# HS heading 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

> HS heading 13.02 covers vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products. It is in chapter 13 (lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts). It is split into 9 subheadings: 1302.11 (vegetable saps and extracts, opium), 1302.12 (vegetable saps and extracts, of liquorice), 1302.13 (vegetable saps and extracts, of hops), 1302.14 (vegetable saps and extracts, of ephedra), 1302.19 (vegetable saps and extracts, other), 1302.20 (pectic substances, pectinates and pectates) and 3 others.

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/1302
Last updated: 13 October 2026

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## Key facts

- Heading: 13.02
- Description: Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
- Chapter: 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
- Subheadings: 9
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 13.02 covers vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products.

It is split into 9 subheadings: 1302.11 (vegetable saps and extracts, opium), 1302.12 (vegetable saps and extracts, of liquorice), 1302.13 (vegetable saps and extracts, of hops), 1302.14 (vegetable saps and extracts, of ephedra), 1302.19 (vegetable saps and extracts, other), 1302.20 (pectic substances, pectinates and pectates) and 3 others.

- [1302.11](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130211) Vegetable saps and extracts: Opium
- [1302.12](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130212) Vegetable saps and extracts: Of liquorice
- [1302.13](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130213) Vegetable saps and extracts: Of hops
- [1302.14](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130214) Vegetable saps and extracts: Of ephedra
- [1302.19](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130219) Vegetable saps and extracts: Other
- [1302.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130220) Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates
- [1302.31](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130231) Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: Agar-agar
- [1302.32](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130232) Mucilages 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
- [1302.39](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/130239) Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: Other

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 13 are classified in its other 1 heading, listed below.

- [13.01](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/1301) Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams)

## How it is structured

Heading 13.02 is one of 2 headings in chapter 13. Its first two digits, 13, are the chapter; the next two, 02, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (1302.11, 1302.12, 1302.13).

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under heading 13.02 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System use its subheadings at six digits and add their own digits after them.

- Previous heading: [13.01](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/1301) Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams)
- Next heading: [14.01](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/1401) Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 13.02 cover?

HS heading 13.02 covers vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products.

### Which chapter is HS heading 13.02 in?

HS heading 13.02 is in chapter 13 (lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 13.02 have?

HS heading 13.02 has 9 subheadings: 1302.11 (vegetable saps and extracts, opium), 1302.12 (vegetable saps and extracts, of liquorice), 1302.13 (vegetable saps and extracts, of hops), 1302.14 (vegetable saps and extracts, of ephedra), 1302.19 (vegetable saps and extracts, other), 1302.20 (pectic substances, pectinates and pectates) and 3 others.

## 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.

Machine-readable: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/1302.json