This heading covers leguminous vegetables of heading 07.08 which have been dried and shelled, of a kind used for human or animal consumption (e.g., peas, chickpeas, Adzuki and other beans, lentils, broad beans, horse beans, guar seeds), even if intended for sowing (whether or not rendered inedible by chemical treatment) or for other purposes. They may have undergone moderate heat treatment designed mainly to ensure better preservation by inactivating the enzymes (the peroxidases in particular) and eliminating part of the moisture; however, such treatment should not affect the internal character of the cotyledon.
The dried leguminous vegetables of this heading may be skinned or split. This heading excludes :(a) Flour, meal and powder of dried shelled leguminous vegetables (heading 11.06). (b) Soya beans (heading 12.01). (c) Seeds of vetches (other than broad beans and horse beans), tares and lupines (heading 12.09). (d) Locust beans (heading 12.12). Subheading Explanatory Note. Subheading 0713.31 This subheading covers only beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper, also known as urd or black gram, and beans of the species Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek, also known as mung or green gram. Both species are widely used for bean sprout production.
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