Iran Customs Rules

LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder  
Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder  

Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder  

Chapter 12

 

Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous

grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or

medicinal plants; straw and fodder

 

  

Notes.

 

1. Heading 12.07 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 08.01 or 08.02 or to olives (Chapter 7 or Chapter 20).
2. Heading 12.08 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 refitted with their original oils. It does not, however, apply to residues of headings from 23.04 to 23.06.
3. For the purposes of heading 12.09, 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 12.09 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing:
(a) Leguminous vegetables or sweet corn (Chapter 7);
(b) Spices or other products of Chapter 9;
(c) Cereals (Chapter 10); or
(d) Products of headings 12.01 to 12.07 or 12.11.
4. Heading 12.11 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 12.11 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 38.08.
5. For the purposes of heading 12.12, the term "seaweeds and other algae" does not include:
(a) Dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading 21.02;
(b) Cultures of micro-organisms of heading 30.02; or
(c) Fertilisers of heading 31.01 or 31.05.

Subheading Note. 

1. For the purposes of subheading 1205.10, the expression "low erucic acid rape or colza seeds" means rape or colza seeds yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2% by weight and yielding a solid component which contains less than 30 micromoles of glucosinolates per gram.

Explanatory remarks to Chapter 12

 

1. Importation and clearance shall be subject to the observance of Article 16 of the Law on Foodstuffs and Beverages enacted in 1967, except 12099100.
2. The importation of items covered by this chapter is subject to the observance of Article 11 of the Plant Protection law adopted in1967.
3. The import duty on seeds of oilseeds, sugar beet seeds, cotton seeds, seeds of forage plants, pasture plants and lawn grass is 5% of the value.
4. The importation of poppy seed and its flour is prohibited.(*)
5. The entry of seeds and plants which, according to the export documents of the country of origin, have been identified as genetically modified shall be subject to the approbation of the Environment Protection Organization in terms of any environmental dangers.
6. Import and export of seeds and saplings on a commercial scale shall be subject to a certificate obtained from the Institute for the Research, Registration, and Certification of Seed and Sapling, and to the compliance with the quarantine regulations.
7. The importation and exportation of the cannabis plant and parts thereof, coca leaf and poppy straw are prohibited(**)
8. import and export of genetically transformed living creatures and transgenic products bound to save national, security, and biological legal provisions with the previous authorization of the Ministry of Agriculture- Jahad.
9. import duty of seed, crude oil, and palm oil (including raw crude and refined) in case of purchasing domestic seed in granted purchase price determined by the ministry of agriculture jihad will be 5%, 10%, and 26%.
10. The importation of Products of Subheading 12081000,12089010, 12089090 with The Previous authorization of the Ministry of Agriculture- Jahad.

 
 

 

Heading, Subheading No.   Description
Remark

Preferential Tariff
SUQ
Import duty
12  01   Soybeans, even chopped        
1201  10 00   - Seed       5
1201  90   - Other:        
1201  90 10   --- Transgenic soybeans       10
1201  90 90   --- Other       10
12  02   Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or
broken.
       
1202  30 00   - Seed       5
    - Other:        
1202  41 00   -- In shell       32
1202  42 00   -- Shelled, whether or broken       32
1203  00  00   Copra.     Kg 5
1204  00  00   Linseed, Flaxseed linseed event broken     Kg 5
12  05   Rape or colza seeds, whether broken:        
1205  10   - Rape or colza seeds with Law erucic acid:        
1205  10  10   --- Colza Seeds     Kg 5
1205  10  20   --- Transgenic canola seed     Kg 10
1205  10  90   --- Other     Kg 10
1205  90   - Other:        
1205  90  10   --- Transgenic     Kg 10
1205  90  90   --- Other     Kg 10
1206  00   Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken:        
1206  00  10   --- For oil extraction     Kg 10
1206  00  20   --- Seeds Sunflower     Kg 5
1206  00  90   --- Other     Kg 55
12  07   Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken.        
1207  10 00   - fruit, palm kernel and its brain     Kg 5
    - Seed cotton:        
1207  21 00   -- Grain     Kg 5
1207  29   -- other:        
1207  29  10   --- Transgenic cotton seed     Kg 5
1207  29  90   --- Other     Kg 5
1207  30 00   - castor oil seeds     Kg 5
1207  40 00   - sesame seeds   9,1 Kg 10
1207  50 00   - Mustard Seed     Kg 10
1207  60 00   - safflower seed     Kg 10
1207  70 00   - melon seed     Kg 5
    - Other:        
1207  91  00   -- poppy seed ã   Kg 55
1207  99  00   -- Other     Kg 5
12  08   Flours meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard.        
1208  10  00   - Of soya beans     Kg 55
1208  90   - Other:        
1208  90  10   --- Peanut flour     Kg 55
1208  90  20   --- Poppy seed flour ã   Kg 55
1208  90  90   --- Other     Kg 55
12  09   Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used
for sowing.
       
1209  10  00   - Sugar beet seed     Kg 5
    - Seeds of forage plants:        
1209  21  00   -- alfalfa     Kg 5
1209  22  00   -- Trifolium spp     Kg 5
1209  23 00   -- Fescue     Kg 5
1209  24  00   -- Kentucky blue grass seed     Kg 5
1209  25  00   -- Loliom multiflorum lam     Kg 5
1209  29   -- Other:        
1209  29  10   --- Lawn grass     Kg 5
1209  29  90   --- Other     Kg 5
1209  30  00   -  Seeds  of  herbaceous  plants  cultivated principally for their flowers     Kg 5
    - Other:        
1209  91   -- Vegetable seeds:   1    
1209  91  10   --- Cucumber seed     Kg 5
1209  91  15   --- Tomato seed     Kg 5
1209  91  20   --- Pepper seed     Kg 5
1209  91  25   --- Eggplant seed     Kg 5
1209  91  90   --- Other     Kg 5
1209  99   -- Other:   1    
1209  99  10   ---   Seed   of   ornamental   plants   such   as geranium,    impatiens,    begonia,    kentia, ornamental shamrock, areca, chamaedorea, calendula,  catharanthus,  vinca, 
gaillardia, mimosa,    oenothera,    araucaria,    nolian, cactus,   succulent,   kalanchoe,   adenium, raphis,   petunia,   coleus,   alyssum,   salvi, cycas,     tagetes,     gazania,     antirrhinum, ranunculus,    verbena,    iberis,    aquilegia, hippostesrial, salvia & violet
    Kg 5
1209  99  20   --- Melon seed     Kg 5
1209  99  90   --- Other     Kg 5
12  10   Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin.        
1210  10  00   - Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pellets     Kg 55
1210  20  00   - Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin     Kg 20
12  11   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,
frozenor dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered.
       
1211  20  00   - Ginseng roots     Kg 15
1211  30  00   - Coca leaf ã   Kg 15
1211  40  00   - Poppy straw ã   Kg 15
1211  50  00   - Ephedra     Kg 5
1211  90   - Other:   1    
1211  90  10   --- Cassia and quinine bark     Kg 5
1211  90  20   --- Liquorice roots     Kg 5
1211  90  25   --- Spind     Kg 5
1211  90  30   --- Mint     Kg 5
1211  90  35   --- Basilseed     Kg 5
1211  90  40   --- Mallow     Kg 5
1211  90  45   --- Peppermint     Kg 5
1211  90  50   --- Valerian root     Kg 5
1211  90  91   --- Mohammadi flower dry and fresh  rose leaf.     Kg 55
1211  90  99   --- other     Kg 5
12  12   Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable
products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included.
       
    - Seaweeds and other algae:        
1212  21  00   -- Suitable for human Consumption     Kg 20
1212  29   -- Other:        
1212  29  10   --- Lemon balm     Kg 55
1212  29  20   --- Chomomile     Kg 55
1212  29  30   --- Nettle     Kg 55
1212  29  40   --- Savory     Kg 55
1212  29  90   --- Other     Kg 55
    - Other:        
1212  91  00   -- sugar beets     Kg 20
1212  92  00   -- seeds Acacia (carob)     Kg 10
1212  93  00   -- Sugarcane     Kg 10
1212  94  00   -- chicory root     Kg 10
1212  99   -- other:        
1212  99  10   --- Pumpkin seed for usage of nutty     Kg 40
1212  99  20   --- Pumpkin seeds     Kg 5
1212  99  30   --- pumpkin seed for usage in oil extraction     Kg 40
1212  99  40   --- Hibiscus tea     Kg 40
1212  99  90   --- Other     Kg 40
1213  00  00   Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets.     Kg 10
             
12  14    Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, Lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin,        
    forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar        
    forage products, whether or not in the        
    form of pellets.        
1214  10  00   - Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets   1 Kg 5
1214  90  00   - Other     Kg 5