashwagandha Powder that is naturally grown in India. The process from plant to powder is through drying and grinding the leaves/plant into a fine powder. The powders are then packaged in polypropylene bags for export.

  • 600008827 HMRC 15 February 2024 – 14 February 2027 · 1211 90 86 90

    100% dried hemp flowers (Cannabis Sativa L.) to be used for vaporisation or making infusions / tea. They are packaged in 1kg plastic bags and are for sale to businesses. THC: 0.11%

10 rulings in total for this code

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:

  1. (a) leguminous vegetables or sweetcorn (Chapter 7);

  2. (b) spices or other products of Chapter 9;

  3. (c) cereals (Chapter 10); or

  4. (d) products of headings 1201 to 1207 or 1211.

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:

  1. (a) medicaments of Chapter 30;

  2. (b) perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or

  3. (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:

  1. (a) dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading 2102;

  2. (b) cultures of micro-organisms of heading 3002; or

  3. (c) fertilisers of heading 3101 or 3105.

Chapter notes: Chapter 12 →

Code history

Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 1404.90, 2008.19, 2008.99.

In the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, 1211.90.931 is one of 11 lines under subheading 1211.90, plants and parts of plants: other.

The applied rate is free, and quantities are declared in KG.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–2%, the EU duty is 0%–3%, the Türkiye duty is 5%–35%, the US duty is 0%–6%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 10%–20%, the Brazil duty is 7.2%, the Argentina duty is 7.2%, the Peru duty is 0%–6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 0%–15%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 10%–30% and the Nigeria duty is 5%.

Japan imported goods of subheading 1211.90 worth US$293m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.

Questions and answers

What is the Japan import duty for statistical code 1211.90.931?

The applied rate in the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan is free; the supplementary unit is KG. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.

Where does Japan import these goods from?

For subheading 1211.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$230m), followed by South Africa.

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