THIS PRODUCT IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 0712909010 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)
GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 0712.
GIR 3 HAS NOT BEEN MET AS THE ITEMS IN THE SET HAVE INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONS. THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE FOR A COMMON PURPOSE AND THEREFORE EACH ITEM HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED SEPARATELY.
GIR 5(B) HAS BEEN USED AS THE GOODS ARE PACKED IN NORMAL PACKAGING FOR TRANSPORT.
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL.
HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANTORY NOTES (HSENS)
HSENS TO HEADING 0712 PARAGRAPH 1 REFERS TO THIS HEADING COVERING VEGETABLES OF HEADINGS 07.01 TO 07.09 WHICH HAVE BEEN DRIED (INCLUDING DEHYDRATED, EVAPORATED OR FREEZE-DRIED) I.E. WITH THEIR NATURAL WATER CONTENT REMOVED BY VARIOUS PROCESSES. THE PRINCIPAL KINDS OF VEGETABLES TREATED IN THIS WAY ARE POTATOES, ONIONS, MUSHROOMS, WOOD EAR (AURICULARIA SPP), JELLY FUNGI (TREMELLA SPP), TRUFFLES, CARROTS, CABBAGE AND SPINACH. THEY ARE USUALLY PREPARED IN STRIPS OR SLICES, EITHER OF ONE VARIETY OR MIXED (JULIENNE).
THE HEADING ALSO COVERS DRIED VEGETABLES, BROKEN OR POWDERED, SUCH AS ASPARAGUS, CAULIFLOWER, PARSLEY, CHERVIL, ONION, GARLIC, CELERY, GENERALLY USED EITHER AS FLAVOURING MATERIALS OR IN THE PREPARATION OF SOUPS.
THIS PRODUCT MEETS THE TERMS OF THE HEADING AS A DRIED VEGETABLE OF CHAPTER 07.