This heading covers vegetable products of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or medicine, or for insecticidal, fungicidal, parasiticidal or similar purposes. They may be in the form of whole plants, mosses or lichens, or of parts (such as wood, bark, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, petals, fruits and seeds (other than oleaginous fruits and oil seeds classified in headings 12.01 to 12.07)), or in the form of waste resulting, in the main, from mechanical treatment. They remain in the heading whether fresh or dried, whole, cut, crushed, ground or powdered or (where appropriate) grated or hulled. Products of this heading impregnated with alcohol remain classified here.
Plants and parts (including seeds and fruits) of trees, bushes, shrubs or other plants are classified here if of a kind used directly for the purposes specified above or if used for the production of extracts, alkaloids or essential oils suitable for those purposes. On the other hand, the heading excludes seeds and fruits of a kind used for the extraction of fixed oils; these fall in headings 12.01 to 12.07 even if the oils are to be used for the purposes mentioned in this heading.
It should also be noted that vegetable products more specifically described in other headings of the Nomenclature are excluded from this heading, even if they are suitable for use in perfumery, pharmacy, etc., e.g. : citrus fruit peel (heading 08.14); vanilla, cloves, aniseed, badian and other products of Chapter 9; hop cones (heading 12.10); chicory roots of heading 12.12; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (heading 13.01).
Live chicory plants and roots and other live seedling plants, bulbs, rhizomes, etc., clearly intended for planting, and flowers, foliage, etc., for ornamental purposes, fall in Chapter 6.
It should be noted that woods of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes are classified in this heading only if in chips, in shavings or in crushed, ground or powdered form. In other forms, such wood is excluded (Chapter 44).
Certain plants or parts of plants (including seeds or fruits) of this heading may be put up (e.g., in sachets) for making herbal infusions or herbal teas . Such products consisting of plants or parts of plants (including seeds or fruits) of a single species (e.g., peppermint tea ) remain classified in this heading.
However, the heading excludes such products consisting of plants or parts of plants (including seeds or fruits) of different species (whether or not incorporating plants or plant parts of other headings) or consisting of plants or parts of plants of a single or of different species mixed with other substances, such as one or more plant extracts (heading 21.06).
It should also be noted that the following products fall in headings 30.03, 30.04, 33.03 to 33.07 or 38.08, as the case may be :(a) Products of this heading, unmixed, but put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale, whether for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, or put up for retail sale as perfumery products or as insecticidal, fungicidal or similar products. (b) Products which have been mixed for use for the purposes described in (a) above.
However, the classification of vegetable products in this heading, by virtue of their being used primarily in pharmacy, does not necessarily imply that they may be regarded as medicaments of heading 30.03 or 30.04 when they are mixed, or unmixed but put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale. While the term medicaments within the meaning of heading 30.03 or 30.04 refers only to products which have therapeutic or prophylactic uses, the broader term pharmacy has reference both to medicaments and to products having no therapeutic or prophylactic uses (e.g., tonic beverages, fortified foods, blood-grouping reagents).
The heading also excludes the following products of a kind used either directly for flavouring beverages or for preparing extracts for the manufacture of beverages : (a) mixtures consisting of different species of plants or parts of plants of this heading (heading 21.06); (b) mixtures of plants or parts of plants of this heading with vegetable products falling in other Chapters (e.g., Chapters 7, 9, 11) (Chapter 9 or heading 21.06).
The following products are included in the heading :
Aconite (Aconitum napellus) : roots and leaves.
Ambrette (musk) (Hibiscus abelmoschus) : seeds.
Angelica (Archangelica officinalis) : roots and seeds.
Angostura (Galipea officinalis) : bark.
Araroba (Andira araroba) : powder.
Arnica (Arnica montana) : roots, stems, leaves and flowers.
Basil (Ocimum basilicum) : flowers and leaves.
Bearberry (Uva ursi) : leaves.
Belladonna (Atropa belladonna) : herbs, roots, berries, leaves and flowers.
Boldo (Peumus boldus) : leaves.
Borage (Borago officinalis) : stems and flowers.
Bryony (Bryonia dioica) : roots.
Buchu (Barosma betulina, Barosma serratifolia and Barosma crenulata) : leaves.
Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) : leaves.
Burdock (Arctium lappa) : Seeds and dried roots.
Calabar (Physostigma venenosum) : beans.
Calamus (Acorus calamus) : roots.
Calumba (Jateorhiza palmata) : roots.
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) : herbs.
Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana) : bark.
Cascarilla (Croton eluteria) : bark.
Cassia (Cassia fistula) : pods and unpurified pulp. (Purified cassia pulp (aqueous extract) is classified in heading 13.02.)
Centauria (Erythraea centaurium) : herbs.
Cevadilla (Sabadilla) (Schoenocaulon officinale) : seeds.
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla, Anthemis nobilis) : flowers.
Chenopodium : seeds.
Cherry : stalks.
Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) : berries.
Cinchona : bark.
Clove (Caryophyllus aromaticus) : bark and leaves.
Coca (Erythroxylon coca and Erythroxylon truxillense) : leaves.
Cocculus indicus (Indian berry) (Anamirta paniculata) : fruit.
Cocillana (Guarea rusbyi) : bark.
Colchicum (Colchicum autumnale) : corms and seeds.
Colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis) : fruit.
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) : roots.
Condurango (Marsdenia condurango) : bark.
Couchgrass (Triticum) (Agropyrum repens) : roots.
Cube (barbascoor timbo) (Lonchocarpus nicou) : bark and roots.
Cubeb (Cubeba officinalis Miquel or Piper cubeba) : powder.
Damiana (Turnera diffusa) : leaves.
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) : roots.
Datura metel : leaves and seeds.
Derris (or tuba) (Derris elliptica and Derris trifoliata) : roots.
Digitalis (Digitalis purpurea) : leaves and seeds.
Elder (Sambucus nigra) : flowers and bark.
Ephedra (Mahuang) : stems and branches.
Ergot of rye.
Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) : leaves.
Frangula : bark.
Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis) : leaves and flowers.
Galangal (Alpinia officinarum) : rhizomes.
Gentian (Gentiana lutea) : roots.
Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium and Panax ginseng) : roots.
Golden seal (Hydrastis) (Hydrastis canadensis) : roots.
Guaiacum (Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum) : wood.
Hamamelis (witch hazel) (Hamamelis virginiana) : bark and leaves.
Hellebore (Veratrum album and Veratrum viride) : roots.
Henbane (Hyoscyamus) (Hyoscyamus niger) : roots, seeds and leaves.
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) : herbs and stems.
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) : flowers and leaves.
Ipecacuanha (Cephaelis ipecacuanha) : roots.
Ipomoea (Ipomoea orizabensis) : roots.
Jaborandi (Pilocarpus jaborandi and Pilocarpus microphyllus) : leaves.
Jalap (Ipomoea purga) : roots.
Lavender (Lavandula vera) : flowers and herbs.
Leptandra (Veronica virginica) : roots.
Linaloe (Bursera delpechiana) : wood.
Linden (Tilia europaea) : flowers and leaves.
Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) : roots.
Lobelia (Lobelia inflata) : herbs and flowers.
Long pepper (Piper longum) : roots and underground stems.
Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) : root.
Mallow (Malva silvestris and Malva rotundifolia) : leaves and flowers.
Mandrake : roots or rhizomes.
Marjoram (see Wild marjoram below).
Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) : flowers, leaves and roots.
Melissa (Melissa officinalis) : leaves, flowers and tops.
Mint (all species).
Mousse de chene (oak moss) (Evernia furfuracea) (a lichen).
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) : roots.
Nux vomica (Strychnos nux-vomica) : seeds.
Orange tree (Citrus aurantium) : leaves and flowers.
Orris (Iris germanica, Iris pallida and Iris florentina) : roots.
Pansy : flowers.
Patchouli (Pogostemon patchouli) : leaves.
Peppermint (see mint).
Pine : buds.
Plantago psyllium : herbs and seeds.
Podophyllum (Podophyllum peltatum) : roots or rhizomes.
Poppy (Papaver somniferum) : heads (unripe, dried).
Pulsatilla (Anemone pulsatilla) : herbs.
Pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) : leaves, stems and flowers.
Pyrethrum (Anacyclus pyrethrum) : roots.
Quassia (Quassia amara and Picraena excelsa) : wood and bark.
Quince : seeds.
Rhatany (Krameria triandra) : roots.
Rhubarb (Rheum officinale) : roots.
Rose : flowers.
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) : herbs, flowers and leaves.
Rue (Ruta graveolens) : leaves.
Sage (Salvia officinalis) : leaves and flowers.
St. Ignatius beans (Strychnos ignatii).
Sandalwood : chips (white and yellow).
Sarsaparilla (Smilax) : roots.
Sassafras (Sassafras officinalis) : bark, roots and wood.
Scammony (Convolvulus scammonia) : roots.
Senega (Polygala senega) : roots.
Senna (Cassia acutifolia and Cassia angustifolia) : pods and leaves.
Slippery elm (Ulmus fulva) : bark.
Solanum nigrum.
Squill (Urginea maritima, Urginea scilla) : bulbs.
Stramonium (Datura stramonium) : leaves and tops.
Strophanthus (Strophanthus kombe) : seeds.
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) : roots, leaves and seeds.
Tonka (tonquin) (Dipterix odorata) : beans.
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) : roots.
Verbascum (mullein) (Verbascum thapsus and Verbascum phlomoides) : leaves and flowers.
Verbena : leaves and tops.
Veronica (Veronica officinalis) : leaves.
Viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium) : root bark.
Violets (Viola odorata) : roots and dried flowers.
Walnut : leaves.
Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare); sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana) is excluded (Chapter 7).
Woodruff (Asperula odorata) : herbs.
Wormseed (Artemisia cina) : flowers.
Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) : leaves and flowers.
Yohimba (Corynanthe johimbe) : bark.
The botanical names in the list above (which is not exhaustive) are given to assist in the identification of the plants. Mention of the botanical name of a particular species does not necessarily indicate that other species of the same plant family are not classified in the heading.
Certain products of this heading, which are regarded as narcotic drugs under international instruments, are indicated in the list which appears at the end of Chapter 29.
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