WHOLE BLACK PEPPERCORNS. IN A 45g METAL TIN. PRESENTED AS PART OF A SET WITH A BOTTLE OF OLIVE OIL, A TIN OF GARLIC FLAKES, BASIL FLAKES, SEA SALT, OREGANO FLAKES, ONION FLAKES WITH ROSEMARY AND A SMALL COOKS MARINADE BRUSH. SET PRESENTED IN PRINTED CARDBOARD PACKAGING WITH A CLEAR ACETATE LID.

THIS PRODUCT IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 0904110000 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 0904. GIR 3 HAS NOT BEEN MET AS THE ITEMS IN THE SET HAVE INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONS. THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE FOR A COMMON PURPOSE AND THEREFORE EACH ITEM HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED SEPARATELY. GIR 5(B) HAS BEEN USED AS THE GOODS ARE PACKED IN NORMAL PACKAGING FOR TRANSPORT. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL. HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANTORY NOTES (HSENS) HSENS TO HEADING 0904 NOTE (1) REFERS TO PEPPER OF THE GENUS PIPER. THIS TERM INCLUDES THE SEEDS OR FRUITS OF ALL PEPPER PLANTS OF THE GENUS PIPER, EXCEPT CUBEB PEPPER (PIPER CUBEBA) (HEADING 12.11). THE MAIN COMMERCIAL VARIETY IS PEPPER OF THE SPECIES PIPER NIGRUM, WHICH TAKES THE FORM OF BLACK OR WHITE PEPPER. BLACK PEPPERCORNS ARE OBTAINED FROM THE UNRIPE FRUITS BY SUN-DRYING OR SMOKING, SOMETIMES AFTER TREATMENT WITH BOILING WATER. WHITE PEPPER IS PREPARED FROM THE NEARLY RIPE FRUIT FROM WHICH THE PULP AND OUTER COATING OF THE SEED HAE BEEN REMOVED BY SOAKING OR SLIGHT FERMENTATION. WHITE PEPPER IS ALSO OFTEN PREPARED FROM BLACK PEPPERCORNS BY GRINDING OFF THE OUTER PARTS. WHITE PEPPER, WHICH IS IN FACT YELLOWISH GREY, IS NOT SO PUNGENT AS BLACK. THIS PRODUCT MEETS THE TERMS OF THIS HEADING AS PEPPER OF THE GENUS PIPER. EXCLUSIONS EXCLUDED FROM THE ENVISAGED CODE FOR CRUSHED OR GROUND PEPPERCORNS AS THESE PEPPERCORNS ARE WHOLE.