Agriculture commodity
Cinnamon
Cinnamomum spp. — Ethiopia, Tanzania, DRC
At a glance
- Family
- Spices & Aromatics
- Sector
- Agriculture
- HS code
- 0906.11
- Forms
- 2
Traded forms
- Quills / Bark (neither crushed nor ground)
- Rolled cinnamon bark sticks
- Crushed or GroundHS 0906.20
- Ground cinnamon
Grading standards
Cinnamon and Cassia — Specification
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) · 2014 · ISO 6539:2014
Frequently asked
- What is Cinnamon?
- Cinnamomum spp. — Ethiopia, Tanzania, DRC
- Which forms is Cinnamon traded in?
- Cinnamon is traded as: Quills / Bark (neither crushed nor ground), Crushed or Ground.
- Which standards apply to Cinnamon?
- Applicable grading standards include: Cinnamon and Cassia — Specification.
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