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07.09 - Other vegetables, fresh or chilled. 0709.20 - Asparagus 0709.30 - Aubergines (egg-plants) 0709.40 - Celery other than celeriac - Mushrooms and truffles : - - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 0709.59 - - Other 0709.5 1 0709.60 - 0709.70 - Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) - Other - - Globe artichokes - - Olives - - Pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.) - - Other 0709.91 0709.92 0709.93 0709.99 Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta The vegetables of this heading include : (1) Asparagus. (2) Aubergines (egg-plants). (3) Celery (other than celeriac of heading 07.06). (4) Mushrooms (including mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, such as the common white mushroom, A. bisporus) and truffles. (5) Fruits of the genus Ca sicum or of the genus Pimenta, commonly referred to as eppers ". Fruits of t e genus Capsicum range from the sweet or bell peppers annuum var. annuum), which are the mildest and largest of the genus Capsicum and which, either in their green or their ripened state, are most commonly eaten as a vegetable in salads, to the more pungent varieties of Capsicum frutescens and Capsicum annuurn, which include chillres, Cayenne pep er, paprikas, etc., used most often to flavour foods. Fruits of the genus Pimenta inclu e Jamaica pepper (also known as clove pepper, En lish pepper and allspice . The heading does not cover these products when dried, crushe or ground (heading 09. 4). K t b (6) Spinach, including New Zealand and orache (garden) spinach. (7) Globe artichokes. (8) Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), whether or not on the cob. (9) Pumpkins, ~ o w ssquash , and gourds (Cucurbita spp.). (10) Olives. (1 1) Rhubarb, edible cardoons, fennel, capers and sorrel. (12) Chard (white beet) and okra (gumbo). -
1.- This Chapter does not cover forage products of heading 12.14. 2.- In headings 07.09, 07.10, 07.11 and 07.12 the word “vegetables” includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana). 3.- Heading 07.12 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 07.01 to 07.11, other than : (a) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 07.13); (b) sweet corn in the forms specified in headings 11.02 to 11.04; (c) flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 11.05); (d) flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13 (heading 11.06). 4.- However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are excluded from this Chapter (heading 09.04). 5.- Heading 07.11 applies to vegetables 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.