Buyer notes on Vietnamese fruit.
Specs, HS codes, EU limits and export documents, with the source behind each number.
Canned pineapple: slices, chunks, tidbits and crushed explained
Canned pineapple slices, chunks, tidbits and crushed under Codex CXS 319-2015: cut sizes in mm, syrup Brix bands, drained weight basis and can codes.
, 12 min read
Pineapple juice concentrate: Brix, acidity and how to order it
Pineapple juice concentrate spec: 60 °Brix by IFU No.8, acidity as anhydrous citric, HS 2009.49, yield by mass, cloudy vs clarified, frozen vs aseptic.
, 11 min read
Vietnam mango varieties for processing: Cat Chu, Cat Hoa Loc, Keo
Which Vietnam mango varieties go into IQF, soft-dried, canned and fresh lines, when each is harvested, and why Keo raises an origin question.
, 12 min read
Soft dried mango for manufacturers: sugar-added or no added sugar
Sugar-infused soft dried mango falls in heading 20.08, plain dried mango in 0804.50. Rulings, EU duty lines, sulphite labels and a price-free spec frame.
, 12 min read
Aseptic vs frozen fruit puree: which format fits your plant
Aseptic fruit puree or frozen at −18 °C? pH limits, Alicyclobacillus, storage rules, freight structure and PO clauses for Vietnamese tropical puree.
, 13 min read
How to read a fruit certificate of analysis: what each line proves
A fruit COA proves one sample, one lot, one method. Check lot code, method, LOQ, uncertainty, accreditation scope and signer, and write the decision rule.
, 15 min read
Frozen durian HS code 0811.90, and the documents it selects
Frozen durian is HS 0811.90, not 0810.60. What the change does to duty, origin, trade data and the China document set under Decree 280.
, 15 min read
IQF Pineapple: What ‘Chunks’ and ‘Tidbits’ Actually Commit a Supplier To
Chunks and tidbits are canned-pineapple terms with no frozen standard behind them. What an IQF pineapple specification must define, with test methods.
, 11 min read
Frozen Fruit Import Documents from Vietnam: Incoterms, EUR.1 and Insurance
Which documents on a Vietnamese frozen-fruit container decide anything: what CIF Incoterms 2020 insures, why freezing cannot earn an EUR.1, who files what.
, 19 min read
Banana chips HS code: why 0813 is the wrong question
Fried banana chips classify to 2008 99 49 80 under two UK rulings. Plain dried banana is 0803, not 0813; a sugar soak before drying moves it to 20.08.
, 12 min read
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