# HS chapter 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts

> 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. National tariff lines under chapter 13 are live on border.bot for the United States (24 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/13
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 13](https://border.bot/hs-codes/13)

## Key facts

- Chapter: 13
- Description: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
- Headings: 2
- Subheadings: 11
- Edition: HS2022

## 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.

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

- [1301.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/130120) Gum Arabic
- [1301.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/130190) Other

### [13.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1302) Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products

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

National tariff lines under chapter 13 are live on border.bot for the United States (24 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/13): 24 lines, used by 1 other country

- Previous chapter: [12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/12) Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
- Next chapter: [14](https://border.bot/hs-codes/14) Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

## 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.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines in HS chapter 13?

National tariff lines under chapter 13 are live on border.bot for the United States (24 lines, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

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.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/13.json