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09.01 - Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion. - Coffee, not roasted : - - Not decaffeinated 0901.12 - - Decaffeinated - Coffee, roasted : 090 1.21 - - Not decaffeinated 090 1.22 - - Decaffeinated 0901.90 - Other 0901.1 1 This heading includes : (1) Raw coffee in all forms, i.e. : in berries, as gathered from the shrub; in beans or seeds complete with their yellowish skins; in beans or seeds stripped of their skins. (2) Coffee fiom which the caffeine has been extracted by soaking the raw beans in various solvents. (3) Roasted coffee (with or without caffeine content) whether or not ground. (4) Husks and skins of coffee. (5) Coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion. The heading excludes (a) Coffee wax (heading 15.21). (b) Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee (sometimes known as instant coffee) and preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates; roasted coffee substitutes not contalnlng coffee (heading 21.01). (c) Caffeine, the alkaloid in coffee (heading 29.39).
1.- Mixtures of the products of headings 09.04 to 09.10 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 09.10. The addition of other substances to the products of headings 09.04 to 09.10 (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 headings. Otherwise such mixtures are not classified in this Chapter; those constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings are classified in heading 21.03. 2.- This Chapter does not cover Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading 12.11.