Section II · Vegetable products
Chapter 06: Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Chapter 06 of the Harmonized System has 4 four-digit headings, from 06.01 to 06.04. Each heading is split further into six-digit subheadings, then into national 8- and 10-digit commodity codes.
Headings in chapter 06
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| 06.01 | Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 1212 |
| 06.02 | Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn |
| 06.03 | Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared |
| 06.04 | Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared |
Classifying goods in chapter 06
Start with the chapter and section notes: they are legally binding and often decide what is included or excluded. Then choose the heading whose wording best describes your product (GRI 1), and work down to the six-digit subheading before choosing the national commodity code.
The six-digit code is shared internationally. The UK and EU add digits for their own tariffs and statistics, and the US uses its own 10-digit HTS lines, so always confirm the final code in the tariff of the country you are importing into.
Official sources
Check chapter 06 in the UK Trade Tariff, the EU TARIC and the US HTS.