UNREFINED SHEA BUTTER THE PRODUCT IS A NATURAL FAT EXTRACTED FROM THE NUTS OF THE AFRICAN SHEA TREE. IT IS AN OFF-WHITE OR IVORY COLOUR WHEN UNREFINED. IT CONTAINS VITAMINS A, E AND F AND IS USED IN COSMETICS TO TREAT SKIN CONDITIONS SUCH AS BLEMISHES, ECZEMA, STRETCH MARKS, DERMATITIS AND ANTI-AGING. ALSO USED TO SOOTHE AND CONDITIONING TREATMENT FOR SKIN AND HAIR. THE PRODUCT IS IN SOLID FORM IN PACKAGINGS OF NOT EXCEEDING 1 KG AND BOXED.

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 1515 OTHER FIXED VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS (INCLUDING JOJOBA OIL) AND THEIR FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING- BOXED. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 151590 OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED WITHIN THIS HEADING CN CODE 15159051 OTHER THAN CRUDE OILS, FOR TECHNICAL OR INDUSTRIAL USES OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOODSTUFFS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- ADDITIONAL NOTES (A) AND (B) HARMONIZED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) GENERAL NOTES TO CHAPTER 15 EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (CNEN) GENERAL NOTES TO 1515