0805.40 Fruit, edible; grapefruit and pomelos, fresh or dried
A full HS code. These six digits are what goes on a customs declaration, and they mean the same thing in every country that uses the Harmonized System.
Section II, Vegetable Products — plants, vegetables, fruit, nuts, coffee, tea, cereals, seeds and flours.
- 08 Chapter Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
- 05 Heading Citrus fruit; fresh or dried
- 40 Subheading Fruit, edible; grapefruit and pomelos, fresh or dried
Chapter 8 covers edible fruit and nuts, fresh, dried or otherwise simply preserved, plus the peel of citrus fruit or melons. Like vegetables, once fruit is cooked, candied or turned into jam or juice concentrate, it moves to chapter 20 or chapter 22 instead. Classification tip: Fresh versus dried state is the main classification fork here, and fresh fruit shipments are usually subject to the tightest phytosanitary and pest-inspection scrutiny of any chapter in Section II.
All of chapter 08Other codes under 08.05
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 0805.40? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment0805.40 FAQ
0805.40 covers fruit, edible; grapefruit and pomelos, fresh or dried. It sits under heading 08.05 (citrus fruit; fresh or dried) in chapter 08, Section II of the Harmonized System.
It is the international part of it. Six digits are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System; the importing country then extends them to eight or ten for its own tariff and statistics. Declare 0805.40 plus whatever national digits the destination’s tariff schedule adds to it.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section II and to chapter 08. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.