A CARBONATED READY TO DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AT 6.5% ABV. IT IS A MIXTURE OF FORTIFIED HIGH STRENGTH APPLE CIDER, CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, FLAVOURINGS (SPIRIT & FRUIT), PRESERVATIVE (E202), CAFFEINE AND COLOURS (E110, E124). AS IT IS A FERMENTED PRODUCT, IT IS PRESERVED WITH POTASSIUM SORBATE AND GIVEN A LIGHT PASTEURISATION TO KILL ANY YEAST CELLS REMAINING. THE PRODUCT IS CARBONATED TO A LEVEL OF 2.5 VOLUMES AND PUT UP IN A 440 ML ALUMINIUM CAN CLOSED WITH AN ALUMINIUM CAN END. THE HIGH STRENGTH APPLE CIDER IS FERMENTED FROM APPLE JUICE AND SUGAR. THE APPLE JUICE CONTENT IS 40% OF THE FERMENT. THE FERMENTATION FINISHES AT 18% ABV. THE HIGH STRENGTH APPLE CIDER IS FORTIFIED WITH ETHANOL TO BRING IT TO 21.9%. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY MIXING BY VOLUME 62.05 LITRES OF 18% HIGH STRENGTH APPLE CIDER WITH 37.95 LITRES OF ETHANOL AT 28.28%. NO FURTHER "CLEAN-UP" TREATMENTS SUCH AS REVERSE OSMOSIS OR ULTRAFILTRATION ARE CARRIED OUT ON THE HIGH STRENGTH APPLE CIDER.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRs) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 2206 - OTHER FERMENTED BEVERAGES (FOR EXAMPLE, CIDER, PERRY, MEAD, SAKÉ); MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. CN CODE 22060059 - OTHER THAN PIQUETTE, STILL, IN CONTAINERS HOLDING 2 LITRES OR LESS ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 22 ADDITIONAL NOTE 10. HSEN TO HEADING 2206.