0807 20 000 0 — Melons (including watermelons) and papayas, fresh: papayas

0807 Melons (including watermelons) and papayas, fresh: - melons (including watermelons): 0807 11 - - - watermelons 0807 19 - - other 0807 20 - papaya

This heading covers fresh melons of the species Citrullus vulgaris or Cucumis melo, including, inter alia, watermelons, citron melons, or preserving melons, netted melons, or nutmeg melons, cantaloupes, or musk melons, white muskmelons and casabas, or winter melons. The heading also covers melon-like fruits of the species Carica papaya, known as papaya. However, the heading excludes the fruit of the species Asimina triloba, known in England as papaw (heading 0810).

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. 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 (for example, by moderate heat treatment, sulphuring, the addition of sorbic acid or potassium sorbate),

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

4. Heading 0812 applies to fruit and nuts which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.

Additional notes

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. The content of various sugars in terms of sucrose (sugar content) in the products of this group corresponds to the reading of the refractometer at a temperature of 20 ° C multiplied by a coefficient of 0.95.

2. For the purposes of subheadings 0811 90 110, 0811 90 310 and 0811 90 850, “tropical fruit” means the fruit of guayava, mango, mangostan, or garcinia, papaya, tamarind, anacardia, or akaj, lychee, jackfruit, sapodilla, passionflower, carambola and pitaya.

3. For the purposes of subheadings 0811 90 110, 0811 90 310, 0811 90 850, 0812 90 700 0 and 0813 50 310 0, “tropical nuts” mean coconuts, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts, areca (or betel) nuts, cola nuts and macadamia nuts.

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. Замороженными кедровыми орехами подсубпозиции 0811 90 950 0 являются кедровые орехи, охлажденные до температуры ниже минус 35 °С.