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Section II — Vegetable products

Chapter 12 — Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Heading 1212 — 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.

National subdivision 1212.2 — Seaweeds and other algae:

Subheading

1212.21 Fit for human consumption

Common commodities
Dried nori sheetsFresh wakame frondsKombu seaweed for cookingPrepared sea lettuce for saladsEdible laver sheetsFresh hijiki seaweedCooking-grade dulseWakame seaweed salad mixDried kelp for soupEdible sea spaghetti

HS codes

CodeDescriptionTaxes
1212.21.00Fit for human consumptionCustoms TaxCID, PAL, SSCL, VAT