Chapter 20 — Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 4-digit heading

20.08 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants; prepared or preserved in ways n.e.c., whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included

One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.

Section IV, Foodstuffs, Beverages & Tobacco — prepared food and drink — sugar, cocoa, beverages, spirits, vinegar and tobacco.

  1. 20 Chapter Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
  2. 08 Heading Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants; prepared or preserved in ways n.e.c., whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 13 six-digit codes below

Chapter 20 covers prepared or preserved vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants: jams, fruit juices, canned vegetables, pickles and similar processed produce. Sugar content, preservation method and fruit type each affect which six-digit code applies. Classification tip: Fruit juice classification depends heavily on Brix value (sugar concentration) and whether the juice is single-strength or concentrate, both of which change the subheading and often the duty rate.

All of chapter 20

The 13 six-digit codes under 20.08

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 20

20.01 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants; prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid 20.02 Tomatoes; prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid 20.03 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved other than by vinegar or acetic acid 20.04 Vegetables preparations n.e.c.; prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading no. 2006 20.05 Vegetables preparations n.e.c.; prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading no. 2006 20.06 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallised) 20.07 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations; whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 20.09 Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

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 20.08? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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20.08 FAQ

Heading 20.08 covers fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants; prepared or preserved in ways n.e.c., whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included. It is part of chapter 20 (preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants), and it is subdivided into 13 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 13 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 IV and to chapter 20. 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.

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