TAMARIND CONCENTRATE WITH A BRIX VALUE OF 65 AND A NET WEIGHT VALUE EXCEEDING €30 PER 100KG. THE RAW MATERIAL OF FINE TAMARIND WITHOUT SEEDS AND FIBRES IS WASHED WITH POTABLE WATER; TO ENSURE FURTHER CLEANING AND WASHING, THE INTERMEDIATE IS BOILED FOR 1 HOUR. THREE FILTRATION STEPS FOLLOW AGAIN FOR CLEANING PURPOSES. THE PRODUCT THEN GOES TO THE VACUUM PLANT WHERE IT IS CONCENTRATED TO ELIMINATE WATER FROM THE CLEANING PROCESS. THE RESULTING CONCENTRATE PASSES THROUGH A FOURTH FILTER WHILE FILLING. THE RESULTING PRODUCT IS DECLARED AS 100% TAMARIND CONCENTRATE, IN TERMS OF INGREDIENTS. THE INTENDED APPLICATION OF TAMARIND CONCENTRATE IS AS A FOOD INGREDIENT, INCLUDING SOUPS, GRAVIES, CURRIES, PEPPER WATER, SAMBAR, RASAM, PANI PURI, CHATNI (PASTE) AND ALL KINDS OF GRAVIES ETC. WHEN ADDED TO THESE RECIPES TAMARIND CONCENTRATE WILL NEED TO BE COOKED SUBSEQUENTLY. TAMARIND CONCENTRATE WILL BE SOLD TO FOOD MANUFACTURERS AS BULK MATERIAL AND IS NOT PACKAGED 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 2009 FRUIT JUICES (INCLUDING GRAPE MUST) AND VEGETABLE JUICES, UNFERMENTED AND NOT CONTAINING ADDED SPIRIT, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 200980 OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED WITHIN THIS SUBHEADING; JUICE OF ANY OTHER SINGLE FRUIT OR VEGETABLE CN CODE 20098073 JUICES OF TROPICAL FRUIT TARIC CDOE OTHER THAN POWDERED ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- CHAPTER 20 ADDITIONAL NOTES 2, 5 & 7