Licorice root buyer's guide

Updated 25 October 2026

This guide is for the people who buy licorice root for a company: procurement and quality staff at extraction, food, herbal tea and tobacco companies. Each chapter answers one part of the job: choosing a form and grade, reading a specification and a certificate of analysis, the shipping documents, placing an order, the customs codes and import rules, and the trade terms explained in a glossary. Chapters appear below as they are published.

Our sales team checks the commercial facts in this guide, such as terms, loads and lead times, every quarter, and the quality facts every six months. For shipping terms and documents, see Shipping, Incoterms and documents.

In this section

Choosing a form and grade
Which licorice root form suits your process, slice and tablet grades by root diameter in mm, peeled or unpeeled, and when to order a custom cut.
Reading a specification
What each line of a licorice root specification means: glycyrrhizic acid, moisture, ash, foreign matter, microbiology, contaminants and the COA.
Shipping documents
The documents with each load of licorice root from Uzbekistan: invoice, packing list, phytosanitary, origin and fumigation certificates, and what to check.
Samples and ordering
How to buy licorice root from us: free samples, what to put in an enquiry, what a quotation contains, payment terms and the steps from order to dispatch.
Import rules and HS codes
HS codes for licorice root and extract (1211.90, 1302.12), the EAEU and Uzbek national lines, and the EU, US and UK import rules buyers ask about.
Glossary
Short definitions of 60 terms in licorice root trade: the plant and its chemistry, quality tests, Incoterms, payment, documents and product forms.