PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE FAT WHICH IS USED AS AN INTERMEDIATE IN THE MAKING OF CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS. THE FAT IS BASED ON PALM OIL. THE FAT HAS UNDERGONE THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES: FRACTIONATION, HYDROGENATION AND REFINING BUT IS NOT FURTHER PROCESSED. CONTAINS LESS THAN 50% BY WEIGHT OF FREE FATTY ACIDS.DOES NOT CONTAIN PALM KERNEL, ILLIPE, COCONUT, COLZA, RAPESEED OR COPAIBA OILS.PACKAGED IN 12.5KG OR 20KG BOXES OR IN BULK.

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 1516 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, PARTLY OR WHOLLY HYDROGENATED, INTER-ESTERIFIED, RE-ESTERIFIED OR ELAIDINISED, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT FURTHER PREPARED. GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 151620 VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS. CN CODE 15162096 OTHER OILS CONTAINING LESS THAN 50% BY WEIGHT OF FREE FATTY ACIDS AND EXCLUDING PALM KERNEL, ILLIPE, COCONUT, COLZA, RAPESEED OR COPAIBA OILS. TARIC CODE 1516209690 OTHER THAN JOJOBA OIL, HYDROGENATED AND INTERESTERIFIED, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER CHEMICAL MODIFICATION AND NOT SUBJECTED TO ANY TEXTURISATION PROCESS. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE TO CHAPTER 15. HSEN (A) TO HEADING 1516.