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0403 20 51 — Йогурт; пахта, свернувшиеся молоко и сливки, кефир и прочие ферментированные или сквашенные молоко и сливки, сгущенные или несгущенные, с добавлением или без добавления сахара или других подслащивающих веществ, со вкусо-ароматическими добавками или без них, с добавлением или без добавления фруктов, орехов или какао: йогурт: со вкусо-ароматическими добавками или с добавлением фруктов, орехов или какао: в порошке, гранулах или в других твердых видах, с содержанием молочного жира: не более 1,5 мас.%

Йогурт; пахта, свернувшиеся молоко и сливки, кефир и прочие ферментированные или сквашенные молоко и сливки, сгущенные или несгущенные, с добавлением или без добавления сахара или других подслащивающих веществ, со вкусо-ароматическими добавками или без них, с добавлением или без добавления фруктов, орехов или какао: йогурт: со вкусо-ароматическими добавками или с добавлением фруктов, орехов или какао: в порошке, гранулах или в других твердых видах, с содержанием молочного жира: не более 1,5 мас.%

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Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

Where it sits in the nomenclature

Section I. Live animals; animal products

  1. 04Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
  2. 0403Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or flavoured or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruits, nuts or cocoa
  3. 0403 20 51you are here

Explanatory notes to heading 0403 2 paragraphs

Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.

0403 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: 0403 10 – Yogurt 0403 90 – Other

This heading covers buttermilk and all fermented or acidified milk and cream products, as well as curdled milk and cream, yogurt and kephir. The products of this heading may be in liquid, paste or solid (e.g., frozen) form, and may be concentrated (e.g., evaporated, or in blocks, powder or granules) or preserved. Fermented milk of this heading may consist of milk powder of heading 04 02 containing small quantities of added lactic ferments, for use in prepared meat products or as an additive to animal feed. Acidified milk of this heading may consist of milk powder of heading 0402 containing small quantities of added acids (including lemon juice) in crystalline form, so as to obtain curdled milk when reconstituted with water. In addition to the additives mentioned in the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter, the products of this heading may also contain added sugar or other sweetening matter, flavouring, fruit (including pulp and jams), nuts or cocoa.

Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board

Notes to chapter 04 — Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 10 items

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. The expression ‘milk’ means full-cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.

2. For the purposes of heading 0403, yogurt may be concentrated or flavoured and may contain added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extracts, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers’ wares, provided that any added substance is not used for the purpose of replacing, in whole or in part, any milk constituent, and the product retains the essential character of yogurt.

3. For the purposes of heading 0405:

(a) the term ‘butter’ means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk, with a milkfat content of 80 % or more but not more than 95 % by weight, a maximum milk solids-not-fat content of 2 % by weight and a maximum water content of 16 % by weight. Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food colours, neutralising salts and cultures of harmless lactic-acid-producing bacteria;

(b) the expression ‘dairy spreads’ means a spreadable emulsion of the water-in-oil type, containing milkfat as the only fat in the product, with a milkfat content of 39 % or more but less than 80 % by weight.

4. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the three following characteristics:

(a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more;

(b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and

(c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.

5. This chapter does not cover:

(a) non-living insects, unfit for human consumption (heading 0511);

(b) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702);

(c) products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for example, butyric fats) by another substance (for example, oleic fats) (heading 1901 or 2106); or

(d) albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter) (heading 3502) or globulins (heading 3504).

6. For the purposes of heading 0410, the term ‘insects’ means edible non-living insects, whole or in parts, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, smoked, salted or in brine, as well as flours and meals of insects, fit for human consumption. However, it does not cover edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally Section IV).

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheading 0404 10, the expression ‘modified whey’ means products consisting of whey constituents, that is, whey from which all or part of the lactose, proteins or minerals have been removed, whey to which natural whey constituents have been added, and products obtained by mixing natural whey constituents.

2. For the purposes of subheading 0405 10, the term ‘butter’ does not include dehydrated butter or ghee (subheading 0405 90).

Additional note

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. For the purposes of subheadings 0408 11 and 0408 19, the term “other-preserved” also applies to egg yolks with a small amount of salt (usually less than 12 wt.%) or with a small amount of chemicals added for preservation purposes, where both of the following conditions are met:

(i) the products retain the character of egg yolks of subheadings 0408 11 and 0408 19;

(ii) salt or chemicals are not used in greater quantities than is necessary for conservation purposes.

Additional note of the Eurasian Economic Union

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. Subheadings 0404 10 120 1 and 0404 10 160 1 include whey and modified milk whey for which a tariff quota is fixed, subject to a licence issued by the competent authority.

How it is done in practice

Valid documents in the EAEU unified register for subheading 0403 20: certificates 0, declarations 2,781.

By technical regulation
ТР ТС 021/20112,758ТР ТС 033/20132,748ТР ТС 022/20112,724ТР ТС 029/20122,001ТР ТС 005/201132
Schemes
3д2,1506д3071д2824д382д4The letter after the scheme number shows the form: certification or declaration of conformity.
Most active certification bodies
ЗАО «НАРЕК»ТОО «НУТРИТЕСТ»ООО «Надежные документы»
Manufacturers outside the EAEU
Greece10China4Germany4Switzerland3Cyprus2France2

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Codes inside

Only the ten-digit code carries a duty rate

CodeNameDuty
0403 20 510 0Yogurt: flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milkfat content: not exceeding 1.5% by weight15%, but not less than EUR 0.18/kg

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