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09.05 - Vanilla. 0905.10 0905.20 - Neither crushed nor ground - Crushed or ground This is the fruit or bean) of a climbin plant of the orchid family. It is blackish in colour arid very aromatic. here are two kinds o vanilla, long and short, as well as a very low-grade known as vanillon (obtained fiom the species Vanilla pompona), soft, almost viscous and vme?a ways open. f The heading does not include : (a) Vanilla oleoresin (sometimes erroneously known as " vanilla resinoid " o r " vanilla extract ") (heading 13.02). @) Vanilla sugar (heading 17.01 or 17.02). (c) Vanillin (the odoriferous principle of vanilla) (heading 29.12).
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.