BANANA AQUEOUS DISTILLATE COLLECTED FROM PUREED BANANAS. THE BANANA AQUEOUS DISTILLATE IS PRODUCED BY VACUUM DISTILLATION WHEREBY FLAVOUR VOLATILES, WATER AND SOME NATIVE ALCOHOL (6% ETHANOL) ARE DISTILLED OVER AND COLLECTED BY CONDENSATION. THE AQUEOUS DISTILLATE COLLECTED HAS A THIN LAYER OF FLAVOUR OIL ON ITS SURFACE WHICH IS DISPERSED BY THE ADDITION OF A FURTHER 5% ETHANOL. THIS GIVES A TOTAL TYPICAL ETHANOL CONTENT OF 11% (VOL/VOL) AS MEASURED BY DENSITOMETER. BANANA AQUEOUS DISTILLATE IS ANALYSED BY CLASSICAL WET ANALYSIS SUCH AS DENSITY, REFRACTIVE INDEX ETC. USED AS A RAW MATERIAL FOR THE FRAGRANCE, FLAVOUR AND COSMETICS INDUSTRY AND NOT FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE BANANA AQUEOUS DISTILLATE IS PACKED IN HDPE PLASTIC CONTAINERS.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3301 ESSENTIAL OILS (TERPENELESS OR NOT), INCLUDING CONCRETES AND ABSOLUTES; RESINOIDS; EXTRACTED OLEORESINS; CONCENTRATES OF ESSENTIAL OILS IN FATS, IN FIXED OILS, IN WAXES OR THE LIKE, OBTAINED BY ENFLEURAGE OR MACERATION; TERPENIC BY-PRODUCTS OF THE DETERPENATION OF ESSENTIAL OILS; AQUEOUS DISTILLATES AND AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ESSENTIAL OILS. GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 33019090 OTHER THAN ESSENTIAL OILS. CN CODE 33019090 OTHER THAN EXTRACTED OLOERESINS. GENERAL SECTION OR CHAPTER NOTES HSEN CHAPTER 33 GENERAL NOTES & HEADING 3301 NOTES (A) & (D).