Code 0601 20 · Heading 0601

Bulbs, tubers, rhizomes and similar plant parts in growth or flower, plus chicory plants and roots, excluding edible types and certain chicory roots

This covers bulbs, tubers, rhizomes and similar plant parts that are in growth or flower, as well as chicory plants and roots. It excludes edible onions, roots and tubers and chicory roots of the species “Cichorium intybus sativum”.

For example

Hyacinth bulbs in growth or flower
Orchid plants in flower
Chicory plants, excluding the species “Cichorium intybus sativum”

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Official tariff text

Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory roots of the variety cichorium intybus sativum)

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Step 1 · Section II Vegetable products
Is the product a living plant or flower; an edible vegetable, root, tuber, fruit or nut; coffee, tea, maté or a spice; cereal; a milling product, malt, starch, inulin or wheat gluten; a seed, plant for industrial or medical use, straw or fodder plant; shellac, a carbohydrate gum, natural resin, plant sap or plant extract; or a vegetable plaiting material or another vegetable product not listed elsewhere?
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Step 2 · Chapter 06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the l… 1 of 9 chapters in section II
Is it a bulb, root, stem tuber, rhizome or chicory plant or root; another live plant, live root, cutting, graft or mycelium; a cut flower or flower bud; or a leaf, branch, other plant part, grass, moss or lichen without flowers or flower buds, used for bouquets or decoration?
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Step 3 · Heading 0601 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rh… 1 of 4 headings under chapter 06
Are they bulbs, tubers, corms or rhizomes that are not growing or flowering, or are they growing or flowering, or are they chicory plants or roots?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0601 20 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rh… 2 of 2 subheadings under heading 0601
Is it a chicory plant or root, an orchid, hyacinth, narcissus or tulip in growth or flower, or another bulb, tuber, rhizome or similar plant part in growth or flower?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–9.6%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 5.1%.

0601 10 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory plants and roots) 5.1%
0601 20 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory roots of the variety cichorium intybus sativum) you are here 0.0–9.6%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

06.01.2000 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 8.0%

Their lines3 British lines

0601 20 10 00 Chicory plants and roots

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

38.4¢/1000. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

0601.20.10.00 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

06.01.2000

Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

0601 20 10 00

Chicory plants and roots

Ordinary duty

Duty free
0601 20 30 00

Orchids, hyacinths, narcissi and tulips

Ordinary duty

8.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
0601 20 90 00

Other

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

0601.20.10.00

Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 1212, Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots, Hyacinth bulbs, without soil attached

General rate

38.4¢/1000

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 38.4¢/1000. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where the ordinary duty is lower. The amount depends on the quantity and the customs value, so we do not turn it into a percentage. US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0601.20.90.00

Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 1212, Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots, Other

General rate

1.4%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.