Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule · GTİP code · HS 1206.00

1206.00.10.00.00

1206.00.10.00.00: Sunflower seeds: Ayçiçeği tohumu (kırılmış olsun olmasın): tohumluk olanlar

Sunflower seeds

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

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  1. 1206 Ayçiçeği tohumu (kırılmış olsun olmasın):
  2. 1206.00.10.00.00 Tohumluk olanlar

What you pay

Importing into Türkiye

Customs duty Free standard rate
Additional duties and charges — Import requirements: 1
VAT 20 % standard rate; 10 % or 1 % for some goods
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Rates for Türkiye are the applied duties of the 2026 Import Regime Decision, as consolidated by the Ministry of Trade (amendments to August 2026). The additional customs duty (İGV) and, for some farm goods, the additional financial liability (EMY) come on top. Footnotes can lower a rate for named countries or periods: see the line page.

Additional duties and import rules

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

Import requirements 2

  • Import controlTohumluk ayçiçeği tohumu · Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 January 2026
    Legal act
    Tebliğ (Ürün Güvenliği ve Denetimi) 2026/5 (RG 31.12.2025, 33124 (4. Mükerrer)); değişik: RG 03.04.2026, RG 28.07.2026
  • Import controlAyçiçeği tohumu (kırılmış olsun olmasın) · Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 January 2026
    Legal act
    Tebliğ (Ürün Güvenliği ve Denetimi) 2026/5 (RG 31.12.2025, 33124 (4. Mükerrer)); değişik: RG 03.04.2026, RG 28.07.2026

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—Free
agreements with EU and United Kingdom
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 24 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

 Free
TPS-OIC
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Iran, Jordan and 8 more

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

 Free
D-8 Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan Free
Türkiye–United Arab Emirates agreement United Arab Emirates Free
Türkiye–Bosnia & Herzegovina agreement Bosnia & Herzegovina Free
Türkiye–Georgia agreement Georgia Free
Türkiye–South Korea agreement South Korea Free
Türkiye–Malaysia agreement Malaysia Free
Türkiye–Singapore agreement Singapore Free
Türkiye–Venezuela agreement Venezuela Free
Türkiye–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free

Same subheading in other tariffs

1206.00 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken

UK Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines EU Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Mexico Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Brazil Free – 7.2% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.6% Argentina Free – 7.2% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 6.3% 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 Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 16 tariff lines · 14× specific or compound duty Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

Türkiye lines: 1206.00

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.

  • 600013260 HMRC 11 June 2025 – 10 June 2028 · 1206 00 91 00

    Dried sunflower seeds Dried sunflower seeds for human consumption. The sunflower seeds are harvested from mature sunflower plants, cleaned thoroughly, and dehulled to remove the outer shell. Afterward, the seeds are gently dried, with no added ingredients and then packaged in a 100g pouch.

  • 600010114 HMRC 18 March 2024 – 17 March 2027 · 1206 00 91 00

    Bird food 100% Black Sunflower seeds. The seeds are for feeding wild garden birds. Comprises of the whole seeds mainly black but some have white stripes, they are not shelled. The end consumer places the sunflowers in a bird seed feeder, or bird feeding table, or on the ground to attract a variety…

  • 600010062 HMRC 12 March 2024 – 11 March 2027 · 1206 00 91 00

    Sunflower seed hearts. 100% Sunflower seed hearts, the seeds are for feeding of wild garden birds. Comprises of de-hulled (shelled) sunflower seeds which are broken and unbroken in the hulling process. The end consumer places the sunflower hearts in a bird seed feeder, or bird feeding table, or on…

  • 600009215 HMRC 24 December 2023 – 23 December 2026 · 1206 00 10 00

    The product is a grow your own sunflower set. It consists of a polypropylene plastic flowerpot. This contains a soil disc which is made of bamboo powder, coconut Fibre, corn starch and water and contain sunflower seeds (Helianthus annuus). They are then packaged in a paper Bag package.

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 12 →

GTİP code 1206.00.10.00.00 is a line of the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule under HS subheading 1206.00 (sunflower seeds, whether or not broken).

The statutory rate is free.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 0%–7.2%, the Argentina duty is 0%–7.2%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.

Türkiye imported goods of subheading 1206.00 worth US$203m in 2024; the largest supplier was Moldova.

Questions and answers

What is the Türkiye import duty for GTİP code 1206.00.10.00.00?

The statutory rate in the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule is free. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Where does Türkiye import these goods from?

For subheading 1206.00 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Moldova (US$68m), followed by China.

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