eximtimes.com
www.eximtimes.com

CHAPTER 8
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

Notes :

1. This Chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits.

2. Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified in the same headings as the corresponding fresh fruits and nuts.

3. Dried fruit or dried nuts of this Chapter may be partially rehydrated, or treated for the following purposes :

(a) for additional preservation or stabilisation (e.g., by moderate heat treatment sulphuring the addition of sorbic acid or potassium sorbate);

(b) to improve or maintain their appearance (e.g., by the addition of vegetable oil or small quantities of glucose syrup) provided that they retain the character of dried fruit or dried nuts. 

Heading 
No. 
Sub-heading 
No. 
Description of article 
Rate of duty 
     
 Standard 
 Preferential       Areas 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 
(5) 
08.01    Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashewnuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled     
    - Coconuts:    
  0801.11  -- Desiccated 
70% 
60%
  0801.19  -- Other 
70% 
60%
    - Brazil nuts :    
  0801.21  -- In shell 
30% 
20% 
  0801.22  -- Shelled 
30% 
20% 
    - Cashew nuts:    
  0801.31  -- In shell 
30% 
Free 
  0801.32  -- Shelled 
30% 
20% 
08.02    Other nuts, fresh or dried,whether or not shelled or peeled     
    - Almonds:    
  0802.11  -- In shell 
Rs. 30 per Kg. 
Rs. 50 per Kg. 
  0802.12  -- Shelled 
Rs.100 per Kg. 
Rs. 95 per Kg. 
    - Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.):    
  0802.21  -- In shell 
30% 
20
  0802.22  -- Shelled 
30% 
20% 
    - Walnuts:    
  0802.31  -- In shell 
30% 
20% 
  0802.32  -- Shelled 
30% 
20% 
  0802.40  - Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)
30% 
20% 
  0802.50  - Pistachios 
30% 
20% 
  0802.90  -Other 
100% 
90% 
08.03  0803.00  Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried
30% 
20% 
08.04    Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, : mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried    
  0804.10  -Dates 
30% 
20% 
  0804.20  -Figs 
30% 
20% 
  0804.30  - Pineapples 
30% 
20% 
  0804.40  - Avocados 
30% 
20% 
  0804.50  - Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens 
30% 
20% 
 08.05    Citrus fruit, fresh or dried     
  0805.10 - Oranges
40%
30%
  0805.20  - Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids 
30% 
20%
  0805.30  - Lemons (Citrus limon, citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia)
30% 
20% 
  0805.40  - Grapefruit 
25% 
15% 
  0805.90  - Other 
30% 
20% 
08.06    Grapes, fresh or dried     
  0806.10  - Fresh 
40% 
30% 
  0806.20  - Dried 
105% 
95% 
08.07    Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh     
    - Melons (including watermelons):    
  0807.11  -- Watermelons 
30% 
20% 
  0807.19  -- Other 
30% 
20% 
  0807.20  - Papaws (Papayas) 
30% 
20% 
08.08    Apples, pears and quinces, fresh    
  0808.10  - Apples 
50% 
40% 
  0808.20  - Pears and quinces 
35% 
25% 
08.09   Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh     
  0809.10  - Apricots 
30% 
20% 
  0809.20  - Cherries 
30% 
20% 
  0809.30  - Peaches, including nectarine 
30% 
20% 
  0809.40 - Plums and sloes 
25% 
15% 
08.10   Other fruit, fresh     
  0810.10  - Strawberries 
30% 
20% 
  0810.20  - Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries 
30% 
20% 
  0810.30  - Black, white or red currants and gooseberries 
30% 
20% 
  0810.40  - Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium
30% 
20% 
  0810.50  - Kiwifruit 
30% 
20% 
  0810.90  - Other 
30% 
15% 
08.11   Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter     
  0811.10  - Strawberries 
30% 
20% 
  0811.20  - Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries 
30% 
20% 
  0811.90  - Other 
30% 
20% 
08.12   Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption     
  0812.10  - Cherries 
30% 
20% 
  0812.20  - Strawberries 
30% 
20% 
  0812.90  - Other 
30% 
20% 
08.13   Fruit, dried, other than that of heading Nos. 08.01 to 08.06 ; Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter     
  0813.10  - Apricots 
30% 
20% 
  0813.20  - Prunes 
25% 
15% 
  0813.30  - Apples 
30% 
20% 
  0813.40  - Other fruit 
30% 
20% 
  0813.50  - Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter 
30% 
20% 
08.14 0814.00  Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
30% 
20%