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Basic food commodities agreed upon by GCC States
List of zero-rated basic food commodities
03 Dec 2018
|
Number |
Commodity |
| Meat & Fish | |
| 1 | Whole and half carcasses of fresh or chilled cattle |
| 2 | Other carcass parts of fresh or chilled cattle meat (with bones) |
| 3 | Boneless fresh or chilled cattle meat |
| 4 |
Fresh or chilled whole carcasses and halves of lambs |
| 5 | Whole and half carcasses of fresh or chilled mutton |
| 6 | Other carcass parts of fresh or chilled lamb |
| 7 | Boneless meat of fresh or chilled lamb |
| 8 | Whole and half carcasses of fresh or chilled goat meat |
| 9 |
Other carcass parts of fresh or chilled goat meat (with bones) |
| 10 | Boneless fresh or chilled goat meat |
| 11 | Fresh or chilled innards and limbs of lambs and goats |
| 12 | Fresh or chilled meat, innards and limbs of camels |
| 13 | Frozen meat, innards and limbs of camels |
| 14 | Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) |
| 15 | Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) |
| 16 | Atlantic/Pacific Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus / Thunnus orientalis) |
| 17 | Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) |
| 18 | Longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol) |
| 19 | Mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis) |
| 20 | Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel |
| 21 |
Bagrus catfish |
| 22 | Sea breams (such as barred silvery seabream) |
| 23 | Brown spotted reef cod (groupers) |
| 24 | Emperor breams (Wahoo fish) |
| 25 | Redfish (such as Humpback red snapper) |
| 26 | White grunt fish |
| 27 | Mullet fish |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Rabbitfish |
| 30 | Barracuda (including 'Great Barracuda' and 'Cod') fish |
| 31 | Chicken |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Chicken and Roosters exceeding 185 grams in net weight |
| Vegetables & Fruits | |
| 34 | Fresh or chilled potatoes |
| 35 | Fresh or chilled tomatoes |
| 36 | Edible onion (including Scallion and Shallots) |
| 37 | Garlic |
| 38 | Lettuce |
| 39 | Carrots and fresh / chilled Turnip |
| 40 | Fresh or chilled cucumber (all varieties) |
| 41 | Peas (Pisum sativum) |
| 42 | Beans and kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) |
| 43 | Soybeans |
| 44 | Eggplant |
| 45 | Capiscum / pepper (including black pepper and all relevant variations) |
| 46 | Spinach (including New Zealand spinach and big-leaved spinach) |
| 47 |
Olive |
| 48 | Pumpkin |
| 49 | Zucchini |
| 50 | Okra |
| 51 | Parsley |
| 52 | Coriander |
| 53 | Fresh ripe dates |
| 54 | Packaged dates |
| 55 |
Pineapple |
| 56 | Guava |
| 57 | Mango |
| 58 | Orange |
| 59 | Mandarin (including Tangerine and Satsuma Mandarin), Clementine, Kinnow, and other hybrid citrus fruits |
| 60 | Fresh Lemon |
| 61 | Dried Lemon |
| 62 | Fresh Grape |
| 63 | Watermelon |
| 64 | Melon (including cantaloupe, honeydew, and Canary melon) |
| 65 | Apples |
| 66 | Pear |
| 67 | Apricot |
| 68 | Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus) |
| 69 | Kiwi |
| 70 | Pomegranate |
| Coffee, Tea & Cardamom | |
| 71 | Unroasted coffee beans (with caffeine) |
| 72 | Roasted coffee beans (with caffeine) |
| 73 | Unfermented, packaged green tea not exceeding 3 kilograms in net weight |
| 74 | Unfermented green tea in other packages |
| 75 | Tea wrapped in small saccules not exceeding 3 grams (per saccule) |
| 76 | Fermented black tea and partially fermented tea in other packages |
| 77 | Non-grinded / uncrushed / non-powdered cardamom |
| 78 | Grinded / crushed / powdered goods |
| Legumes | |
| 79 | Normal wheat |
| 80 | Thin / slender wheat |
| 81 | Partially / fully milled rice (even if wiped or polished) |
| 82 | Wheat flour |
| Sugar | |
| 83 | Crystallized / refined sugar (including all consistencies / textures) |
| Prepared Children's Food | |
| 84 | Dairy-based children's food, and modified, prepared breast-milk-alternative dairy (Cocoa-free) |
| Dairy and Dairy Derivatives | |
| 85 | Long-life dairy (milk) in packages exceeding 1 Litre. |
| 86 | Dairy (milk) |
| 87 | Yoghurt |
| 88 | Non-matured / uncoagulated fresh cheese, including cheese whey and coagulated dairy cheese |
| Water | |
| 89 | Artificial mineral water |
| 90 | Natural water |
| Salt | |
| 91 | Table salt |
| Olive oil, including fractions (even if refined), but not chemically modified | |
| 92 | Virgin olive oil |
| Fresh eggs | |
| 93 | Fresh chicken eggs (Gallus domesticus) |
| Bread | |
| 94 | Normal bread (including all bread varieties) |
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