08.14 Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons); fresh, frozen dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
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
- 14 Heading Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons); fresh, frozen dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 1 six-digit codes below
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 08The 1 six-digit code under 08.14
One of these is the number you declare.
Other headings in chapter 08
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 08.14? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment08.14 FAQ
Heading 08.14 covers peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons); fresh, frozen dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions. It is part of chapter 08 (fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons), and it is subdivided into 1 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 1 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.
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.