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Section IV
Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes; Products, Whether or Not Containing Nicotine, Intended for Inhalation Without Combustion; Other Nicotine Containing Products Intended for the Intake of…

Note

1.

In this Section the Term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 per cent by mass.

Chapter 17
Sugars and Sugar Confectionery

Note

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading 18.06);

(b)

chemically pure sugars (excluding sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading 29.40; or

(c)

medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.

Subheading Notes

1.

For the purposes of subheading 1701.12, 1701.13 and 1701.14 "raw sugar" means sugar whose content of sucrose by mass, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of less than 99,5°

2.

Subheading 1701.13 covers only cane sugar obtained without centrifugation, whose content of sucrose by mass, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of 69° or more but less than 93°. The product contains only natural anhedral microcrystals, of irregular shape, not visible to the naked eye, which are surrounded by residues of molasses and other constituents of sugar cane.

Heading CD Description Unit General EU EFTA SADC
17.02 Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel:
1702.1 - Lactose and lactose syrup:
1702.11 1 -- Containing by mass 99 per cent or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter kg free free free free
1702.19 0 -- Other kg free free free free
1702.20 8 - Maple sugar and maple syrup kg free free free free
1702.30 2 - Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 per cent by mass of fructose kg free free free free
1702.40 7 - Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state 20 per cent or more but less than 50 per cent by mass of fructose (excluding invert sugar) kg free free free free
1702.50 1 - Chemically pure fructose kg free free free free
1702.60 6 - Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 per cent by mass of fructose (excluding invert sugar) kg free free free free
1702.90 - Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 per cent by mass of fructose:
1702.90.1 -- Cane or beet sugar syrup:
1702.90.11 5 --- Blended with other sugars, containing in the dry state 50 percent or more by mass of cane or beet sugar kg free free free free
1702.90.12 3 --- Not blended with other sugars kg free free free free
1702.90.90 5 -- Other kg free free free free

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