Frozen Apple Slices: export from Canada to Southeast Asia
Frozen apple slices and dice serve bakery, dairy and prepared-food manufacturers, and they sidestep the fresh-fruit logistics problem entirely, which is frequently the right answer for a manufacturing buyer looking at Canadian apples.
The specification points are variety, slice or dice dimensions, brix, firmness after thaw, and the anti-browning treatment. That treatment is usually ascorbic or citric acid based and requires destination clearance and declaration, so confirm it before formulating.
Variety matters more than buyers expect: some varieties hold structure through baking and others collapse into sauce, which is the correct outcome for one application and a defect in another. State the application.
IQF and block frozen are different products in handling terms. Cold-chain integrity governs quality on arrival as it does across all frozen fruit.
Frozen apple classifies apart from fresh, and the anti-browning treatment raises a separate additive-approval question at the destination. Confirm the classification and the additive position together before formulating.
Canadian export requirements
- HS classification
- 0811.90 (Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen) other
- CFIA certificates
- Available on request: send your specification and destination and we'll confirm within five working days.
Six-market position
| Market | MFN duty | Preferential | Registration category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | On request | On request | On request |
| Thailand | On request | On request | On request |
| Philippines | On request | On request | On request |
| Indonesia | On request | On request | On request |
| Malaysia | On request | On request | On request |
| Singapore | On request | On request | On request |
MFN duty is the destination's applied general rate for this tariff line. Preferential is the rate under an agreement in force between Canada and that market.
Both are customs duty only: destination excise, value-added tax and local levies are additional and are not shown here.
Available on request: send your specification and destination and we'll confirm within five working days.
Commercial terms
- Producing provinces
- Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Nova Scotia
- Seasonality
- Processed from the autumn harvest; frozen available year-round
- Pack formats
- 10 kg cartons, 20 kg cartons, 1 MT totes
- Container configuration
- On request
- Indicative MOQ
- On request
Related products
Common questions
- What is the HS code for frozen apple slices?
- 0811.90 (Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen) other. This was read from Canada Border Services Agency on 2026-09-18. The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonised System; digits beyond that are set by the destination.
Sources
- Customs Tariff (T2026), Chapter 8 · Canada Border Services Agency, retrieved September 18, 2026
Last reviewed: September 1, 2026