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 1605 -CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, PREPARED OR PRESERVED.
GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING.
GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 160530 - LOBSTER.CN CODE 16053090 - OTHER THAN COOKED LOBSTER MEAT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOBSTER BUTTER OR OF LOBSTER PASTES, SOUPS OR SAUCES.
EXCLUDED FROM CHAPTER 03 AS BEING FURTHER PREPARED THAN ALLOWABLE IN THIS CHAPTER BECAUSE THE LOBSTER MEAT IS COMBINED WITH A PAT OF GARLIC BUTTER (15% OF THE PRODUCT) IN A VACUUM PACK, READY TO COOK FOR A PRESCRIBED TIME TO ENABLE THE GARLIC BUTTER TO INFUSE INTO THE LOBSTER MEAT. THE PRODUCT IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED TO BE PUT UP AS A PREPARATION RATHER THAN SIMPLY RAW L;OBSTER MEAT.