FROZEN PRAWNS OF THE SPIECIES PENAEUS VANNAMEI WHITELEG SHRIMP (LITOPENAEUS VANNAMIER, FORMERLY PENAEUS VANNAMEI), ALSO KNOWN AS PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP OR KING PRAWN. PENAEUS VANNAMEI IS A PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP OR KING PRAWN, OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. THE PRAWNS HAVE BEEN COOKED SHELLED, BRINED AND PRESERVED BY FREEZING. THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER PROCESSING TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT. 100 % PRAWN MEAT, NO FURTHER ADDITIVES HAVE BEEN ADDED PRIOR TO BEING SEALED IN PLASTIC BAGS OF 180 GRAMS FOR RETAIL SALE.

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 0306 - CRUSTACEANS, WHETHER IN SHELL OR NOT, LIVE, FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN, DRIED, SALTED OR IN BRINE; SMOKED CRUSTACEANS, WHETHER IN SHELL OR NOT, WHETHER OR NOT COOKED BEFORE OR DURING THE SMOKING PROCESS; CRUSTACEANS, IN SHELL, COOKED BY STEAMING OR BY BOILING IN WATER, WHETHER OR NOT CHILLED, FROZEN, DRIED OR IN BRINE; FLOURS, MEALS AND PELLETS OF CRUSTACEANS, FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION GIR (5B) HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING PACKED IN PLASTIC BAGS OF 180 GRAMS GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING 030617 - OTHER SHRIMPS AND PRAWNS CN CODE 03061792 - SHRIMPS OF THE GENUS PENAEUS TARIC - 0306179290 - OTHER THAN SHRIMPS AND PRAWNS OF THE SPECIE PANAEUS VANNAMEI AND PENAEUS MONODON, WHETHER IN SHELL OR NOT, NOT COOKED, FOR PROCESSING ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES TO HEADING 0306 NOTE 1