ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) · CET code · HS 1211.90
1211.90.10.00: Other medicinal and aromatic plants: Pyrethrum
Other medicinal and aromatic plants
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), in force from 7 September 2023 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into Nigeria
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 
Japan Free – 12% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 2.9% 
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 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
The tariff classification of basil seeds from India
- H320527 U.S. CBP
Modification of NY N280540; Tariff Classification of Rooibos Tea from South Africa
- N309085 U.S. CBP
The Tariff classification of herbal tea from Germany.
- N306352 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of cotton seed powder from Belgium
- 600013375 HMRC
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
DRIED ROSE PETALS EDIBLE Rose petals washed & dried packed in 25g packets. Used in cooking.
- 600010381 HMRC
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
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:
(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:
Code history
Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 1404.90, 2008.19, 2008.99.
CET code 1211.90.10.00 is a line of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) under HS subheading 1211.90 (plants and parts of plants: other).
The import duty is 5%, 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 Japan duty is 0%–12%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–15%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free and the North Macedonia duty is 10%–30%.
Nigeria imported goods of subheading 1211.90 worth US$1m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the Nigeria import duty for CET code 1211.90.10.00?
The import duty in the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) is 5%; 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.
Typical products
- angostura bark
- basil, fresh
- guarana powder
- ipecacuanha root
- liquorice - root
- mint
- oregano, dried
- pyrethrum
- tonquin (tonka) beans
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.