Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants

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 pre perations of heading 1905, 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 "homogenized vegetables" means preparations of vegetables, finely homogenized, 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 "homogenized preparations" means preparations of fruit, finely homogenized, 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 250g. 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 20°C or corrected for 20°C if the reading is made at a different temperature.

Explanatory remarks to Chapter 20


1. The entry is subject to the observance of Article 16 of the Law on Foodstuffs and Beverages approved in 1967.
2. If religiously banned, the importation of the goods classified under this chapter is prohibited.
3. The entry of seeds and plants which, according to the export documents of the country of origin, have been identified as genetically modified shall be subject to the approbation of the Environment Protection Organization in terms of any environmental dangers.
4.The importaotion of Produsts of Subbeading 20079100, 20079990, 20091200, 20092100, 20093100, 20095000, 20096100, 20096900,20097100, 20097900, 20098100, 20098990 with The Previous outhorization of Ministry of Agriculture -Jahad.

 

Heading,
Subheading
No.
Description Remark Preferential
Tariff
SUQ Import duty
20 01 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid. - - - -
2001 10 00  - Cucumbers and gherkins - 7,1  Kg  40
2001 90 00  - Other - 7 Kg  40
20 02 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid - - - -
2002 10 00  - Tomatoes, whole or in pieces - - Kg  55
2002 90  - Other: - 1 - -
2002 90 10  --- Tomato paste - - Kg  55
2002 90 90  --- Other - - Kg  55
20 03 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid. - - - -
2003 10 00  - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus - - Kg  40
2003 90  - Other: - - - -
2003 90 10  --- Mushrooms Truffles - - Kg  40
2003 90 90  --- Other - - Kg  40
20 04 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06 - - - -
2004 10 00  - Potatoes - - Kg  40
2004 90 00 - Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables - - Kg  4
20 05 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06. - - - -
2005 10 00  - Homogenised vegetables - - Kg  40
2005 20 00  - Potatoes - 1 Kg  40
2005 40 00  - Peas (Pisum sativum) - - Kg  40
  - Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): - - - -
2005 51 00  -- Beans, shelled - - Kg  40
2005 59 00  -- Other - - Kg  40
2005 60 00  - Asparagus - - Kg  40
2005 70 00  - Olives - - Kg  55
2005 80 00  - Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) - - Kg  40
  - Other regtables Mixtures of Vegetables: - - - -
2005 91 00  -- Bamboo shoots - - Kg  40
2005 99 00  -- Others - 7 Kg  40
2006 00 00 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised). - - Kg  40
20 07 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut paste, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter - - - -
2007 10  - Homogenised preparations: - 1 - -
2007 10 10 --- Puree and concentrate of tropical fruits (pineapples, bananas, mangoes, guavas, passion fruits, lichens and tamarind) - 6,8  Kg  5
2007 10 90  --- Other - 6 Kg  55
- :- Other - - - -
2007 91 00  -- Citrus fruits - 5 Kg  55
2007 99  -- Other: - 1 - -
2007 99 10 --- Puree and concentrate of tropical fruits (pineapples, bananas, mangoes, guavas, passion fruits, lichens and tamarind) - 6,5,7,8  Kg  5
2007 99 90  --- Other - 6,5,7  Kg  55
20 08 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: - - - -
2008 11 00  -- Ground-nuts -   Kg  40
2008 19 00  -- Other, including mixtures - 5,1  Kg  40
2008 20  - Pineapples: - - - -
2008 20 10 -- Canned pineapple packaged in container of at least 10 kg capacity - 5 Kg  32
2008 20 90  -- Other - 5 Kg  32
2008 30  - Citrus fruit: - - - -
2008 30 10 -- In a container with minimum capacity 10Kg - 6,5  Kg  20
2008 30 90  -- Other - 6,5  Kg  40
2008 40  - Pears: - - - -
2008 40 10 -- In a container with minimum capacity 10Kg - 5 Kg  40
2008 40 90  -- Other - 5 Kg  40
2008 50  - Apricots: - - - -
2008 50 10 -- In a container with minimum capacity 10Kg - 5 Kg  40
2008 50 90  -- Other - 5 Kg  40
2008 60  - Cherries: - - - -
2008 60 10 -- In a container with minimum capacity
10Kg
- 5 Kg  40
2008 60 90  -- Other - 5 Kg  40
2008 60  - Cherries: -      
2008 60 10 -- In a container with minimum capacity 10Kg - 5 Kg  40
2008 60 90  -- Other - 5 Kg  40
2008 70  - Peaches, including nectarines: - - - -
2008 70 10 -- In a container with minimum capacity 10Kg - 5 Kg  20
2008 70 90  -- Other - 5 Kg  40
2008 80  - Strawberries: - - - -
2008 80 10 -- In a container with minimum capacity 10Kg - - Kg  40
2008 80 90  -- Other - - Kg  40
- - Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008.19: - - - -
2008 91 00  -- Palm hearts - 5 Kg  40
2008 93 00 -- cranberries(vaccinium macrocarpon, vaccinium oxycoccos, vaccinium vitis – idaea) - - Kg  40
2008 97  -- Mixtures: - - - -
2008 97 10 --- In a container with minimum capacity 10Kg - 5 Kg  40
2008 97 90  --- Other - 5 Kg  40
2008 99  -- Other: - - - -
2008 99 10 --- Canned mango packaged in container of at least 10 kg capacity - 6,5  Kg  40
2008 99 20 --- Canned aloe vera packaged in container of at least 10 kg capacity - 6,5  Kg  40
2008 99 30 --- Canned fruits packaged in container of at least 10 kg capacity (others) - 6,5  Kg  40
2008 99 90  --- Other - 6,5  Kg  40
20 09 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: - 1 - -
2009 11 00  -- Frozen - 6 Kg  32
2009 12 00 -- Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20 - 6 Kg  55
2009 19 00  -- Other - 6 Kg  32
- - Grapefruit (including pomelos) juice : -      
2009 21 00  -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 - 6 Kg  32
2009 29 00  -- Other - 6 Kg  55
- - Juice of any other single citrus fruit: - 6 Kg  32
2009 31 00  -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 - 6 Kg  55
2009 39 00  -- Other - 6 Kg  32
- - Pineapple juice: - - - -
2009 41 00  -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 - 6 Kg  55
2009 49  -- Other: - 1 - -
2009 49 10  --- Concentrated fruit juice - 6,8  Kg  5
2009 49 90  --- Other -   Kg  32
2009 50 00  - Tomato juice - 6 Kg  55
- - Grape juice (including grape must): - - - -
2009 61 00  -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 30 - - - -
2009 69 00  -- Other - - Kg  55
  - Apple juice: - 1 Kg  55
2009 71 00  - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 - 1 Kg  55
2009 79 00  -- Other - 1 Kg  55
- - Juice of any other single fruit or
vegetable:
- - - -
2009 81 00 -- Cranberry (vaccinium macrocorpon, vaccinium oxycoccos, vaccinium vitis – idaea) - 1 Kg  55
2009 89  -- Other: - - - -
2009 89 10 --- Concentrated fruit juice (bananas, mongoes, guavas, passion fruits, and lichens) - 6 Kg  5
2009 89 90  --- Other - 6 Kg  55
2009 90 00  - Mixtures of juices - 6 Kg  55