This heading applies to vegetables which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (e.g., by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.
Vegetables covered by this heading are generally packed in casks or barrels, and are mainly used as raw materials for manufacturing purposes; the principal varieties are onions, olives, capers, cucumbers, gherkins, mushrooms, truffles and tomatoes. However the heading excludes goods which, in addition to having been provisionally preserved in brine, have also been specially treated (e.g., by soda solution, by lactic fermentation); these fall in Chapter 20 (for example, olives, sauerkraut, gherkins and green beans).
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