Tariff classification of oven-roasted nuts distinguishes...

Tariff classification of oven-roasted nuts distinguishes roasting from drying: oven-heating that creates roasted characteristics is treated as roasting, placing almonds and pistachios within the residual entry for other roasted nuts and seeds. Cashew nuts fall within the specific tariff entry for roasted, salted, or roasted and salted cashews, rather than a general entry, under the specific-over-general classification principle. No fresh advance ruling is available on roasted areca nuts where materially indistinguishable classification issues have already been considered. Preferential customs-duty treatment requires independent verification at importation of originating status and prescribed documentary conditions; classification alone is insufficient.