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This section is Advance Tariff Ruling Information for ruling 600015926

Start date
15 Jul 2026
Expiry date
14 Jul 2029
Description
Dried pineapple snack food. Ingredients: Pineapple, sugar, antioxidant (citric acid), preservative (sodium metabisulphite). 100g pack Pineapples have been subjected to osmotic dehydration.
Keywords
  • CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR
  • PINEAPPLES
  • DRIED FRUITS
  • OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION
Justification
Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, reg 3 (1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect – a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1)(a)); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b)). General interpretative rules (GIR)s: GIR 1 - has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 2008 - Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included GIR 5b - has been used to identify the type of packaging – 100g pack. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 200820 – Pineapples; Not containing added spirit; Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg Eight Digit Code 20082071 - With a sugar content exceeding 19% by weight Also classified in accordance with: Chapter 20 Additional Notes 2(a) and (3) Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN’s) General Notes to Chapter 8 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN’s) to 2008