Code 1603 00 · Heading 1603

Extracts and juices of meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

This code covers extracts and juices made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. The packaging net-weight distinction is whether it is ≤ 1 kg or not.

For example

Meat extract
Fish juice
Crustacean extract
Mollusc juice

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Official tariff text

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

How we got to this code

IV
16
1603
1603 00

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Step 4 of 4

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 1603 Ekstrakter og saft af kød, fisk, krebsdyr, bløddyr … 3 of 5 headings under chapter 16
Is the product an extract or juice from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1603 00 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, m… 1 of 1 subheading under heading 1603
Is the net weight of the packaging ≤ 1 kg?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–12.8%

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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

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines4 Norwegian lines

16.03.0010 Whale-meat extracts

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 12.0%

Their lines5 British lines

1603 00 10 10 Bottled essence of chicken series

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

1603.00.10.00 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

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.

16.03.0010

Whale-meat extracts

Ordinary duty

Duty free
16.03.0020

Of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

Ordinary duty

Duty free
16.03.0092

Juices of whale meat

Ordinary duty

137,96 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
16.03.0099

Other

Ordinary duty

137,96 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.

See the 5 British lines

Selling to Great Britain

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

1603 00 10 10

Bottled essence of chicken series

Ordinary duty

12.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1603 00 10 80

containing fishery products

Ordinary duty

12.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1603 00 10 89

Other

Ordinary duty

12.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1603 00 80 10

containing fishery products

Ordinary duty

Duty free
1603 00 80 90

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).

See the 3 US lines

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.

1603.00.10.00

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, Clam juice

General rate

8.5%

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
1603.00.90.10

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, Other, Of meat

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
1603.00.90.90

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, Other

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.