Section II · Oil seeds; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial plants

1212.91

Sugar beet

How this code is built
12

Chapter

Oil seeds; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial plants

12

Heading

The product family within the chapter

91

Subheading

The specific good, identical worldwide

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. The United States adds two more for the tariff rate and, often, two more for statistics — which is why the rates below are listed against 8- and 10-digit numbers rather than against this code.

How the schedule reaches this code

  1. 12Oil seeds; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial plants
  2. 1212Locust 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:
  3. Other:
  4. Sugar beet

Published US duty rates

Duty is set at the 8- or 10-digit line, not at this 6-digit subheading, so more than one rate can sit under this code.

  • 1212.91.00.00Sugar beett
    General
    39.7¢/t
    Special (FTA)
    Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)

    Only if the goods qualify under one of these programs.

    Column 2
    88.2¢/t

    Countries without normal trade relations.

This is the listed rate. Antidumping and countervailing duty orders, Chapter 99 actions and preference qualification all change what is actually collected, and classification is a judgement about your goods. Verify with your licensed customs broker before you file.

Other subheadings in heading 1212

Source: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) — 2026 HTS Revision 12, released 2026-07-21, published at hts.usitc.gov. A U.S. Government work in the public domain.