Code 1212 21 · Heading 1212

Fresh, chilled, frozen or dried seaweed and other algae, including ground products, suitable for human consumption

This covers seaweed and other algae that are fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, including ground products, when they are suitable for human consumption.

For example

Dried nori seaweed suitable for human consumption
Fresh edible kelp suitable for human consumption

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Official tariff text

Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, fit for human consumption

How we got to this code

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Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

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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 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grai… 7 of 9 chapters in section II
Which named product group is it: soybeans; unroasted or otherwise unheated peanuts; copra; flax seeds; rapeseed or turnip-rape seeds; sunflower seeds; other oilseeds or oil fruits; flour from oilseeds or oil fruits; seeds, fruits or spores for sowing; hops; plants or plant parts mainly used for perfumes, pharmaceutical products, pest control or similar uses; carob, seaweed, sugar beet, sugar cane or other specified plant products for human food; unprocessed cereal straw or chaff; or fodder roots, hay and other named fodder products?
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Step 3 · Heading 1212 Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet … 12 of 14 headings under chapter 12
Is it edible seaweed or algae, non-edible seaweed or algae, sugar beet, carob, sugar cane, chicory roots, or fruit stones, kernels or another plant product mainly used for human food and not elsewhere specified?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1212 21 Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or… 1 of 7 subheadings under heading 1212
Is the seaweed or other algae suitable for human consumption?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

Only one code below

1212 21 00

Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, fit for human consumption

Duty free

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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

1212 21 Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, fit for human consumption you are here 0.0%
1212 29 Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, unfit for human consumption 0.0%
1212 91 Sugar beet, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground No rate on file
1212 92 Locust beans "carob", fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground 5.1%
1212 93 Sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground No rate on file
1212 94 Chicory roots, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground 0.0%
1212 99 Fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products, incl. unroasted chicory roots of the variety cichorium intybus sativum, of a kind used primarily for human consumption, n.e.s. 0.0–5.8%

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

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines2 Norwegian lines

12.12.2110 For feed purpose

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

1212 21 00 00 Fit for human consumption

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

1212.21.00.00 Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 2 Norwegian lines

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.

12.12.2110

For feed purpose

Ordinary duty

1,34 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.
12.12.2190

Other

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.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

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

1212 21 00 00

Fit for human consumption

Ordinary duty

Duty free

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).

See the 1 US line

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.

1212.21.00.00

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, Seaweeds and other algae, Fit for human consumption

General rate

Free

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.