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HS code for meat pastes
1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “meat pastes” points to heading 1602: other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects. Check the description and the notes of the chapter before declaring: the right code depends on what the goods are made of and how they are used.
In the UK Global Tariff, 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 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, 1602 covers 67 tariff lines and the duty is 121.5%.
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% Third-country duty 46 tariff lines · average 17.3% · 10× specific or compound duty 
Mexico 20% Third-country duty 13 tariff lines 
Brazil 14.4% Third-country duty 13 tariff lines 
Argentina 16% Third-country duty 46 tariff lines 
Peru Free – 11% Third-country duty 19 tariff lines · average 5.9% 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 41 tariff lines · average 1.3% 
Japan Free – 50% Third-country duty 58 tariff lines · average 17.6% · 12× specific or compound duty 
Taiwan 7.5% – 40% Third-country duty 96 tariff lines · average 22.4% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 32 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 30 tariff lines · 29× specific or compound duty 
Norway 12.5% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · 13× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia 5% – 20% Third-country duty 35 tariff lines · average 13.1% · 11× specific or compound duty 
Nigeria 20% – 35% Third-country duty 11 tariff lines · average 33.6% See also
- meatballs
- black pudding
- blood, animal
- patés, poultry
- pastes, poultry
- bacon, prepared or preserved
- beef - prepared or preserved
- ham and hams, prepared or reserved
- bacon, canned, prepared or preserved
- meat pies (over 20% total meat content)
- pork, canned, prepared or otherwise preserved
- mutton, canned, or prepared or otherwise preserved
- pig products, canned, prepared or otherwise prepared
- lamb (meat) - canned, prepared or otherwise preserved
- beef - tongues, canned, prepared or otherwise preserved
- veal, canned, prepared or otherwise preserved (including jellied veal)
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for meat pastes?
Meat pastes are classified under 1602 (Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.