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      "label": "Edition",
      "value": "HS2022",
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    {
      "question": "What does HS chapter 12 cover?",
      "answer": "HS chapter 12 covers oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder."
    },
    {
      "question": "How many headings and subheadings are in HS chapter 12?",
      "answer": "HS chapter 12 has 14 headings and 50 six-digit subheadings in HS2022."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines in HS chapter 12?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under chapter 12 are live on border.bot for the United States (167 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
    }
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      "id": "covers",
      "title": "What this chapter covers",
      "text": [
        "HS chapter 12 covers oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder.",
        "It has 14 headings, 12.01 to 12.14, and 50 six-digit subheadings in HS2022."
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    {
      "id": "not-covered",
      "title": "What it doesn’t cover",
      "text": [
        "Chapter 11, before it, covers products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten; chapter 13, after it, covers lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts."
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    {
      "id": "structure",
      "title": "How it is structured",
      "text": [
        "Chapter 12 is the first level of the Harmonized System. Its headings add two digits to the chapter number (12.01), and each heading's subheadings add two more."
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    {
      "id": "other-countries",
      "title": "In other countries",
      "text": [
        "National tariff lines under chapter 12 are live on border.bot for the United States (167 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
      ]
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      "id": "sources",
      "title": "Sources and updates",
      "text": [
        "The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.",
        "This page was last updated on 11 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."
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