0208 · Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen
This heading covers only meat and edible meat offal of the animals classified in heading 0106, fresh, chilled or frozen.
EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 0208.10
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
Importing into EU
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.
TEDB · 25 October 2026
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 6.4% |
| GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms) | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and 8 moreAntarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, New Caledonia, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna | Free |
| GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance) | Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and 4 moreBolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| EU–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| EU–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| EU–Bosnia & Herzegovina agreement | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Free |
| EU–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| EU–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| EU–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| EU–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| EU–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| EU–Algeria agreement | Algeria | Free |
| EU–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| EU–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. | Western Sahara | Free |
| EU–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| EU–United Kingdom agreement | United Kingdom | Free |
| EU–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| EU–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| EU–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| EU–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| EU–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| EU–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| EU–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| EU–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| EU–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| EU–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| EU–Montenegro agreement | Montenegro | Free |
| EU–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| EU–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| EU–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| EU–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| EU–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| EU–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| EU–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| EU–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| EU–San Marino customs union | San Marino | Free |
| EU–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| EU–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| EU–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| EU–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| EU–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| EU–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| EU–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| Mercosur | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | 5.1% |
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| €18.3m | 84.2% | +3.7% | |
| €3.2m | 14.9% | +85.7% | |
| €207k | 1% | +9.7% | |
| €258 | 0% | -96.2% | |
| €0 | 0% | -100% |
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) products of the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;
(b) edible, non-living insects (heading 0410);
(c) guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 0511 or 3002); or
(d) animal fat, other than products of heading 0209 (Chapter 15).
The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.
This heading covers only meat and edible meat offal of the animals classified in heading 0106, fresh, chilled or frozen.
This subheading covers meat and edible meat offal of the animals falling in subheading 0106 14 10.
General
1. Meat and offal, fit and suitable for human consumption, remain classified in this chapter even if presented, for example, as intended for the manufacture of pet food.
2. For the purposes of this chapter, the scope of the words ‘meat’ and ‘offal’ is as described in the HS General Explanatory Note to this chapter.
3. Guidance on the different states in which meat and offal of this chapter can occur (fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine, dried or smoked) is given in the HS General Explanatory Note to this chapter. It should be noted that deep-frozen meat and partially or totally de-frozen meat are to be classified in the same way as frozen meat. Moreover, ‘frozen’ covers not only meat which has been frozen when fresh but also meat which has first been slightly dried and then frozen in so far as its actual and lasting preservation depends essentially upon such freezing.
4. Guidance is also given, in the HS General Explanatory Note to this chapter, on the distinction between meat and offal of this chapter and that of Chapter 16. However, this chapter covers meat offal, raw, minced, or finely chopped but not further prepared, wrapped in plastic material (even in the form of sausages) solely for ease of handling or transport.
5. For the purposes of distinguishing between bone-in and boneless cuts, cartilage and tendons shall not be regarded as bone.
6. Meat and meat offal containing preservatives, stabilisers or antioxidants added for stopping the degradation of those products, remain classified in this chapter.
Additional note 1(A)(d) and additional note 1(A)(e)
For the purposes of additional notes 1(A)(d) and 1(A)(e) to this chapter (read in conjunction with additional note 1(C) to this chapter), whilst determining whether the conditions of the minimum and maximum number of ribs are fulfilled, only the ribs, whole or cut, directly attached to the vertebral column are to be counted.
According to this explanation, the diagram below shows an example of a bovine forequarter which would comply with additional notes 1(A)(d) and 1(A)(e) read in conjunction with additional note 1(C) to this chapter.
FOREQUARTER HINDQUARTER
Additional note 2(C)
For the purposes of additional note 2(C) to this chapter, as regards the two different cutting techniques and the parts ‘jowls’, ‘chaps’ and ‘chaps and jowls together’, see the diagrams below:
Additional note 6(a)
Salt is not considered to be a seasoning within the meaning of this additional note.
See also additional note 7 to this chapter.
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union
The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.
| Year | Description | Third-country duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Of domestic rabbits | 6.4% | — |
| 2025 | unchanged | 6.4% | — |
| 2024 | unchanged | 6.4% | — |
| 2023 | unchanged | 6.4% | — |
| 2022 | unchanged | 6.4% | — |
| 2021 | unchanged | 6.4% | — |
| 2020 | unchanged | 6.4% | — |
| 2019 | Of domestic rabbits | 6.4% | — |
CN code 0208 10 10 is a line of the EU Combined Nomenclature under HS subheading 0208.10 (of rabbits or hares).
The third-country duty is 6.4%, and quantities are declared in —.
133 countries pay no duty in the EU thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as GSP-EBA and CARIFORUM, against a standard rate of 6.4%.
In the EU, additional duty of 50% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of goods of subheading 0208.10 into the EU came to €21.8m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 10% on the year before); China supplied 84%, followed by Argentina.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–6%, the Türkiye duty is 180%, the US duty is 6.4%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 9%, the Argentina duty is 9%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 20%–45%, the GCC duty is 0%–5%, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 0208.10 worth US$122m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was China.
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 6.4%; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
137 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 133 of them at 0%, under GSP-EBA, CARIFORUM and OCTs and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
Additional duty of 50% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
For subheading 0208.10 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was China (US$19m).
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.