HSN code 1212 — LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE, SUGAR BEET AND SUGAR
HSN · heading5%LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE, SUGAR BEET AND SUGARCANE, 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
This code covers locust beans, seaweeds, algae, sugar beet, sugarcane, fruit stones and kernels, and other plant-based products used mainly for human consumption. It includes items like chicory roots and other miscellaneous vegetable products not classified elsewhere.
current gst rate
| igst | cgst | sgst | condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | Sch I S.No 72 |
source: 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) · effective 2025-09-22 · all codes at 5%
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products commonly classified here
more specific codes
- 12121010LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE, SUGAR BEET AND SUGARCANE, FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN OR DRI
- 12121090LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE, SUGAR BEET AND SUGARCANE, FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN OR DRI
- 121220Seaweeds and other algae
- 121221FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION:
- 121229OTHER:
- 12123010LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE, SUGAR BEET AND SUGARCANE, FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN OR DRI
- 12123090LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE, SUGAR BEET AND SUGARCANE, FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN OR DRI
- 121291SUGAR BEET
- 121292LOCUST BEANS (CAROB)
- 121293Sugar cane
- 121294Chicory roots
- 121299OTHER:
sibling codes
- 1201SOYA BEANS, WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN
- 1202GROUND-NUTS, NOT ROASTED OR OTHERWISE COOKED, WHETHER OR NOT SHELLED OR BROKEN
- 1203COPRA
- 1204LINSEED, WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN
- 1205RAPE OR COLZA SEEDS, WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN
- 1206SUNFLOWER SEEDS, WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN
- 1207OTHER OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS, WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN
- 1208FLOURS AND MEALS OF OIL SEEDS OR OLEAGINOUS FRUITS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF MUSTARD
- 1209SEEDS, FRUIT AND SPORES, OF A KIND USED FOR SOWING
- 1210HOP CONES, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND, POWDERED OR IN THE FORM OF PELLETS; LUPULIN
- 1211PLANTS AND PARTS OF PLANTS (INCLUDING SEEDS AND FRUITS), OF A KIND USED PRIMARILY IN PERFUMERY,
- 1213CEREAL STRAW AND HUSKS, UNPREPARED, WHETHER OR NOT CHOPPED, GROUND, PRESSED OR IN THE FORM OF P
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