Agriculture commodity
Vanilla
Vanilla planifolia — Uganda, DRC, Tanzania
At a glance
- Family
- Spices & Aromatics
- Sector
- Agriculture
- HS code
- 0905.10
- Forms
- 3
Traded forms
- Whole Pods (neither crushed nor ground)
- Cured vanilla beans; graded by length, moisture, and vanillin content
- Crushed or GroundHS 0905.20
- Vanilla powder
- Vanilla Extract / OleoresinHS 1302.19
- Liquid extract or oleoresin of vanilla
Grading standards
Vanilla — Specification
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) · 1999 · ISO 5565:1999
Frequently asked
- What is Vanilla?
- Vanilla planifolia — Uganda, DRC, Tanzania
- Which forms is Vanilla traded in?
- Vanilla is traded as: Whole Pods (neither crushed nor ground), Crushed or Ground, Vanilla Extract / Oleoresin.
- Which standards apply to Vanilla?
- Applicable grading standards include: Vanilla — Specification.
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