Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 1602.50

1602.50.05

1602.50.05: Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood: of bovine animals, offal

Prepared or preserved beef

Not declarable on its own: use one of its 1 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects:
  2. 1602.50 Of bovine animals :
  3. 1602.50.05 Offal

What you pay

Importing into USA

Customs duty 2.3% standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure
VAT no federal VAT; a Merchandise Processing Fee of 0.3464 % is charged on formal entries
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US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.

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

  • Additional dutySection 301 — China — technology transfer, IP and innovation (2018 actions and 2024 four-year review) 7.5%
    Applies to goods from
    China
    In force
    from 1 September 2019
    Legal act
    HTSUS 9903.88.15

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
General (MFN)—2.3%
US–Australia FTA AUAustraliaFree
US–Bahrain FTA BHBahrainFree
US–Chile FTA CLChileFree
US–Colombia TPA COColombiaFree
US–Israel FTA ILIsraelFree
US–Jordan FTA JOJordanFree
US–Korea FTA KRSouth KoreaFree
US–Morocco FTA MAMoroccoFree
US–Oman FTA OMOmanFree
CAFTA-DR PCosta Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaFree
US–Panama TPA PAPanamaFree
US–Peru TPA PEPeruFree
USMCA SCanada, MexicoFree
US–Singapore FTA SGSingaporeFree
Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus20%

Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).

Same subheading in other tariffs

1602.50 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood: of bovine animals

UK 16% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · 2× specific or compound duty EU 16.6% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty Türkiye 121.5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Canada Free – 11% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 7.5% Mexico 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil 14.4% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 16% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines Peru 11% Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 1% Japan Free – 50% Third-country duty 22 tariff lines · average 25.1% Taiwan 15% – 20% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · average 16.3% GCC 5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Switzerland specific or compound duty Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Norway specific or compound duty Third-country duty 2 tariff lines North Macedonia 15% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines Nigeria 35% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines

USA lines: 1602.50

Binding rulings for similar goods

Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.

  • N359673 U.S. CBP 8 April 2026 · 1602.50.60.00

    The tariff classification of Bovine Meat from Brazil

  • N357453 U.S. CBP 23 January 2026 · 1602.50.21.40

    The tariff classification of Frozen Braised Beef from Canada

  • N354199 U.S. CBP 22 October 2025 · 1602.50.21.40

    The tariff classification of Frozen Seasoned Boneless Beef from Canada

  • N315191 U.S. CBP 3 November 2020 · 1602.50.90.20

    The tariff classification of Prepared Pork and Beef Meals from the United Kingdom

  • 600016692 HMRC 15 October 2026 – 14 October 2029 · 1602 50 10 90

    A frozen beef fillet topped with a rich mushroom duxelles and wrapped in all-butter puff pastry. The beef fillet is rack-dried, seasoned with salt and oil, and seared before being enclosed with the cooked ingredients. The assembled product is placed in a foil tray, glazed, packaged for retail…

  • 600015167 HMRC 3 March 2026 – 2 March 2029 · 1602 50 95 90

    Cheeseburger Flame grilled beef burger with American mustard sauce and a slice of melted mature Cheddar cheese. Served in a rustic Vienna roll. Ingredients: Vienna roll, Beefburger 41.3%, Cheddar Cheese, American Mustard Bechamel Sauce.

  • 600013670 HMRC 10 September 2025 – 9 September 2028 · 1602 50 10 90

    Frozen uncooked patty. Ingredients include beef trimming, salt and natural flavour. Packed sealed polyethylene bags and cardboard boxes. Weight: 4.3 kg.

  • 600013671 HMRC 10 September 2025 – 9 September 2028 · 1602 50 10 90

    Frozen uncooked burger. Ingredients include: beef trimmings, water, beef fat, salt, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate and natural flavour. Packed in polyethylene bags and cardboard boxes. Weight: 9.9 kg.

23 rulings in total for this code

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.

Chapter notes: Chapter 16 →

In the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 1602.50.05 is one of 6 lines under subheading 1602.50, other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood: of bovine animals.

The general duty is 2.3%, and quantities are declared in kg.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 16%, the EU duty is 16.6%, the Türkiye duty is 121.5%, the Canada duty is 0%–11%, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 14.4%, the Argentina duty is 16%, the Peru duty is 11%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is 0%–50%, the Taiwan duty is 15%–20%, the GCC duty is 5%, the North Macedonia duty is 15% and the Nigeria duty is 35%.

The United States imported goods of subheading 1602.50 worth US$604m in 2024; the largest supplier was Brazil.

Questions and answers

What is the USA import duty for HTS code 1602.50.05?

The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 2.3%; the supplementary unit is kg. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Is there a lower rate for 1602.50.05 under US trade agreements?

Yes. The Special column reads “Free (A*,AU, BH, CL, CO,D,E*,IL, JO, KR, MA, OM,P, PA, PE,S, SG)”: the letters in brackets name the agreements and programmes that grant it.

Where does the United States import these goods from?

For subheading 1602.50 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Brazil (US$402m), followed by Uruguay.

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