ABS

Chapter 22Beverages, spirits and vinegar

The headings in this chapter of the AHECC, the Australian export classification published by the ABS. Each one opens on the codes it contains.

Chapter 22 covers waters, non-alcoholic beverages, wine, beer and ethyl alcohol. Two thresholds govern most of it: undenatured ethyl alcohol of 80% vol or higher falls in 2207, below that in 2208.

The most-missed boundary is not an alcoholic one. Pure fruit juice stays at 2009, in Chapter 20; it moves to 2202 once sugar is added beyond taste correction, or once it is diluted. Water and ice put up for medical use belong to Chapter 30, not here.

9 headings
  • 2201WATERS, INCLUDING NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL MINERAL WATERS AND AERATED WATERS, NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER NOR FLAVOURED; ICE AND SNOW:
  • 2202WATERS, INCLUDING MINERAL WATERS AND AERATED WATERS, CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER OR FLAVOURED, AND OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT INCLUDING FRUIT, NUT OR VEGETABLE JUICES OF 2009:
  • 2203.00BEER MADE FROM MALT:
  • 2204WINE OF FRESH GRAPES, INCLUDING FORTIFIED WINES; GRAPE MUST OTHER THAN THAT OF 2009:
  • 2205VERMOUTH AND OTHER WINE OF FRESH GRAPES FLAVOURED WITH PLANTS OR AROMATIC SUBSTANCES:
  • 2206.00.00OTHER FERMENTED BEVERAGES (FOR EXAMPLE, CIDER, PERRY, MEAD, SAKE); MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
  • 2207UNDENATURED ETHYL ALCOHOL OF AN ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME OF 80% VOL OR HIGHER; ETHYL ALCOHOL AND OTHER SPIRITS, DENATURED, OF ANY STRENGTH:
    • 2207.10.00Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol or higher
    • 2207.20.00Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength
  • 2208UNDENATURED ETHYL ALCOHOL OF AN ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH BY VOLUME OF LESS THAN 80% VOL; SPIRITS, LIQUEURS AND OTHER SPIRITUOUS BEVERAGES:
  • 2209.00.00VINEGAR AND SUBSTITUTES FOR VINEGAR OBTAINED FROM ACETIC ACID

Every number opens on the lines beneath it, down to the eight-digit statistical code.