HS chapter 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
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Key facts
- Chapter
- 13
- Description
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
- Headings
- 2
- Subheadings
- 11
- Edition
- HS2022
Summary
HS chapter 13 covers lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts. It has 2 headings, 13.01 to 13.02, and 11 six-digit subheadings in HS2022. Chapter 12, before it, covers oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder; chapter 14, after it, covers vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.
What this chapter covers
HS chapter 13 covers lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts.
It has 2 headings, 13.01 to 13.02, and 11 six-digit subheadings in HS2022.
13.02 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
- 1302.11Vegetable saps and extracts: Opium
- 1302.12Vegetable saps and extracts: Of liquorice
- 1302.13Vegetable saps and extracts: Of hops
- 1302.14Vegetable saps and extracts: Of ephedra
- 1302.19Vegetable saps and extracts: Other
- 1302.20Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates
- 1302.31Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: Agar-agar
- 1302.32Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds
- 1302.39Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: Other
What it doesn’t cover
Chapter 12, before it, covers oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder; chapter 14, after it, covers vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.
How it is structured
Chapter 13 is the first level of the Harmonized System. Its headings add two digits to the chapter number (13.01), and each heading's subheadings add two more.
In other countries
No national tariff lines in chapter 13 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System use these headings and subheadings and add their own digits after the first six.
Frequently asked questions
What does HS chapter 13 cover?
HS chapter 13 covers lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts.
How many headings and subheadings are in HS chapter 13?
HS chapter 13 has 2 headings and 11 six-digit subheadings in HS2022.
Sources and updates
The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.
Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.