0910.20
Saffron
Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices
Where this code sits
- Section II · Chapter09 — COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICESVEGETABLE PRODUCTS
- Heading0910 — Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices
- Subheading0910.20 — Saffron
Six digits is as far as the international nomenclature goes, and it is the same six digits in every country that applies the Harmonized System. Your destination adds further digits of its own, and the rate lives on that national line — which is why the US lines below run to eight and ten digits, and why the lookups go to each authority's own tariff.
Duty rate
USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Revision 18 (2026) · retrieved 13/09/2026
Measures in force on top of this rate
- Antidumping/countervailing duties not checked — they are administered separately, keyed to the exporter, and can exceed the tariff rate. Check for an order in force before relying on this total.
Paste 0910.20 into the lookup and follow it down to your national line.
US national lines under 0910.20
The United States subdivides this subheading into 1 line. They share a duty rate, so the classification below the subheading affects reporting rather than the amount.
| Line | Description | General | Preferential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0910.20.00.00 | Saffron | Free | — |
A blank General cell means the line states no rate of its own and takes the one above it — the line it is stated on is named, so the figure can be checked where it actually appears. Preferential rates are listed with the programme codes that grant them; the schedule offering a rate is not the same as your goods qualifying for it.
Preferential rates for 0910.20
No preference programme applies to these lines for any origin — the general rate is the rate, wherever the goods come from. That is worth knowing: there is nothing to claim here, so no certificate of origin will reduce the duty.
What chapter 09 excludes
A subheading's wording does not decide a classification — the legal notes do. These are the notes that push goods out of this chapter even when the description seems to fit.
2. This chapter does not cover Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading 1211.
Legal notes that govern this code
Reproduced from the published tariff schedule. Section and chapter notes are binding and are part of the nomenclature itself; statistical notes are US reporting rules and are not classification law.
Section II notes VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
1. In this section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight.
Chapter 09 — Notes
Legal Notes of the Harmonized System. Binding, and part of the international nomenclature.
1. Mixtures of the products of headings 0904 to 0910 are to be classified as follows:
(a) Mixtures of two or more of the products of the same heading are to be classified in that heading;
(b) Mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings are to be classified in heading 0910.
The addition of other substances to the products of headings 0904 to 0910 (or to the mixtures referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above) shall not affect their classification provided the resulting mixtures retain the essential character of the goods of those headings. Otherwise such mixtures are not classified in this chapter; those constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings are classified in heading 2103.
2. This chapter does not cover Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading 1211.
Chapter 09 — Additional U.S. Notes
Additional U.S. Notes. Binding in the United States; not part of the international HS.
1. Except as otherwise indicated, the provisions in this chapter cover the named products whether whole or in crushed or powdered form.
2. No allowance shall be made for dirt or other foreign matter in the products of this chapter.
3. The rates of duty specified in subheadings 0901.11 to 0901.22, inclusive, shall not apply to any product imported into Puerto Rico upon which a duty is imposed pursuant to section 319 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1319).
4. All immediate containers and wrappings, and all intermediate containers, of tea (heading 0902) in packages of less than 2.3 kg, net, each are dutiable at the rates applicable to such containers and wrappings if imported empty, except that such goods originating in the following territories listed below shall enter free of duty.
Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Singapore.
5. Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 41, the importation of impure tea is prohibited, except as provided for in chapter 98. 1/
6. The importation of pepper shells, ground or unground, is prohibited.
Chapter 09 — Statistical Notes
US statistical reporting only. NOT classification law.
1. For a list of approved standards for "Certified organic", see General Statistical Note 6.
1/ Carryover legal note from the Tariff Schedule of the United States (TSUS). The Tea Importation Act (21 U.S.C. 41) was repealed,effective April 9, 1996. The shaded area indicates that the provisions have expired.
Notes are reproduced from the published tariff schedule. They govern classification, but reading them is not the same as applying them to your goods — that is what a broker or a binding ruling is for.
Other chapters that mention heading 0910
An exclusion pointing into this heading from another chapter is as decisive as one in your own, and it is the one nobody finds by reading their own chapter.
1. Mixtures of the products of headings 0904 to 0910 are to be classified as follows:
(b) Mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings are to be classified in heading 0910.
The addition of other substances to the products of headings 0904 to 0910 (or to the mixtures referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above) shall not affect their classification provided the resulting mixtures retain the essential character of the goods of those headings. Otherwise such mixtures are not classified in this chapter; those constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings are classified in heading 2103.
(d) Spices or other products of headings 0904 to 0910;
Other subheadings under 0910
Elsewhere in chapter 09
Importing 0910.20 into
Each guide covers how duty and tax are assessed there, the authority with jurisdiction, and what catches importers out.
Common questions
What is HS code 0910.20?
0910.20 covers Saffron. It sits under heading 0910 (Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices) in chapter 09, coffee, tea, maté and spices.
What is the US duty rate for 0910.20?
The Column 1 General rate is Free, from US national line 0910.20.00.00. That is the rate before any preference you can claim, and it does not include antidumping or countervailing duties, which are administered separately and can exceed it.
What is excluded from chapter 09?
2. This chapter does not cover Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading 1211.