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09.04 - Pep er of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or o the genus Pimenta. P - Pepper : 0904.1 1 - - Neither crushed nor ground 0904.12 - - Crushed or ground - Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta : 0904.21 - - Dried, neither crushed nor ground 0904.22 - - Crushed or ground (I) Pepper of the genus Piper. This term includes the seeds or fruits of all pepper plants of the genus Piper,except Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) heading 12.11 . The mam commercial variety is pepper of the species Piper nigrum, w ch takes the orrn of black or white pepper. Black epper-corns are obtained from the unripe fruits by sun-drying or smoking, sometimes a!f er treatment with boiling water. White pe er is prepared from the nearly npe h i t from which the pulp and outer coating of the seeftave been removed by soaking or slight fermentation. White e per is also often prepared from black pepper-corns by grindmg off the outer parts. k&te pepper, which is in fact yellowish grey, 1s not so pungent as black 6, Long pepper (Piper longum) is another variety of pepper. The heading also covers pepper dust and sweepings. Certain products incorrectly known as peppers are in fact pimentos, e.g., Indian, Turkish, Spanish, Cayenne and Jamaica peppers. (2) Dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta. Fruits of the genus Capsicum generally belong to the s ecies Capsicum fi.utescens or Capsicum annuurn and include two main groups, the chi1 les and the paprikas. There are many varieties (Cayenne pepper, Sierra Leone and Zanzibar pepper, Spanish and Hungarian paprika, etc.). f' Fruits of the enus Pimenta include Jamaica pepper (also known as clove pepper, English pepper and a1 spice). f These fruits share the common characteristic of a bitter, strong, burning and long-lasting flavour; however there are other varieties of the genus Capsicum which do not have a pungent odour (e.g., Capsicum annuum var. grossurn). The heading does not include uncrushed or unground fresh h i t s of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta (heading 07.09).
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.