Chapter 20
  PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS
  Notes.
  1. This Chapter does not cover:
  (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);
  (c) Bakers’ wares and other products of heading 19.05; or
  (d) Homogenised composite food preparations of heading 21.04.
  2. Headings 20.07 and 20.08 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar confectionery (heading 17.04) or chocolate confectionery (heading 18.06).
  3. Headings 20.01, 20.04 and 20.05 cover, as the case may be, only those products of Chapter 7 or of heading 11.05 or 11.06 (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 heading 20.02.
  5. For the purposes of heading 20.07, the expression “obtained by cooking” means obtained by heat treatment at atmospheric pressure or under reduced pressure to increase the viscosity of a product through reduction of water content or other means.
  6. For the purposes of heading 20.09, the expression “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.
  Subheading Notes.
  1. For the purposes of subheading 2005.10, the expression “homogenised vegetables” means preparations of vegetables, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children 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. Subheading 2005.10 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 20.05.
  2. For the purposes of subheading 2007.10, the expression “homogenised preparations” means preparations of fruit, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children 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. Subheading 2007.10 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 20.07.
  3. For the purposes of subheadings 2009.12, 2009.21, 2009.31, 2009.41, 2009.61 and 2009.71, the expression “Brix value” means the direct reading of degrees Brix obtained from a Brix hydrometer or of refractive index expressed in terms of percentage sucrose content obtained from a refractometer, at a temperature of 20oC or corrected for 20oC if the reading is made at a different temperature.
HS code Product description in English
2001 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.
20011000 - Cucumbers and gherkins
200190 - Other:
20019010 - - Onions
20019090 - - Other
2002 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.
20021000 - Tomatoes, whole or in pieces
200290 - Other:
20029010 - - Tomato paste
20029020 - - Tomato powder
20029090 - - Other
2003 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.
20031000 - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus
200390 - Other:
20039010 - - Truffles
20039090 - - Other
2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06.
20041000 - Potatoes
200490 - Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables:
20049010 - - Suitable for infants or young children
20049090 - - Other
2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06.
200510 - Homogenised vegetables:
20051010 - - In airtight containers for retail sale
20051090 - - Other
200520 - Potatoes:
  - - Chips and sticks:
20052011 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
20052019 - - - Other
  - - Other:
20052091 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
20052099 - - - Other
20054000 - Peas (Pisum sativum)
  - Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.):
20055100 - - Beans, shelled
200559 - - Other:
20055910 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
20055990 - - - Other
20056000 - Asparagus
20057000 - Olives
20058000 - Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)
  - Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables:
20059100 - - Bamboo shoots
200599 - - Other:
20059910 - - - In airtight containers for retail sale
20059990 - - - Other
20060000 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised).
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.
20071000 - Homogenised preparations
  - Other:
20079100 - - Citrus fruit
200799 - - Other:
20079910 - - - Fruit pastes other than of mangoes, pineapples or strawberries
20079920 - - - Jams and fruit jellies
20079990 - - - Other
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.
  - Nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together:
200811 - - Ground-nuts:
20081110 - - - Roasted
20081120 - - - Peanut butter
20081190 - - - Other
200819 - - Other, including mixtures:
20081910 - - - Cashew nuts
  - - - Other:
20081991 - - - - Roasted
20081999 - - - - Other
200820 - Pineapples:
20082010 - - In airtight containers for retail sale
20082090 - - Other
200830 - Citrus fruit:
20083010 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
20083090 - - Other
20084000 - Pears
20085000 - Apricots
200860 - Cherries:
20086010 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
20086090 - - Other
200870 - Peaches, including nectarines:
20087010 - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
20087090 - - Other
20088000 - Strawberries
  - Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008.19:
20089100 - - Palm hearts
200893 - - Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea):
20089310 - - - Containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
20089390 - - - Other
200897 - - Mixtures:
20089710 - - - Of stems, roots and other edible parts of plants, not including fruits or nuts whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
20089720 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
20089790 - - - Other
200899 - - Other:
20089910 - - - Lychees
20089920 - - - Longans
20089930 - - - Of stems, roots and other edible parts of plants, not including fruits or nuts whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
20089940 - - - Other, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit
20089990 - - - Other
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.
  - Orange juice:
20091100 - - Frozen
20091200 - - Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20
20091900 - - Other
  - Grapefruit (including pomelo) juice:
20092100 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
20092900 - - Other
  - Juice of any other single citrus fruit:
20093100 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
20093900 - - Other
  - Pineapple juice:
20094100 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
20094900 - - Other
20095000 - Tomato juice
  - Grape juice (including grape must):
20096100 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 30
20096900 - - Other
  - Apple juice:
20097100 - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20
20097900 - - Other
  - Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable:
200981 - - Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea) juice:
20098110 - - - Suitable for infants or young children
20098190 - - - Other
200989 - - Other:
20098910 - - - Blackcurrant juice
  - - - Other:
20098991 - - - - Suitable for infants or young children
20098999 - - - - Other
200990 - Mixtures of juices:
20099010 - - Suitable for infants or young children
  - - Other:
20099091 - - - Ready for immediate consumption
20099099 - - - Other