Section II · Vegetable products
Chapter 07: Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Chapter 07 of the Harmonized System has 14 four-digit headings, from 07.01 to 07.14. Each heading is split further into six-digit subheadings, then into national 8- and 10-digit commodity codes.
Headings in chapter 07
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| 07.01 | Potatoes, fresh or chilled |
| 07.02 | Tomatoes, fresh or chilled |
| 07.03 | Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled |
| 07.04 | Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled |
| 07.05 | Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory (cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled |
| 07.06 | Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled |
| 07.07 | Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled |
| 07.08 | Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled |
| 07.09 | Other vegetables, fresh or chilled |
| 07.10 | Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen |
| 07.11 | Vegetables provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption |
| 07.12 | Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared |
| 07.13 | Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split |
| 07.14 | Manioc, arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith |
Classifying goods in chapter 07
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 07 in the UK Trade Tariff, the EU TARIC and the US HTS.