Chapter 4
Dairy produce; birds’ eggs;
natural honey;
edible products of animal
origin,
not elsewhere specified or
included
Notes.
1- The expression “milk” means full cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.
2- For the purposes of heading No. 04.05:
a) The term “butter” means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk< with a milkfat content of 80% or more but not more than 95% by weight, a maximum milk solids-not-fat content of 2% by weight and a maximum water content of 16% by weight. Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food colours, neutralising salts and cultures of harmless lactic-acid-producing bacteria.
b) The expression “dairy spreads” means a spreadable emulsion of the water-in-oil type, containing milkfat as the only fat in the products, with a milkfat content of 39% or more but less than 80% by weight.
3- Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading No. 04.06 provided that they have the three following characteristics:
a) A milkfat content, by weight of the dray matter, of 5% or more;
b) A dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70% but not exceeding 85%; and
c) They are moulded or capable of being moulded.
4- This Chapter does not cover:
a) Products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95% lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading No. 17.02); or
b) Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80% whey proteins, calculated on the dray matter) (heading No. 35.02) or globulins (heading No.35.04).
Subheading
Notes.
1- For the purposes of subheading No. 0404.10, the expression “modified whey” means products consisting of whey constituents, i.e., whey from which all or part of the lactose, proteins or minerals have been removed. Whey to which natural whey constituents have been added, and products obtained by mixing natural whey constituents.
2- For the purposes of subheading No. 0405.10 the term “butter” does not include dehydrated butter or ghee (subheading No 0405.90).
1- The importation of all goods under this chapter (except hatching eggs) is subject to the observance of Article 16 of the law on foodstuffs and beverages adopted in the year 1967 (1346). The clearance of these goods shall depend on the presentation of health certificate from the country of origin.
2- The clearance of birds, eggs for stock improvement shall be subject to the presentation of health certificate from the country of origin and may be solely carried out through customshouses which have animal quarantine stations under the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad.
3- The importation an exportation of eggs of wild birds are subject to the approval of the Environment Protection Organization.
4- The importation of the goods covered by this chapter is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Commerce.