Heading · Chapter 16
1602: Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects
10 subheadings make up heading 1602 in chapter 16 (preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic…).
Duty rates compared
UK 10% – 16% Third-country duty 51 tariff lines · average 13.5% · 35× specific or compound duty 
EU 10.2% – 16.6% Third-country duty 35 tariff lines · average 14.2% · 21× specific or compound duty 
Türkiye 121.5% Third-country duty 67 tariff lines 
USA Free – 6.4% General (MFN) 25 tariff lines · average 4% · 7× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free – 238% General (MFN) 46 tariff lines · average 17.3% · 10× specific or compound duty 
Mexico 20% General (MFN) 13 tariff lines 
Brazil 14.4% General (MFN) 13 tariff lines 
Argentina 16% General (MFN) 46 tariff lines 
Peru Free – 11% General (MFN) 19 tariff lines · average 5.9% 
New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 41 tariff lines · average 1.3% 
Japan Free – 50% General (MFN) 58 tariff lines · average 17.6% · 12× specific or compound duty 
Taiwan 7.5% – 40% General (MFN) 96 tariff lines · average 22.4% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 32 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 30 tariff lines · 29× specific or compound duty 
Norway 12.5% General (MFN) 14 tariff lines · 13× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia 5% – 20% General (MFN) 35 tariff lines · average 13.1% · 11× specific or compound duty 
Nigeria 20% – 35% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 33.6% Subheadings 10
- 1602.10Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood: homogenised preparations
- 1602.20Of liver of any animal
- 1602.31Of poultry of heading 0105: of turkeys
- 1602.32Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticusPrepared chicken products
- 1602.39Of poultry of heading 0105: other
- 1602.41Hams and cuts thereofPrepared ham
- 1602.42Shoulders and cuts thereof
- 1602.49Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood: of swine, other, including mixturesOther prepared pork products
- 1602.50Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood: of bovine animalsPrepared or preserved beef
- 1602.90Other, including preparations of blood of any animal
EU: imports by month
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1mUS$1m+US$52m+US$354m+> US$2bn
Exports: 163
- Thailand: US$3bn
- Germany: US$2bn
- Poland: US$2bn
- China: US$2bn
- United States: US$2bn
- Netherlands: US$1bn
- Brazil: US$1bn
- Belgium: US$808m
- Canada: US$784m
- Ireland: US$697m
- France: US$686m
- Italy: US$538m
- Denmark: US$529m
- Spain: US$419m
- Hungary: US$405m
- Austria: US$354m
- United Arab Emirates: US$256m
- Czechia: US$222m
- United Kingdom: US$204m
- Romania: US$158m
- New Zealand: US$153m
- Malaysia: US$148m
- Australia: US$142m
- Türkiye: US$138m
- Mexico: US$135m
- Sweden: US$119m
- Slovenia: US$99m
- Saudi Arabia: US$90m
- Slovakia: US$88m
- Croatia: US$85m
- Greece: US$82m
- Uruguay: US$81m
- Russia: US$78m
- Mongolia: US$76m
- South Korea: US$69m
- Bulgaria: US$63m
- Chile: US$63m
- Guatemala: US$60m
- Ukraine: US$58m
- Argentina: US$52m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$50m
- Lithuania: US$47m
- South Africa: US$41m
- Vietnam: US$41m
- Latvia: US$39m
- Kuwait: US$37m
- Estonia: US$37m
- Portugal: US$34m
- Serbia: US$30m
- Belarus: US$30m
- Israel: US$20m
- Taiwan: US$19m
- Philippines: US$19m
- Finland: US$17m
- Japan: US$16m
- Jordan: US$14m
- Costa Rica: US$11m
- Singapore: US$11m
- Egypt: US$10m
- Switzerland: US$10m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$6mUS$6m+US$38m+US$207m+> US$714m
Imports: 221
- United Kingdom: US$3bn
- Japan: US$3bn
- United States: US$1bn
- France: US$1bn
- Germany: US$1bn
- Netherlands: US$1bn
- Belgium: US$714m
- Canada: US$686m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$471m
- Denmark: US$468m
- Spain: US$420m
- Ireland: US$402m
- Austria: US$331m
- Italy: US$315m
- Sweden: US$305m
- China: US$299m
- Poland: US$246m
- South Korea: US$234m
- Saudi Arabia: US$232m
- Romania: US$225m
- Singapore: US$221m
- Portugal: US$211m
- Slovakia: US$207m
- Mexico: US$202m
- Czechia: US$188m
- Kuwait: US$181m
- Hungary: US$175m
- Australia: US$154m
- Finland: US$149m
- Philippines: US$143m
- United Arab Emirates: US$136m
- Switzerland: US$112m
- Croatia: US$102m
- Lithuania: US$79m
- Slovenia: US$75m
- Serbia: US$72m
- Greece: US$70m
- Luxembourg: US$67m
- Chile: US$62m
- Kazakhstan: US$58m
- Latvia: US$58m
- Bulgaria: US$57m
- Guatemala: US$54m
- Qatar: US$54m
- El Salvador: US$49m
- Bahrain: US$47m
- Estonia: US$47m
- Panama: US$45m
- Cyprus: US$44m
- Cuba: US$43m
- Malta: US$42m
- Iraq: US$41m
- Dominican Republic: US$41m
- Honduras: US$39m
- Norway: US$39m
- Costa Rica: US$38m
- Thailand: US$35m
- Macao SAR China: US$34m
- Venezuela: US$32m
- New Zealand: US$32m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thailand | US$3bn | 14.5% |
| 2 |  Germany | US$2bn | 9.2% |
| 3 |  Poland | US$2bn | 8.7% |
| 4 |  China | US$2bn | 8.6% |
| 5 | United States | US$2bn | 7.5% |
| 6 |  Netherlands | US$1bn | 5.6% |
| 7 | Brazil | US$1bn | 5.4% |
| 8 |  Belgium | US$808m | 3.8% |
| 9 | Canada | US$784m | 3.7% |
| 10 |  Ireland | US$697m | 3.3% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | US$3bn | 14.5% |
| 2 | Japan | US$3bn | 13.8% |
| 3 | United States | US$1bn | 6.8% |
| 4 |  France | US$1bn | 6.3% |
| 5 | Germany | US$1bn | 6.1% |
| 6 | Netherlands | US$1bn | 6% |
| 7 | Belgium | US$714m | 3.4% |
| 8 | Canada | US$686m | 3.2% |
| 9 |  Hong Kong SAR China | US$471m | 2.2% |
| 10 |  Denmark | US$468m | 2.2% |
In the UK Global Tariff, heading 1602 covers 51 tariff lines and the duty is between 10% and 16%. 35 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides heading 1602 into 35 tariff lines; the duty is between 10.2% and 16.6% (average 14.2%). 21 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, heading 1602 covers 67 tariff lines and the duty is 121.5%.
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States divides heading 1602 into 25 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 6.4% (average 4%). 1 of them is duty-free. 7 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the Customs Tariff of Canada, heading 1602 covers 46 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 238%. 11 of them are duty-free. 10 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The Mexican Tariff (TIGIE) divides heading 1602 into 13 tariff lines; the duty is 20%.
In the Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC), heading 1602 covers 13 tariff lines and the duty is 14.4%.
The Argentine Tariff (NCM-SIM) divides heading 1602 into 46 tariff lines; the duty is 16%.
In the Customs Tariff of Peru, heading 1602 covers 19 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 11%. 2 of them are duty-free.
The Working Tariff Document of New Zealand divides heading 1602 into 41 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 5% (average 1.3%). 30 of them are duty-free.
In the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, heading 1602 covers 58 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 50%. 6 of them are duty-free. 12 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan divides heading 1602 into 96 tariff lines; the duty is between 7.5% and 40% (average 22.4%).
In the GCC Common Customs Tariff, heading 1602 covers 32 tariff lines and the duty is 5%.
The Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) divides heading 1602 into 30 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free. 29 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the Customs Tariff of Norway, heading 1602 covers 14 tariff lines and the duty is 12.5%. 13 lines have a specific or compound duty.
The Customs Tariff of North Macedonia divides heading 1602 into 35 tariff lines; the duty is between 5% and 20% (average 13.1%). 11 lines have a specific or compound duty.
In the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), heading 1602 covers 11 tariff lines and the duty is between 20% and 35%.
World trade in heading 1602 goods reached US$21bn in 2024, up 2.6% on 2023.
Thailand was the largest exporter with 14.5% of the total, ahead of Germany.
The United Kingdom imported the most (US$3bn).
The United Kingdom ranked 19th among 163 exporters with US$204m.
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 0504.
2. Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above, it is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components which predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 1902 or to the preparations of heading 2103 or 2104.
For preparations containing liver, the provisions of the second sentence shall not apply in determining the subheadings within heading 1601 or 1602.
Subheading notes
1. For the purposes of subheading 160210, the expression ‘homogenised preparations’ means preparations of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat, meat offal or insects. This subheading takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 1602.
2. The fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates specified in the subheadings of heading 1604 or 1605 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same name.
Additional notes
1. For the purposes of subheadings 16023111, 16023211, 16023921, 16025010 and 16029061, the term ‘uncooked’ is to apply to products which have not been subjected to any heat treatment or which have been subjected to a heat treatment insufficient to ensure the coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the product and which, therefore, in the case of subheadings 16025010 and 16029061, show traces of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.
2. For the purposes of subheadings 16024110, 16024210 and 16024911 to 16024915, the expression ‘cuts thereof’ applies only to prepared or preserved meat which, due to the size and the characteristics of the coherent muscle tissue, is identifiable as having been obtained from hams, shoulders, loins, or collars of domestic swine, as the case may be.
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Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects?
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects fall under HS heading 1602, part of chapter 16, in section IV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 1602 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 10% to 16%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 1602 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 10.2% to 16.6%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal…?
Thailand, with US$3bn in 2024 (14.5% of world exports).