CHINESE RAW PEANUTS THAT ARE SHELLED AND BLANCHED. THE PEANUTS ARE INSPECTED AND DESTONED. THE PEANUTS ARE TREATED TO A 90OC HEAT ON A CONTINUOUS BELT FOR 40 MINUTES TO LOOSEN THE SKIN AND LOWER THE PEROXIDE VALUES. THE PEANUTS ARE THEN COOLED AND BLANCHED. ANY DAMAGED KERNELS ARE REMOVED. A METAL DETECTOR AND MAGNET ARE USED TO REMOVE ANY METAL FROM THE PEANUTS. THE PEANUTS ARE PACKED IN 25KG BAGS OR LARGE TOTES FOR ONWARD PROCESSING BY CUSTOMER FOR RETAIL SALE SUCH AS ROASTING, SALTING OR FLAVOURING.

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 1202 GROUNDNUTS, NOT ROASTED OR OTHERWISE COOKED, WHETHER OR NOT SHELLED OR BROKEN GIR 5 (B) - HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 - HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 120242 OTHER THAN SEED; SHELLED, WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: HSEN'S TO CHAPTER 12 GENERAL NOTE, SECOND PARAGRAPH REFERS HSEN'S TO HEADING 1202 REFERS EC REGULATION 446/2009 AMENDED BY EC REGULATION 441/2013 LINE 72.