CHAPTER 9
COFFEE, TEA, MATE AND SPICES
NOTES
1. Mixtures of the products of headings 0904 to 0910 are to be classified as follows:
(a) mixtures of two or more of the products of the same heading are to be classified in that heading;
(b) mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings are to be classified in heading 0910.
The addition of other substances to the products of headings 0904 to 0910 [or to the mixtures referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above] shall not affect their classification provided the resulting mixtures retain the essential character of the goods of those heading. Otherwise such mixtures are not classified in this Chapter; those constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings are classified in heading 2103.
2. This Chapter does not cover Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading 1211.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES(1)Heading 0901 includes coffee in powder form.
(2) "Spice" means a group of vegetable products (including seeds, etc.), rich in essential oils and aromatic principles, and which, because of their characteristic taste, are mainly used as condiments. These products may be whole or in crushed or powdered form.
(3)The addition of other substances to spices shall not affect their inclusion in spices provided the resulting mixtures retain the essential character of spices and spices also include products commonly known as "masalas".
Decaffeinated:| Tariff Item | Description of goods | Unit | Rate of duty | |
| Standard | Preferential Areas | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 0901 | COFFEE, WHETHER OR NOT ROASTED OR DACAFFEINATBD; COFFEE HUSKS AND SKINS; COFFEE SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING COFFEE IN ANY PROPORTION | |||
| - Coffee, not roasted: | ||||
| 0901 11 | -- Not decaffeinated: | |||
| -- Arabica plantation: | ||||
| 0901 1111 | --- A Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 12 | -- - B Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 13 | -- - C Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 19 | -- - Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| -- Arabica cherry: | ||||
| 0901 11 21 | -- - AB Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 22 | --- PB Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 23 | -- C Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 24 | -- - B/B/B Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 29 | -- - Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| -- Rob Parchment : | ||||
| 0901 11 31 | -- - AB Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 32 | -- PB Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 33 | -- -. C Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg, |
| 0901 11 39 | -- - Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| -- Rob cherry: | ||||
| 0901 11 41 | -- - AB Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 42 | -- PB Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 1143 | -- - C Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 44 | -- - B/B/B Grade | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 45 | --- Bulk | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 49 | --- Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 11 90 | -- Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 12 00 | - Decaffeinated | kg. | 100% | 100% less l3 paise per kg. |
| - Coffee, roasted: | ||||
| 0901 21 | - No decaffeinated: | |||
| 0901 21 10 | -- In bulk packing | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 21 90 | -- Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 22 | - Decaffeinated: | |||
| 0901 22 10 | -- In bulk packing | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 22 90 | -- Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 90 | - Other: | |||
| 0901 90 10 | -- Coffee husks and skins | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 90 20 | -- Coffee substitutes containing coffee | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0901 90 90 | -- Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 13 paise per kg. |
| 0902 | TEA, WHETHER OR NOT FLAVOURED | |||
| 0902 10 | - Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg : | |||
| 0902 10 10 | -- Content not exceeding 2kg . | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 10 20 | -- Content exceeding 25 g. but not exceeding 1 kg. | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 10 30 | -- Content exceeding 1 kg. but not exceeding 3 kg, | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 10 90 | -- Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 20 | - Other green tea (not fermented): | |||
| 0902 20 10 | -- Green tea in packets with contents exceeding3 kg. but not exceeding 20 kg. | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26paise per kg. |
| 0902 20 20 | -- Green tea in bulk | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 20 30 | -- Green tea agglomerated in forms such as ball, brick and tablets | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 20 40 | -- Green tea waste | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 20 90 | -- Other | kg, | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 30 | - Black tea (fermented) and partly fermentea tea in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg. | |||
| 0902 30 10 | -- Content not exceeding 25 g. | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 30 20 | -- Content exceeding 25 g. but not exceeding 1 kg. | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 30 30 | -- Content exceeding 1 kg. but not exceeding 3 kg. | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 30 90 | -- Other | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 40 | - Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea: | |||
| 0902 40 10 | -- Content exceeding 3 kg. but not exceeding 20 kg. | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 40 20 | -- Black tea, leaf in bulk | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 40 30 | -- Black tea, dust in bulk | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 40 40 | -- Tea bags | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| .0902 40 50 | -- Black tea, agglomerated in forms such as ball, brick and tablets | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 40 60 | -- Black tea, waste | kg. | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0902 40 90 | -- Other | kg, | 100% | 100% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0903 00 00 | MATE | kg. | 30% | 30% less 26 paise per kg. |
| 0904 | PEPPER OF THE GENUS PIPER; DRIED OR CRUSHED OR GROUND FRUITS OF THE GENUS CAPSICUM OR OF THE GENUS PLMENTA | |||
| - Pepper : | ||||
| 090411 | - Neither crushed nor ground: | |||
| 0904 11 10 | -- Pepper, long | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 11 20 | -- Light black pepper | kg. | 70% | 62,5% |
| 0904 11 30 | -- Black pepper, garbled | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 11 40 | -- Black pepper ungarbled | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 11 50 | -- Green pepper, dehydrated | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 11 60 | --- Pepper pinheads | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 11 70 | -- Green pepper, frozen or dried | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 11 80 | -- Pepper other than green, frozen | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 1 1 90 | -- Other | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 12 00 | -- Crushed or ground | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0904 20 | - Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimento, dried or crushed or ground: | |||
| 0904 20 10 | ... Chilly | kg. | 70% | - |
| 0904 20 20 | -- Chilly powder | kg. | 70% | - |
| 0904 20 30 | -- Fruits of the genus capsicum | kg. | 70% | , |
| 0904 20 40 | --- Chilly seed | kg. | 70% | - |
| 0904 20 50 | -- Jamaica pepper | kg. | 70% | - |
| 0904 20 90 | -- Other | kg. | 70% | - |
| 0905 | VANILLA | |||
| 090500 | - Vanilla: | |||
| 0905 00 10 | -- Bean | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0905 00 20 | -- Powder | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09050090 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0906 | CINNAMON AND CINNAMON-TREE FLOWERS | |||
| 090610 | - Neither crushed nor ground: | |||
| 0906 10 10 | -- Cassia | kg. | 30% | 22.5% |
| 0906 10 20 | -- Cinnamon bark | kg. | 30% | 22.5% |
| 0906 10 30 | -- Cinnamon tree flowers | kg. | 30% | 22.5% |
| 0906 10 90 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | 22.5% |
| 09062000 | - Crushed or ground | kg. | 30% | 22.5% |
| 0907 | CLOVES (WHOLE FRUIT, CLOVES AND STEMS) | |||
| - Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems): | ||||
| 09070010 | -- Extracted | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0907 00 20 | -- Not extracted (other than stem) | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0907 00 30 | -- Stems | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0907 00 90 | -- Other | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0908 | NUTMEG, MACE AND CARDAMOMS | |||
| 090810 | - Nutmeg: | |||
| 0908 10 10 | -- In shell | kg. | 30% | 22.5% |
| 09081020 | -- Shelled | kg. | 30% | 22.5% |
| 0908 20 00 | - Mace | kg. | 30% | - |
| 090830 | - Cardamoms: | |||
| 0908 30 10 | -- Large (amomum) | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0908 30 20 | --- Small (elettaria), alleppey green | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0908 30 30 | -- Small, coorg green | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0908 30 40 | -- Small, bleached, half-bleached or bleachable | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0908 30 50 | -- Small, seeds | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0908 30 60 | -- Small (mixed) | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0908 30 70 | -- Powder | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0908 30 90 | -- Other | kg. | 70% | 62.5% |
| 0909 | SEEDS OF ANISE, BADIAN, FENNEL, CORIANDER, CUMIN OR CARAWAY; JUNIPER BERRIES | |||
| 090910 | - Seeds of anise or badian; | |||
| -- Seeds of anise: | ||||
| 0909 10 1 1 | --- Of seed quality | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 10 19 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| -- Seeds of badian: | ||||
| 09091021 | ---- Of seed quality | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 10 29 | --- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 20 | - Seeds of coriander: | |||
| 090920 10 | -- Of seed quality | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 20 90 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 30 | - Seeds of cumin: | |||
| -- Cumin, black : | ||||
| 0909 30 1 1 | .... Of seed quality | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 30 19 | ---- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| -- Cumin, other than black: | ||||
| 0909 30 21 | -- - Of seed quality | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 30 29 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 090940 | - Seeds of caraway: | |||
| 09094010 | -- Of seed quality | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 40 90 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 090950 | - Seeds of fennel; Juniper berries: | |||
| -- Fennel seeds: | ||||
| 0909 50 1 1 | --- Of seed quality | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 50 19 | -- - Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| -- Juniper berries: | ||||
| 09095021 | --- Of seed quality | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0909 50 29 | -- - Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0910 | GINGER, SAFFRON; TURMERIC (CURCUMA),THYME, BAY LEAVES, CURRY AND OTHER SPICES | |||
| 0910 10 | - Ginger: | |||
| 0910 10 10 | -- Fresh | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0910 1020 | -- Dried, unbleached | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0910 1030 | -- Dried, bleached | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0910 1040 | -- Powder | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0910 1090 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 091020 | - Saffron : | |||
| 091020 10 | -- Saffron stigma | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09102020 | -- Saffron stamen | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09102090 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 091030 | - Turmeric (Curcuma): | |||
| 091030 10 | -- Fresh | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09103020 | -- Dried | kg. | 30% | - |
| 0910 30 30 | -- Powder | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09103090 | -- Oilier | kg. | 30% | - |
| 091040 | - Thyme; bay leaves: | |||
| 091040 10 | -- Tejpat (leaves of cassia lignea) | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09104020 | -- Thymes, not elsewhere specified or included | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09104030 | -- Bay leaves, not elsewhere specified or included | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09105000 | - Curry | kg. | 30% | - |
| - Other spices: | ||||
| 091091 00 | - Mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to this Chapter | kg. | 30% | - |
| 091099 | - Other: | |||
| -- Seed: | ||||
| 091099 11 | -- Cercry | kg. | 30% | - |
| 091099 12 | -- Fenugreek | kg. | 30% | - |
| 091099 13 | --- Dill | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109914 | -- Ajwain | kg. | 30% | - |
| 091099 15 | -- Cassia torea | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109919 | -- - Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| -- Powder: | ||||
| 09109921 | ---- Cassia | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109922 | -- Cumin | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109923 | -- - Celery | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109924 | -- Fenugreek | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109925 | -- - Dill | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109926 | -- Poppy | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109927 | -- Mustard | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109929 | -- - Other | kg. | 30% | |
| -- Husk: | ||||
| 09109931 | --- Cardamom | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109939 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | - |
| 09109990 | -- Other | kg. | 30% | " |