Subheading · Chapter 02 · Heading 0210
0210.20: Meat of bovine animals
0210.20 is a six-digit subheading of heading 0210, meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, chapter 02.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 0210 20 00 00 Meat of bovine animals
- 0210 20 10 00 With bone in 14.00 % + 221.00 GBP / 100 kg
- 0210 20 10 10 Of bison 14 % + 221 GBP / 100 kg
- 0210 20 10 90 Other 14 % + 221 GBP / 100 kg
- 0210 20 90 00 Boneless 14.00 % + 253.00 GBP / 100 kg
- Cuts of meat from haunches of bovine animals aged at least 18 months, with no visible intramuscular fat (3 to 7%) and a ph of the fresh meat between 5.4 and 6.0; salted, seasoned, pressed, dried only in fresh dry air and developing noble mould (bloom of microscopic fungi); the weight of the finished product is between 41% and 53% of the raw material before salting 14.00 % + 253.00 GBP / 100 kg
- 0210 20 90 11 Of bison 14 % + 253 GBP / 100 kg
- 0210 20 90 15 Other 14 % + 253 GBP / 100 kg
- Other 14.00 % + 253.00 GBP / 100 kg
- 0210 20 90 91 Of bison 14 % + 253 GBP / 100 kg
- 0210 20 90 99 Other 14 % + 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 1
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota Free
- Applies to goods from
- Australia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
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 |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | 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–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 |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | 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–Serbia agreement | Serbia | 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–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreementQuota | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreementQuota | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Australia agreementQuota | Australia | 14% + 221 GBP / 100 kg / 14% + 253 GBP / 100 kg |
| UK–New Zealand agreementQuota | New Zealand | 14% + 221 GBP / 100 kg / 14% + 253 GBP / 100 kg |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | 0% + 221 GBP / 100 kg / 0% + 253 GBP / 100 kg |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5.9m | 64.5% | +25% | |
| £2m | 21.8% | +52.1% | |
| £429k | 4.7% | +6.4% | |
| £261k | 2.8% | +5,495.3% | |
| £138k | 1.5% | — | |
| £116k | 1.3% | -52.4% | |
| £59k | 0.6% | +239.7% | |
| £59k | 0.6% | -13.2% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$352kUS$352k+US$2m+US$6m+> US$24m
Exports: 99
- Italy: US$82m
- Switzerland: US$49m
- Netherlands: US$24m
- Brazil: US$20m
- Malaysia: US$18m
- Germany: US$17m
- Poland: US$15m
- France: US$10m
- Ireland: US$9m
- Spain: US$6m
- Belgium: US$6m
- Austria: US$5m
- United States: US$4m
- Sweden: US$4m
- Canada: US$4m
- South Africa: US$3m
- Czechia: US$3m
- Lithuania: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$3m
- Pakistan: US$3m
- Russia: US$2m
- Montenegro: US$2m
- Denmark: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$2m
- India: US$2m
- United Kingdom: US$2m
- Slovenia: US$1m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$1m
- Croatia: US$1m
- Kazakhstan: US$887k
- Japan: US$869k
- Türkiye: US$868k
- Georgia: US$811k
- Romania: US$791k
- Portugal: US$778k
- Iran: US$738k
- Serbia: US$664k
- Vietnam: US$631k
- Bangladesh: US$593k
- Costa Rica: US$543k
- Tanzania: US$492k
- Uruguay: US$463k
- Latvia: US$414k
- Australia: US$401k
- Hungary: US$365k
- Finland: US$357k
- New Zealand: US$352k
- North Macedonia: US$333k
- Greece: US$308k
- Estonia: US$267k
- Kenya: US$177k
- Cambodia: US$128k
- Panama: US$117k
- Uzbekistan: US$113k
- Tajikistan: US$101k
- Sri Lanka: US$95k
- Argentina: US$89k
- Egypt: US$79k
- China: US$77k
- Luxembourg: US$74k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$43kUS$43k+US$770k+US$4m+> US$15m
Imports: 176
- France: US$79m
- Germany: US$27m
- Spain: US$22m
- Thailand: US$17m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$17m
- Belgium: US$15m
- Switzerland: US$15m
- United States: US$13m
- United Kingdom: US$9m
- Netherlands: US$8m
- Romania: US$7m
- Austria: US$6m
- Czechia: US$6m
- Italy: US$6m
- Sweden: US$5m
- Angola: US$5m
- Poland: US$4m
- Vietnam: US$4m
- Israel: US$4m
- Denmark: US$4m
- United Arab Emirates: US$3m
- Luxembourg: US$3m
- Lithuania: US$3m
- Bulgaria: US$2m
- Serbia: US$2m
- Canada: US$2m
- Qatar: US$2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$2m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- Jordan: US$1m
- North Macedonia: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- Suriname: US$1m
- Portugal: US$1m
- Ireland: US$1m
- Estonia: US$1m
- Slovenia: US$1m
- Hungary: US$971k
- Cyprus: US$953k
- Croatia: US$922k
- Japan: US$845k
- Montenegro: US$817k
- Bahamas: US$770k
- Malta: US$634k
- Finland: US$586k
- Lebanon: US$569k
- Dominican Republic: US$513k
- Maldives: US$500k
- Singapore: US$430k
- Kuwait: US$368k
- Chile: US$349k
- Mauritius: US$245k
- Curaçao: US$241k
- Greenland: US$222k
- Albania: US$212k
- Norway: US$186k
- South Africa: US$176k
- Tanzania: US$162k
- Latvia: US$154k
- Mexico: US$140k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$82m | 25.9% | |
| 2 | US$49m | 15.3% | |
| 3 | US$24m | 7.4% | |
| 4 | US$20m | 6.4% | |
| 5 | US$18m | 5.6% | |
| 6 | US$17m | 5.3% | |
| 7 | US$15m | 4.8% | |
| 8 | US$10m | 3.1% | |
| 9 | US$9m | 2.9% | |
| 10 | US$6m | 1.8% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$79m | 25% | |
| 2 | US$27m | 8.6% | |
| 3 | US$22m | 7% | |
| 4 | US$17m | 5.5% | |
| 5 | US$17m | 5.2% | |
| 6 | US$15m | 4.9% | |
| 7 | US$15m | 4.6% | |
| 8 | US$13m | 4.1% | |
| 9 | US$9m | 2.9% | |
| 10 | US$8m | 2.5% |
Import duty on this product around the world 163
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
- 21number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 114%highest: Türkiye, Iceland, Norway
163
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2021 · HS 2007 | |
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15%* | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 15%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 23% | 0% – 35% | 2023 | |
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20%* | 19% – 21% | 2022 | |
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 80% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 41%* | 40% – 43% | 2023 | |
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 96%* | 73% – 119% | 2023 | |
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1%* | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 16% | 5% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 9.7%* | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15%* | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 83%* | 40% – 126% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 92%* | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 1.1%* | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 17% | 15% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 27% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 5% – 25% | 2023 | |
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2007 | |
| 73%* | 35% – 111% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 5% – 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 114% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 60% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 39%* | 37% – 40% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 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
- 01681 Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried/smoked
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 113101
- CPC 2.1 product
- 21182 Bovine meat, salted, dried or smoked
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1010 Processing and preserving of meat
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0210.20 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 0210.20 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 0210.20 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 0210.20 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 0210.20 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 0210.20 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
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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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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CELEX 32026R0524 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
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Canada / Northern Ireland corrections for quota number 05.9281. Stop Press 3 February 2026
Trade Tariff news 4552 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
In the UK Global Tariff all 6 lines under subheading 0210.20 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature all 2 lines under subheading 0210.20 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £9.2m (up 16% on the year before), at an average of £25.19 per kg; Italy supplied 65%, followed by Ireland.
World trade in these goods reached US$318m in 2024, down 15.8% on 2023.
Italy was the largest exporter with 25.9% of the total, ahead of Switzerland.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for meat of bovine animals?
Meat of bovine animals fall under HS subheading 0210.20, part of heading 0210, in section I of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on meat of bovine animals in Türkiye?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 0210.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 114.3%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on meat of bovine animals in the United States?
Under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, imports under 0210.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most meat of bovine animals?
Italy, with US$82m in 2024 (25.9% of world exports).
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Italy (65%), Ireland (22%) and Spain (5%), out of total imports of £9.2m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.