CHAPTER - 8

EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS;

PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS

Notes.

1. This chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits.

2. Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified in the same heading 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

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Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions
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0801 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
Coconuts:
0801 11 00 Desiccated Free
0801 19 Other:
0801 19 10 Fresh Free
0801 19 20 Dried Free
0801 19 90 Other Free

Brazil nuts:
0801 21 00 In shell Free
0801 22 00 Shelled Free

Cashew nuts:
0801 31 00 In shell Free
0801 32 Shelled:
0801 32 10 Cashew kernel, broken Free
0801 32 20 Cashew kernel, whole Free
0801 32 90 Other Free
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0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:
Almonds:

0802 11 00 In shell Free

0802 12 00 Shelled Free

Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus

spp ):
0802 21 00 In shell Free
0802 22 00 Shelled Free

Walnuts :

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0802 31 00 In shell Free
0802 32 00 Shelled Free
0802 40 00 Chestnuts (Castanea spp ) Free
0802 60 00 Macadamia nuts Free
0802 90 Other:

Betel Nuts:
0802 90 10 Whole Free Import permitted freely provided cif
value is Rs. 35/- per Kilogram and
above.

0802 90 12 Split Free Import permitted freely provided cif

value is Rs. 35/- per Kilogram and
above.

0802 90 13 Ground Free Import permitted freely provided cif

value is Rs. 35/- per Kilogram and
above.

0802 90 19 Other Free Import permitted freely provided cif

value is Rs. 35/- per Kilogram and
above.

0802 90 90 Other Free

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0803 Bananas including plaintains, fresh or dried
0803 00 00 Bananas including plaintains, Free
fresh or dried
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0804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes, and mangosteens, fresh or dried
0804 10 Dates:
0804 10 10 Fresh (excluding wet dates) Free
0804 10 20 Soft (khayzur or wet dates) Free
0804 10 30 Hard (chhohara or kharek) Free
0804 10 90 Other Free
0804 20 Figs:
0804 20 10 Fresh Free
0804 20 90 Other Free
0804 30 00 Pineapples Free
0804 40 00 Avocados Free
0804 50 Guavas, mangoes and
mangosteens:
0804 50 10 Guavas fresh or dried Free
0804 50 20 Mangoes, fresh Free
0804 50 30 Mangoes, sliced dried Free
0804 50 40 Mango pulp Free
0804 50 90 Other Free

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0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
0805 10 00 Oranges Free
0805 20 00 Mandarins (including Free
tangerines and satsumas);
clementines, wilkings and
similar citrus hybrids.
0805 40 00 Grapefruit, including pomelos Free
0805 50 00 Lemon (citrus limon citrus Free
limonum) and limes (citrus
aurantifolia, citrus latifolia)
0805 90 00 Other Free
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0806 Grapes, fresh or dried
0806 10 00 Fresh Free
0806 20 Dried:
0806 20 10 Raisins Free
0806 20 90 Other Free
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0807 Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh

Melons (including watermelons) :

0807 11 00 Water melons Free
0807 19 00 Other Free
0807 20 00 Papaws (papayas) Free
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0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
0808 10 00 Apples Free
0808 20 00 Pears and quinces Free
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0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and soles, fresh
0809 10 00 Apricots Free
0809 20 00 Cherries Free
0809 30 00 Peaches, including nectarine Free
0809 40 00 Plums and sloes Free
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0810 Other fruit, fresh
0810 10 00 Strawberries Free
0810 20 00 Raspberries, blackberries, Free
mulberries and loganberries
0810 40 00 Cranberries, bilberries and other Free
fruit of the genus Vaccinium
0810 50 00 Kiwi fruit Free
0810 60 00 Durians Free
0810 90 Other:
0810 90 10 Pomegranates Free
0810 90 20 Tamarind, fresh Free
0810 90 30 Sapota (chico) Free

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0810 90 40 Custard-apple (Ata) Free
0810 90 50 Bore Free
0810 90 60 Lichi Free
0810 90 90 Other Free
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0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0811 10 Strawberries:
0811 10 10 Containing added sugar Free
0811 10 20 Not containing added sugar Free
0811 10 90 Other Free
0811 20 Raspberries, blackberries,
mulberries, loganberries, black,
white or red currants and
gooseberries:
0811 20 10 Containing added sugar Free
0811 20 20 Not containing added sugar Free
0811 20 90 Other Free
0811 90 Other:
0811 90 10 Containing added sugar Free
0811 90 90 Other Free
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0812 Fruit and nuts provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur
water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption.
0812 10 00 Cherries Free
0812 90 Other:
0812 90 10 Mango slices in brine Free
0812 90 90 Other Free
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0813 Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this
Chapter.
0813 10 00 Apricots Free
0813 20 00 Prunes Free
0813 30 00 Apples Free
0813 40 Other fruit:
0813 40 10 Tamarind, dried Free
0813 40 20 Singoda whole (water nut) Free
0813 40 90 Other Free
0813 50 Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits
of this chapter:
0813 50 10 Mixtures of nuts Free
0813 50 20 Mixtures of dried fruits Free
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0814 Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally
preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions.
0814 00 00 Peel of citrus fruit or melons Free
(including watermelons), fresh,
frozen, dried or provisionally

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water or in other preservative
solutions.
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Import Licensing notes:

(1) Goods in this Chapter will also be subject to the provisions of CITES (Convention of
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).

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