HS Code 0809Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh

What HS code 0809 covers

In some countries traders call it the HSN code 0809. It is the same number.

The heading is for fresh stone fruit. These are fruits with one hard pit inside, such as apricots, cherries, peaches and plums.

Only fresh fruit goes here. Fruit that is frozen, preserved or dried is sorted under other headings, which are explained further down.

HS code for fresh apricots, cherries, peaches and plums

Each kind of fruit has its own six-digit code. Pick the one that matches your product.

Fresh apricots: 080910. Whole fresh apricots go under this code.

Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus): 080921. This code is only for the sour cherry species named in its official wording.

Other fresh cherries: 080929. Any fresh cherry that is not a sour cherry goes here, including sweet cherries.

Peaches and nectarines: 080930. A nectarine is classified together with the peach, so both share one code.

Plums and sloes: 080940. Sloes are small, tart wild relatives of the plum, and they share the plum code.

How to read the code: 08 > 0809 > 080910

An HS number works like an address that gets more exact with every digit. The first pair of digits is the chapter. In 080910, that is 08, fruit and nuts.

The first four digits give the heading. All six digits give the subheading. Here 080910 narrows the heading down to fresh apricots.

Many countries add more digits for their own tariff classification. If a local document shows a longer number, the first six digits should still match the code you see here.

How to confirm the correct HS code for fresh fruit

Start with the state of the fruit. Fruit that is frozen moves to 0811. Fruit that is only provisionally preserved, and not fit to eat in that state, goes to 0812. Dried fruit goes to 0813.

Next, check the type of fruit. Fresh fruit that is not named in any other heading is placed under 0810. Apples, pears and quinces are not stone fruit, so they are in 0808. Grapes are in 0806.

For cherries, ask one question: is it Prunus cerasus? If yes, use 080921. If it is any other cherry, use 080929. The botanical name on the supplier's papers usually settles it.

If you are still unsure, run your product description through the HS code classifier. Then compare your result with the official wording in the table above.

HS 0809 import and export data

Once you know your code, you can look at who trades that fruit. Here is what EximDataX offers for it.

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