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Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (a) Vegetables, fruit or nuts, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 7, 8 or 11; (b) Food preparations containing more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16); or (c) Homogenised composite food preparations of 2104. 2.- 2007 and 2008 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar confectionery (1704) or chocolate confectionery (1806). 3.- 2001, 2004 and 2005 cover, as the case may be, only those products of Chapter 7 or of 1105 or 1106 (other than flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8) which have been prepared or preserved by processes other than those referred to in Note 1 (a). 4.- Tomato juice the dry weight content of which is 7% or more is to be classified in 2002. 5.- For the purposes of 2009, “juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit” means juices of an alcoholic strength by volume (see Note 2 to Chapter 22) not exceeding 0.5% vol. l.-For the purposes of 2005.10.00, “homogenised vegetables” means preparations of vegetables, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of vegetables. 2005.10.00 takes precedence over all other subheadings of 2005. 2.-For the purposes of 2007.10.00, “homogenised preparations” means preparations of fruit, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of fruit. 2007.10.00 takes precedence over all other subheadings of 2007. 1.- For the purposes of 2009, “TSS” means total soluble solids as determined by the International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers analysis method No. 88, 1968. | 2001 | VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS AND OTHER EDIBLE PARTS OF PLANTS, PREPARED OR PRESERVED BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID: | | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | | 2001.10.00 | - Cucumbers and gherkins | 10% DC:5% | | 2001.20.00 | - Onions | 10% DC:5% | | 2001.90.00 | - Other | 10% DC:5% | | 2002 | TOMATOES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID: | | | 2002.10.00 | - Tomatoes, whole or in pieces | 10% DC:5% | | 2002.90.00 | - Other | 15% DC:10% | | 2003 | MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES, PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID: | | | 2003.10.00 | - Mushrooms | 10% DC:5% | | 2003.20.00 | - Truffles | 10% DC:5% | | 2004 | OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, FROZEN: | | | 2004.10.00 | - Potatoes | 10% DC:5% | | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | | 2004.90.00 | - Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables | 10% DC:5% | | 2005 | OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, NOT FROZEN: | | | 2005.10.00 | - Homogenised vegetables | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.20.00 | - Potatoes | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.30.00 | - Sauerkraut | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.40.00 | - Peas (Pisum sativum) | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.5 | - Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): | | | 2005.51.00 | - - Beans, shelled | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.59.00 | - - Other | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.60.00 | - Asparagus | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.70.00 | -Olives | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.80.00 | - Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) | 10% DC:5% | | 2005.90.00 | - Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables | 10% DC:5% | | 2006.00.00 | FRUIT, NUTS, FRUIT-PEEL AND OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS, PRESERVED BY SUGAR (DRAINED, GLACE OR CRYSTALLISED) | 15% DC:10% | | 2007 | JAMS, FRUIT JELLIES, MARMALADES, FRUIT OR NUT PUREE AND FRUIT OR NUT PASTES, BEING COOKED PREPARATIONS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER: | | | 2007.10.00 | - Homogenised preparations | 10% DC:5% | | 2007.9 | - Other: | | | 2007.91.00 | - - Citrus fruit | 10% DC:5% | | 2007.99.00 | - - Other | 10% DC:5% | | 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: | | | 2008.1 | - Nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together: | | | 2008.11.00 | - - Ground-nuts | 5% | | 2008.19.00 | - - Other, including mixtures | 10%DC:5% | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 2008.20.00 | - Pineapples | 10%DC:5% | | 2008.30.00 | - Citrus fruit | 10%DC:5% | | 2008.40.00 | -Pears | 10%DC:5% | | 2008.50.00 | - Apricots | 10%DC:5% | | 2008.60.00 | - Cherries | 10%DC:5% | | 2008.70.00 | - Peaches | 10%DC:5% | | 2008.80.00 | - Strawberries | 10%DC:5% | | 2008.9 | - Other, including mixtures other than those of 2008.19.00: | | | 2008.91.00 | - - Palm hearts | 5% | | 2008.92.00 | - - Mixtures | 10%DC:5% | | 2008.99.00 | - - Other | 5% | | 2009 | FRUIT JUICES (INCLUDING GRAPE MUST) AND VEGETABLE JUICES, UNFERMENTED AND NOT CONTAINING ADDED SPIRIT, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER: | | | 2009.1 | - Orange juice: | | | 2009.11.00 | - - Frozen | 10%, and $0.50/kg TSS, and an amount per kg TSS equal to the amount by which the value per kg TSS is less than $1 DC:5%, and $0.50/kg TSS, and an amount per kg TSS equal to the amount by which the value per kg TSS is less than $1 | | 2009.19.00 | - - Other | 10%, and $0.50/kg TSS, and an amount per kg TSS equal to the amount by which the value per kg TSS is less than $1 DC:5%, and $0.50/kg TSS, and an amount per kg TSS equal to the amount by which the value per kg TSS is less than $1 | | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 2009.20.00 | - Grapefruit juice | 20% DC:15% | | 2009.30 | - Juice of any other single citrus fruit: | | | 2009.30.10 | ---Lime juice, unsweetened | 2% | | 2009.30.20 | ---Mandarin (including tangerine and satsuma) juice or the juice of Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids | 10%, and $0.50/kg TSS, and an amount per kg TSS equal to the amount by which the value per kg TSS is less than $1 DC:5%, and $0.50/kg TSS, and an amount per kg TSS equal to the amount by which the value per kg TSS is less than $1 | <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.30.90</td><td style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">---Other</td><td style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">20% DC:15%</td></tr><tr style="height:37.95pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.40.00</td><td style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">- Pineapple juice</td><td style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">10%PNG:5%DC:5%</td></tr><tr style="height:25.3pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.50.00</td><td style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">- Tomato juice</td><td style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">10% DC:5%</td></tr><tr style="height:37.95pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.60.00</td><td style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">- Grape juice (including grape must)</td><td style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">10%PNG:5%DC:5%</td></tr><tr style="height:37.95pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.70.00</td><td style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">- Apple juice</td><td style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">10%PNG:5%DC:5%</td></tr><tr style="height:25.3pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.80.00</td><td style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">- Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable</td><td style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">10%DC:5%</td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.90</td><td style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">- Mixtures of juices:</td><td style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.90.10</td><td rowspan="2" style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">---Citrus</td><td rowspan="2" style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">10%, and $0.50/kg TSS, and an amount per kg TSS equal to the amount by which the value per kg TSS is less than $1 DC:5%, and $0.50/kg TSS, and an amount per kg TSS equal to the amount by which the value per kg TSS is less than $1</td></tr><tr style="height:303.6pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:25.3pt"><td style="width:16.34%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">2009.90.90</td><td style="width:63.58%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">---Other</td><td style="width:20.06%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top">10%DC:5%</td></tr></tbody></table> ```