THE PRODUCT IS AN INSTANT COFFEE CHICORY CAFE. IT IS A BLEND OF 40% COFFEE AND 60% CHICORY, BOTH SOLUABLE. THE PRODUCTS APPEARANCE IS THAT OF A BROWN FINE SPRAY DRIED COFFEE. INSTANT COFFEE AS WELL AS INSTANT CHICORY ARE EXTRACTS (OF COFFEE BEANSAND OF CHICORY ROOTS) THAT HAVE BEEN SPRAY DRIED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A READY TO SERVE INSTANT COFFEE POWDER. THE PRODUCT IS MANUFACTURED IN INDIA AND IS IMPORTED IN SMALL PACKS SUCH AS TINS AND GLASS JARS OF 100 TO 250 GRAMS AS WELL AS BULK CARTONS OF 25KGS. CHICORY IS FREE OF CAFFEINE AND ADDS A CARAMEL TASTE TO THE COFFEE. AS A RESULT ADDING CHICORY PRODUCES A SMOOTHER CUP OF COFFEE WITH LESS CAFFEINE.

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 2101: FOR EXTRACTS, ESSENCES AND CONCENTRATES, OF COFFEE, TEA OR MATÉ AND PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF THESE PRODUCTS OR WITH A BASIS OF COFFEE, TEA OR MATÉ; ROASTED CHICORY AND OTHER ROASTED COFFEE SUBSTITUTES, AND EXTRACTS, ESSENCES AND CONCENTRATES THEREOF. GIR 3(B) HAS BEEN USED AS THE CHICORY CONTENT GIVES THIS PRODUCT THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 210130: ROASTED CHICORY AND OTHER ROASTED COFFEE SUBSTITUTES, AND EXTRACTS, ESSENCES AND AND CONCENTRATES THEREOF; EXTRACTS ESSENCES AND CONCENTRATES OF ROASTED CHICORY AND OTHER ROASTED COFFEE SUBSTITUTES. CN CODE 21013091: OF ROASTED CHICORY. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HSEN NOTE 2 TO CHAPTER 21 REFERS. HSENS TO HEADING 2101 (5) REFERS.