Armenian Cucumber Seeds
Armenian cucumber seeds (Cucumis melo flexuosus) grow long, ribbed fruits used like burpless cucumbers in Mediterranean cuisine. HTS 1209.91.80.40 covers these as cucumber-type vegetable seeds for sowing.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If for legume vegetable seeds like pea
Specific subheadings within 1209.91 for other vegetables precede cucumber.
If fresh cucumber fruits imported
Fresh cucumbers are Chapter 7 edibles, not sowing seeds of 1209.
If parts of mint/herbs mistaken
1211 for specific plants like mint; excludes vegetable seeds.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Provide varietal passports from international seed banks for exotic types like Armenian
• Test for erucic acid if any colza contamination risk, though irrelevant for cucumbers
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Picklebush Cucumber Seeds
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Sweet Success Cucumber Seeds
Sweet Success seeds are gynoecious hybrids producing uniformly sweet, seedless slicing cucumbers on parthenocarpic vines. Fits HTS 1209.91.80.40 for other cucumber seeds used for sowing.
Lemon Cucumber Seeds
Lemon cucumber seeds yield round, yellow fruits resembling lemons with mild, non-bitter flesh, popular in heirloom gardens. These fall under HTS 1209.91.80.40 as cucumber (Cucumis sativus var.) seeds for sowing, regarded as vegetable seeds per heading 1209 notes.
Diva Cucumber Seeds
Diva cucumber seeds are hybrid, parthenocarpic variety producing seedless, burpless cucumbers without pollination needs. HTS 1209.91.80.40 applies to these cucumber seeds used for sowing, as vegetable seeds not excluded by Chapter 12 provisions.