Code 1602 90 · Heading 1602

Prepared or preserved meat, offal, blood or insects, excluding the specifically listed types

This code covers prepared or preserved products made from meat, animal offal, blood or insects that do not fall under the separate categories for poultry, pig, bovine animals, game, rabbit, sheep or goats. It also excludes sausages and similar products, finely homogenised baby or diet foods in retail packs with a net weight of <= 250 g, prepared liver products, and meat extracts or juices.

For example

Prepared or preserved goat meat, not in the form of sausage or a similar product
Prepared or preserved edible insects, not in the form of sausage or a similar product

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Official tariff text

Prepared or preserved meat, offal, blood or insects (excl. meat or offal of poultry, swine and bovine animals, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices)

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IV
16
1602
1602 90

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Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, moll… 1 of 9 chapters in section IV
Which type of product is it: a sausage or similar product; another prepared or preserved product of meat, meat by-products, blood or insects; a meat, fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate extract or juice; prepared or preserved fish or fish roe; or prepared or preserved crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates?
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Step 3 · Heading 1602 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or in… 2 of 5 headings under chapter 16
What is the product: a finely homogenised baby or diet food in retail packaging of a net weight of <= 250 g; prepared liver; prepared or preserved turkey, chicken of the species "Gallus domesticus", or domesticated duck, goose or guinea fowl; prepared or preserved pork as ham, shoulder, or other pork products; prepared or preserved beef; or another prepared or preserved product of meat, offal, blood or insects?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1602 90 Prepared or preserved meat, offal, blood or insects… 10 of 10 subheadings under heading 1602
Is it a preparation of animal blood; prepared or preserved game or rabbit; a product containing domestic pig meat or offal; a bovine-meat product that is not cooked, fried or similarly prepared; a cooked, fried or similarly prepared bovine-meat product; prepared or preserved sheep meat; prepared or preserved goat meat; or another prepared or preserved meat, offal or insect product?

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Import duty on the codes below: 10.9–16.6%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 10.2% to 16.6%.

1602 10 Homogenised prepared meat, offal, blood or insects, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g 16.6%
1602 20 Preparations of liver of any animal (excl. sausages and similar products and finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g) 10.2–16.0%
1602 31 Meat or offal of turkeys "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, and finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) No rate on file
1602 32 Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) No rate on file
1602 39 Prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of ducks, geese and guinea fowl of the species domesticus (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) No rate on file
1602 41 Hams of swine and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved 10.9%
1602 42 Prepared or preserved shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine 10.9%
1602 49 Prepared or preserved meat and offal of swine, incl. mixtures (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purpose, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) 10.9%
1602 50 Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) 16.6%
1602 90 Prepared or preserved meat, offal, blood or insects (excl. meat or offal of poultry, swine and bovine animals, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) you are here 10.9–16.6%

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

93,76 NOK per kg

Their lines1 Norwegian line

16.02.9000 Other, including preparations of blood of any animal

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines8 British lines
EU originDuty free

1602 90 10 00 Preparations of blood of any animal

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines3 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

1602.90.10.00 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects

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.

16.02.9000

Other, including preparations of blood of any animal

Ordinary duty

93,76 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.

1602 90 10 00

Preparations of blood of any animal

Ordinary duty

16.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1602 90 31 00

Of game or rabbit

Ordinary duty

10.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1602 90 51 00

Containing meat or meat offal of domestic swine

Ordinary duty

71 GBP / 100 kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1602 90 61 00

Uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal

Ordinary duty

253 GBP / 100 kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1602 90 69 00

Other

Ordinary duty

16.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1602 90 91 00

Of sheep

Ordinary duty

12.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1602 90 95 00

Of goats

Ordinary duty

16.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1602 90 99 00

Other

Ordinary duty

16.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

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.

1602.90.10.00

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects, Other, including preparations of blood of any animal, Frog meat

General rate

2.7%

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
1602.90.91.60

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects, Other, including preparations of blood of any animal, Other, Canned

General rate

6.4%

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
1602.90.91.80

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects, Other, including preparations of blood of any animal, Other

General rate

6.4%

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.