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Tariffs

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

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12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	EAC
1201.10.00	Seed	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1201.90.00	Other	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1202.30.00	Seed	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1202.41.00	In shell	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1202.42.00	Shelled, whether or not broken	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1203.00.00	Copra	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1204.00.00	Linseed, whether or not broken	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1205.10.00	Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1205.90.00	Other	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1206.00.00	Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.10.00	Palm nuts and kernels	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.21.00	Seed	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.29.00	Other	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.30.00	Castor oil seeds	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.40.00	Sesamum seeds	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.50.00	Mustard seeds	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.60.00	Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.70.00	Melon seeds	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.91.00	Poppy seeds	0.100000001490116	0%	0%
1207.99.00	Other	0.100000001490116	0%	0%

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HS 1207.40.00

Sesamum seeds

Section II · Vegetable products › Ch 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder › 12.07 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken

Applied duty rates

0.100000001490116 MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
0% EAC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 0.5 1

2020 2020 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $1 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $1 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2025 2025 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

To the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	To the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	–
2021	$0	–
2022	$1	–
2023	$0	–
2024	$1	–
2025	$0	–

Imports | US$ thousand

0 20 40

2020 2020 $0 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $11 From the world $7 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $13 From the world $9 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $14 From the world $9 Within the Commonwealth

$40 2025 2025 $40 From the world $38 Within the Commonwealth

From the world
Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	$0
2021	$0	$0
2022	$11	$7
2023	$13	$9
2024	$14	$9
2025	$40	$38

Export and Import Requirements

Compliance Requirements

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