UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 0208.90
0208 90 98 00: Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: other, other
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 0208 Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen
- 0208 90 00 00 Other
- 0208 90 98 00 Other
What you pay
Importing into UK
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 4
- Import controlVeterinary control
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
- Legal act
- 2017/625
- Documents
- 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))
- 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).
- 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 - CITES
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2021 No. 54
- 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
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 8% |
| 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 | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | 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 America | 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 |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | 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–Iceland agreement | Iceland | 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 |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | 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–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
Footnotes
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of:
(a) the execution until 26 September 2014, of trade contracts concluded before 25 June 2014, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal persons, entity or body seeking to perform the contract have notified, at least 10 working days in advance, the activity or transaction to the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.
(b) goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 374/2014, as retained in UK Law, or in accordance with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
UK: imports by month · HS 0208.90
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand | £4.2m | 58% | +77.4% |
 Spain | £1.1m | 15.7% | +11% |
 Ireland | £1m | 14.3% | +51.5% |
 France | £574k | 8% | -4.1% |
 Poland | £103k | 1.4% | +65.2% |
 Vietnam | £71k | 1% | -69.6% |
 Australia | £71k | 1% | +275.5% |
 Hungary | £15k | 0.2% | +237.2% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
0208.90 Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: other
EU Free – 9% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 6.2% 
Türkiye 180% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
USA Free – 6.4% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 2.1% · 1× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Mexico 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Brazil 9% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 9% Third-country duty 19 tariff lines 
Peru 6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines New Zealand Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 15% – 45% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · average 29.9% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Switzerland specific or compound duty Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Norway Free Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · 13× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia 5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 0208.90
- 0208 90 10 00Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: other, of domestic pigeons
- 0208 90 30 00Of game, other than of rabbits or hares
- 0208 90 60 00Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: other, of reindeer
- 0208 90 70 00Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: other, frogs' legs
- 0208 90 98 00Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: other, other
Legal notes
Note
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).
In the UK Global Tariff, 0208 90 98 00 is one of 5 lines under subheading 0208.90, other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: other.
The third-country duty is 8%.
Goods from 168 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 8%; 168 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported goods of subheading 0208.90 worth £7.2m (up 35% on the year before), at an average of £5.19 per kg; New Zealand supplied 58%, followed by Spain.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 0%–9%, the Türkiye duty is 180%, the US duty is 0%–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 15%–45%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 0208.90 worth US$5m in 2024; the largest supplier was Ireland.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 0208 90 98 00?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 8%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 0208 90 98 00?
168 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 168 of them at 0%, under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union and DCTS Enhanced 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.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
For subheading 0208.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Ireland (US$1m).
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.