Code 0203 12 · Heading 0203

Fresh or chilled bone-in pork ham, shoulder and pieces

This covers fresh or chilled ham, shoulder and pieces of pork that are not boneless. It includes whole ham or shoulder sections as well as pieces of them.

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Official tariff text

Fresh or chilled hams, shoulders and cuts thereof of swine, with bone in

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Step 1 · Section I Live animals; animal products
Is it a live animal; meat or edible offal; a fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate; milk, a dairy product, bird egg, natural honey or another edible animal-origin product; or another product of animal origin?
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Step 2 · Chapter 02 Meat and edible meat offal 2 of 5 chapters in section I
What is the product: beef; pork; sheep or goat meat; horse, donkey, mule or hinny meat; edible offal; poultry meat or offal; rabbit, hare, pigeon or other listed animal meat or offal; pork fat without meat or poultry fat; or salted, brined, dried or smoked meat or offal or edible meat or offal flour or powder—and is it fresh, chilled, frozen or in the stated preserved form?
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Step 3 · Heading 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen 3 of 10 headings under chapter 02
Is the pork fresh or chilled, or frozen—and is it a whole or half carcass, a bone-in ham or shoulder and pieces thereof, or other pork?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0203 12 Fresh or chilled hams, shoulders and cuts thereof o… 2 of 6 subheadings under heading 0203
Is it ham or shoulder, is it fresh or chilled, and is it from a domestic pig or another pig?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

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0203 11 Fresh or chilled carcases and half-carcases of swine 0.0%
0203 12 Fresh or chilled hams, shoulders and cuts thereof of swine, with bone in you are here 0.0%
0203 19 Fresh or chilled meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in) 0.0%
0203 21 Frozen carcases and half-carcases of swine 0.0%
0203 22 Frozen hams, shoulders and cuts thereof of swine, with bone in 0.0%
0203 29 Frozen meat of swine (excl. carcases and half-carcases, and hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in) 0.0%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

54,99 NOK per kg

Their lines2 Norwegian lines

02.03.1203 Of domestic swine

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines3 British lines

0203 12 11 00 Hams and cuts thereof

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

1.4¢/kg. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines4 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

0203.12.10.10 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen, Fresh or chilled, Hams, shoulders and cuts

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

02.03.1203

Of domestic swine

Ordinary duty

54,99 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.
02.03.1209

Of other swine

Ordinary duty

54,99 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

0203 12 11 00

Hams and cuts thereof

Ordinary duty

65 GBP / 100 kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
0203 12 19 00

Shoulders and cuts thereof

Ordinary duty

50 GBP / 100 kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
0203 12 90 00

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

0203.12.10.10

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen, Fresh or chilled, Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, Processed, Hams and cuts thereof

General rate

1.4¢/kg

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 1.4¢/kg. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where the ordinary duty is lower. The amount depends on the quantity and the customs value, so we do not turn it into a percentage. US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0203.12.10.20

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen, Fresh or chilled, Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, Processed, Shoulders and cuts thereof

General rate

1.4¢/kg

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 1.4¢/kg. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where the ordinary duty is lower. The amount depends on the quantity and the customs value, so we do not turn it into a percentage. US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0203.12.90.10

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen, Fresh or chilled, Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, Other, Hams and cuts thereof

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0203.12.90.20

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen, Fresh or chilled, Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, Other, Shoulders and cuts thereof

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.