2005.70.60.50 - Sliced

This HTS category, 2005.70.60.50, specifically covers olives that have been prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, are not frozen, and are not green in color. The key characteristic of this subclassification is that the olives are presented in a sliced form. This includes olives that have been cut into rounds, half-moons, or other sliced configurations, while remaining in a saline solution and not being whole pitted, chopped, or minced.

Distinguishing this category from its siblings, "Whole pitted" refers to olives where the stone has been removed but the fruit remains intact. "Chopped or minced" covers olives processed into significantly smaller, irregular pieces. "Other, including wedged or broken" encompasses olives that do not fit the preceding descriptions, such as those cut into wedges or fragmented. Therefore, 2005.70.60.50 precisely targets olives that are neither whole nor finely comminuted, but rather uniformly sliced for culinary preparation.

As this is a leaf node in the HTS classification system, there are no further subcategories branching from this specific code. The classification ends with the designation "Sliced," indicating that the tariff treatment is determined at this level based on the specific form of the prepared olives.