HSN Code and GST Tax rate for Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers under section-2 chapter-7
If the trader’s trades for Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers then they will have to use the HSN CODE for Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers in the invoice or in the GST Returns for identifications of the Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers.
According to the chapter-7 of section-2 –
- The Chapter-7 does not cover forage products of heading 1214.
- In headings 0709, 0710, 0711 and 0712, the word “vegetables” includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus
Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana hartensis or Origanum majorana). - Heading 0712 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 0701 to 0711, other than :
(1) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 0713);
(2) sweet corn in the forms specified in headings 1102 to 1104;
(3) flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules, and pellets of potatoes (heading 1105);
(4) flour, meal, and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 (heading 1106). - However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are excluded from this Chapter (heading 0904).
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What is the meaning of edible vegetables?
The term vegetable usually refers to the fresh edible portions of certain herbaceous plants—roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, or seeds. These plant parts are either eaten fresh or prepared in a number of ways.
HSN Code for edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
| GOODS DESCRIPTION | HSN CODE Chapter/Heading/ Sub-heading/ Tariff item |
| Potatoes, fresh or chilled | 0701 |
| Tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 0702 |
| Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled | 0703 |
| Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled | 0704 |
| Lettuce (lactucasativa) and chicory (cichorium spp. ), fresh or chilled | 0705 |
| Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled | 0706 |
| Cucumbers or gherkins, fresh or chilled | 0707 |
| Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled | 0708 |
| Other vegetables, fresh or chilled | 0709 |
| Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen | 0710 |
| Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption | 0711 |
| Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared | 0712 |
| Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split | 0713 |
| Manioc, arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith | 0714 |
GST Tax rate for edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
| GOODS DESCRIPTION | HSN CODE Chapter/Heading/ Sub-heading/ Tariff item | GST TAX RATE |
| Potatoes, fresh or chilled | 0701 | NIL |
| Tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 0702 | NIL |
| Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled | 0703 | NIL |
| Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled | 0704 | NIL |
| Lettuce (lactucasativa) and chicory (cichorium spp. ), fresh or chilled | 0705 | NIL |
| Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled | 0706 | NIL |
| Cucumbers or gherkins, fresh or chilled | 0707 | NIL |
| Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled | 0708 | NIL |
| Other vegetables, fresh or chilled | 0709 | NIL |
| Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen | 0710 | NIL |
| Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption | 0711 | NIL |
| Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared | 0712 | NIL |
| Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split | 0713 | |
| Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split other than those [put up in unit container and,- (a) bearing a registered brand name; or (b) bearing a brand name on which an actionable claim or enforceable right in a court of law is available [other than those where any actionable claim or enforceable right in respect of such brand name has been foregone voluntarily, subject to the conditions as in the ANNEXURE I] | 0713 | NIL |
| Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split put up in unit container and,- (a) bearing a registered brand name; or (b) bearing a brand name on which an actionable claim or enforceable right in a court of law is available [other than those where any actionable claim or any enforceable right in respect of such brand name has been voluntarily foregone, subject to the conditions as in the ANNEXURE] | 0713 | NIL |
| Manioc, arrowroot, salep, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith | 0714 | |
| Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh or chilled, dried; sago pith. | 0714 | NIL |
| Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, frozen, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets other than those put up in unit container and, – (a) bearing a registered brand name; or (b) bearing a brand name on which an actionable claim or enforceable right in a court of law is available [other than those where any actionable claim or enforceable right in respect of such brand name has been foregone voluntarily], subject to the conditions as in the ANNEXURE I] | 0714 | NI |
| Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, frozen, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, put up in unit container and,- (a) bearing a registered brand name; or (b) bearing a brand name on which an actionable claim or enforceable right in a court of law is available other than those where any actionable claim or enforceable right in respect of such brand name has been foregone voluntarily, subject to the conditions as in the ANNEXURE. | 0714 | 5% |
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