Heading 0803

Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried.

2 subheadings

Subheadings

0803.10

Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried. - Plantains

1 tariff items

0803.90

Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried. - Other

2 tariff items

Explanatory Notes

Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Fresh Plantains can be up to 50 cm long, and are bigger and have a more angular cross-section than bananas of subheading 0803 90 10 . The starch contained in plantains differs from that contained in table bananas in that it does not become sweet during ripening. Plantains do not have a distinctive smell. They are not suitable for eating raw. They are usually harvested when green and eaten cooked.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Chapter 8 Notes (4)

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

2. 2. Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified in the same headings as the corresponding fresh fruits and nuts.

3. 3. Dried fruit or dried nuts of this Chapter may be partially rehydrated, or treated for the following purposes: (a) For additional preservation or stabilization (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.

4. 4. Heading 08.12 applies to fruit and nuts which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.

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