# HS heading 20.01: Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

> HS heading 20.01 covers vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid. It is in chapter 20 (preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants). It is split into 2 subheadings: 2001.10 (cucumbers and gherkins) and 2001.90 (other). National tariff lines under heading 20.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (14 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/2001
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/20) / [20.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2001)

## Key facts

- Heading: 20.01
- Description: Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid
- Chapter: 20: Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
- Subheadings: 2
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 20.01 covers vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.

It is split into 2 subheadings: 2001.10 (cucumbers and gherkins) and 2001.90 (other).

- [2001.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/200110) Cucumbers and gherkins
- [2001.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/200190) Other

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 20 are classified in its other 8 headings, listed below.

- [20.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2002) Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
- [20.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2003) Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
- [20.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2004) Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06
- [20.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2005) Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06
- [20.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2006) Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised)
- [20.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2007) Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
- [20.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2008) Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included
- [20.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2009) Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

## How it is structured

Heading 20.01 is one of 9 headings in chapter 20. Its first two digits, 20, are the chapter; the next two, 01, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (2001.10, 2001.90).

## In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 20.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (14 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/20): 14 lines, used by 1 other country

- Previous heading: [19.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1905) Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
- Next heading: [20.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/2002) Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 20.01 cover?

HS heading 20.01 covers vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.

### Which chapter is HS heading 20.01 in?

HS heading 20.01 is in chapter 20 (preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 20.01 have?

HS heading 20.01 has 2 subheadings: 2001.10 (cucumbers and gherkins) and 2001.90 (other).

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 20.01?

National tariff lines under heading 20.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (14 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/2001.json