Subheading · Chapter 02 · Heading 0201
0201.30: Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled: boneless
Fresh or chilled boneless beef
Official description Boneless
0201.30 is the HS subheading for fresh or chilled boneless beef, under heading 0201 in chapter 02.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 0201 30 00 00 Boneless 12.00 % + 253.00 GBP / 100 kg
- High quality 12.00 % + 253.00 GBP / 100 kg
- 0201 30 00 31 Of bison 12 % + 253 GBP / 100 kg
- 0201 30 00 39 Other 12 % + 253 GBP / 100 kg
- Other 12.00 % + 253.00 GBP / 100 kg
- Buffalo meat 12.00 % + 253.00 GBP / 100 kg
- 0201 30 00 41 Of bison 12 % + 253 GBP / 100 kg
- 0201 30 00 49 Other 12 % + 253 GBP / 100 kg
- 0201 30 00 90 Other 12 % + 253 GBP / 100 kg
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 3
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota 20%
- Applies to goods from
- Argentina, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Uruguay
- In force
- until 31 December 2026
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
- Tariff lines
- on 2 of 5 lines
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota Free
- Applies to goods from
- Australia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota Free
- Applies to goods from
- Canada, United States, Uruguay
- In force
- until 31 December 2026
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
- Tariff lines
- on 2 of 5 lines
Import requirements 4
- Import controlVeterinary control
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/782
- Documents
- C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
- N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Y930 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control of organic products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/693
- Import controlImport control - CITES
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | — |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 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, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | 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) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central AmericaQuota | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPPQuota | Brunei | Free |
| CPTPPQuota | Canada | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| CPTPPQuota | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreementQuota | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| CPTPPQuota | Mexico | Free |
| CPTPPQuota | Malaysia | Free |
| CPTPPQuota | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–United States agreementQuota | United States | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Australia agreementQuota | Australia | 12% + 253 GBP / 100 kg |
| UK–New Zealand agreementQuota | New Zealand | 12% + 253 GBP / 100 kg |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | 0% + 253 GBP / 100 kg |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £787m | 66% | -1.2% | |
| £166.5m | 14% | +116.6% | |
| £67.4m | 5.7% | -6.2% | |
| £65.2m | 5.5% | +172.5% | |
| £26.6m | 2.2% | +39% | |
| £25.2m | 2.1% | +8.1% | |
| £16.3m | 1.4% | +0.9% | |
| £9.2m | 0.8% | -13.5% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1mUS$1m+US$28m+US$467m+> US$2bn
Exports: 111
- United States: US$4bn
- Australia: US$3bn
- Canada: US$2bn
- Ireland: US$2bn
- Netherlands: US$2bn
- Brazil: US$2bn
- Mexico: US$1bn
- Argentina: US$1bn
- Poland: US$925m
- Paraguay: US$774m
- Germany: US$550m
- Uruguay: US$467m
- Nicaragua: US$388m
- New Zealand: US$372m
- Belgium: US$335m
- Spain: US$301m
- France: US$290m
- Austria: US$273m
- Italy: US$258m
- United Kingdom: US$232m
- Japan: US$232m
- Denmark: US$166m
- India: US$120m
- South Africa: US$110m
- Lithuania: US$54m
- Czechia: US$44m
- Portugal: US$44m
- Ethiopia: US$28m
- Pakistan: US$27m
- Romania: US$24m
- Costa Rica: US$23m
- Russia: US$20m
- Finland: US$19m
- Latvia: US$14m
- Malta: US$13m
- Colombia: US$10m
- Slovenia: US$10m
- Chile: US$9m
- Sweden: US$9m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$8m
- Luxembourg: US$8m
- Hungary: US$7m
- Kenya: US$6m
- Ukraine: US$6m
- Bulgaria: US$5m
- Greece: US$5m
- Belarus: US$4m
- Croatia: US$3m
- South Korea: US$3m
- China: US$3m
- Estonia: US$2m
- Kazakhstan: US$2m
- Tanzania: US$2m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Singapore: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1m
- Panama: US$1m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- Honduras: US$1m
- Malaysia: US$1m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2mUS$2m+US$34m+US$245m+> US$1bn
Imports: 193
- United States: US$5bn
- Germany: US$2bn
- Japan: US$2bn
- Chile: US$1bn
- Mexico: US$1bn
- United Kingdom: US$1bn
- South Korea: US$1bn
- Netherlands: US$1bn
- France: US$954m
- China: US$761m
- Italy: US$750m
- Canada: US$669m
- Taiwan: US$493m
- Spain: US$493m
- Portugal: US$436m
- Denmark: US$386m
- Sweden: US$328m
- United Arab Emirates: US$314m
- Israel: US$286m
- Saudi Arabia: US$245m
- Czechia: US$221m
- Belgium: US$217m
- Greece: US$214m
- Algeria: US$208m
- Türkiye: US$202m
- Austria: US$184m
- Uruguay: US$162m
- Switzerland: US$157m
- Brazil: US$138m
- El Salvador: US$128m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$128m
- Singapore: US$110m
- Jordan: US$90m
- Slovakia: US$88m
- Lebanon: US$80m
- Qatar: US$74m
- Thailand: US$70m
- Poland: US$55m
- Croatia: US$54m
- Ireland: US$54m
- Luxembourg: US$46m
- Indonesia: US$44m
- Kuwait: US$40m
- Romania: US$40m
- Slovenia: US$40m
- Hungary: US$39m
- Malaysia: US$39m
- Guatemala: US$34m
- Finland: US$30m
- Costa Rica: US$28m
- Malta: US$26m
- Bahrain: US$24m
- New Zealand: US$23m
- Cyprus: US$22m
- Vietnam: US$21m
- Norway: US$21m
- Peru: US$17m
- French Polynesia: US$16m
- Latvia: US$15m
- Paraguay: US$14m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$4bn | 16.9% | |
| 2 | US$3bn | 14.6% | |
| 3 | US$2bn | 9.4% | |
| 4 | US$2bn | 8.3% | |
| 5 | US$2bn | 7.7% | |
| 6 | US$2bn | 6.8% | |
| 7 | US$1bn | 4.9% | |
| 8 | US$1bn | 4.5% | |
| 9 | US$925m | 3.9% | |
| 10 | US$774m | 3.3% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$5bn | 20% | |
| 2 | US$2bn | 7.2% | |
| 3 | US$2bn | 6.9% | |
| 4 | US$1bn | 5.4% | |
| 5 | US$1bn | 5.1% | |
| 6 | US$1bn | 5% | |
| 7 | US$1bn | 4.8% | |
| 8 | US$1bn | 4.8% | |
| 9 | US$954m | 4.1% | |
| 10 | US$761m | 3.2% |
Import duty on this product around the world 162
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 15%median duty
- 29number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 344%highest: Norway, Türkiye, Morocco
162
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 0% – 40% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25%* | 25% – 25% | 2022 | |
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 0% – 27% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 17% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 80% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 50%* | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 105%* | 72% – 150% | 2023 | |
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 39% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 21% | 15% – 40% | 2023 | |
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 168%* | 16% – 316% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22%* | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 200% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 16%* | 2023 | ||
| 344% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 47%* | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 148%* | 14% – 279% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 225% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 60% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 48%* | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 4% – 26% | 2023 | |
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 0.4% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 01112 Meat of bovine animals, fresh/chilled, boneless
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 113101
- CPC 2.1 product
- 21111 Meat of cattle, fresh or chilled21112 Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1010 Processing and preserving of meat
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0201.30 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 0201.30 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 0201.30 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 0201.30 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 0201.30 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 0201.30 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
EU deforestation regulation (EUDR)
Products of these commodities may only be placed on the EU market or exported if they are deforestation-free, legally produced and covered by a due diligence statement.
- Cattle applies from 30 December 2026
Meat of cattle, fresh or chilled
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I (consolidated text)
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 497 commodity codes
Trade Tariff changes 2026-09-01 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer
FR Doc. 2026-17842 · 91 FR 55989 · Proclamation 11059 · Source: federalregister.gov
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FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov
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CELEX 32026R1455 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
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FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov
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CELEX 32026R0996 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
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Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer
FR Doc. 2026-03050 · 91 FR 7107 · Proclamation 11010 · Source: federalregister.gov
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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States — 2026 HTS Revision 2
2026HTSRev2 · Source: hts.usitc.gov
In the UK Global Tariff all 5 lines under subheading 0201.30 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature the line under subheading 0201.30 carries a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
Imports of fresh or chilled boneless beef into the UK came to £1.2bn between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 11% on the year before); Ireland supplied 66%, followed by Australia.
In 2024, countries exported fresh or chilled boneless beef worth US$23bn (+8.2% year on year).
The largest exporter was the United States (US$4bn), followed by Australia.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled: boneless?
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled: boneless fall under HS subheading 0201.30, part of heading 0201, in section I of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled: boneless in Türkiye?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 0201.30 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 225%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled: boneless in the United States?
Under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, imports under 0201.30 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 4% to 26.4%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled: boneless?
The United States, with US$4bn in 2024 (16.9% of world exports).
Where does the UK import fresh or chilled boneless beef from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Ireland (66%), Australia (14%) and Poland (6%), out of total imports of £1.2bn.