Code 1902 40 · Heading 1902

Couscous, including prepared couscous

This code covers couscous, whether unprepared or cooked or otherwise prepared. It does not cover the other pasta products listed separately under the same heading.

For example

Unprepared couscous
Cooked couscous

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Official tariff text

Couscous, whether or not prepared

How we got to this code

IV
19
1902
1902 40

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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 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pas… 4 of 9 chapters in section IV
Which named product type is it: malt extract or a prepared food made from flour, meal, starch or milk; pasta or couscous; tapioca or a starch-based tapioca substitute; an expanded, roasted or otherwise prepared grain food; or bread, pastry, cake, biscuit or another baked good?
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Step 3 · Heading 1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed with meat o… 2 of 5 headings under chapter 19
Is it uncooked and unfilled pasta with eggs, uncooked and unfilled pasta without eggs, filled pasta, cooked or otherwise prepared pasta without filling, or couscous?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1902 40 Couscous, whether or not prepared 5 of 5 subheadings under heading 1902
Is the couscous unprepared, or is it cooked or otherwise prepared?

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Import duty on the codes below: 6.4–7.7%

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1902 11 Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing eggs 7.7%
1902 19 Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, not containing eggs 7.7%
1902 20 Pasta, stuffed with meat or other substances, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared 8.3–8.5%
1902 30 Pasta, cooked or otherwise prepared (excl. stuffed) 6.4%
1902 40 Couscous, whether or not prepared you are here 6.4–7.7%

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

2,87 NOK per kg

Their lines1 Norwegian line
EU origin1,39 NOK per kg

19.02.4000 Couscous

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines2 British lines
EU originDuty free

1902 40 10 00 Unprepared

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

1902.40.00.00 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances)

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.

19.02.4000

Couscous

Ordinary duty

2,87 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

1,39 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

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.

1902 40 10 00

Unprepared

Ordinary duty

6% + 20 GBP / 100 kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1902 40 90 00

Other

Ordinary duty

6% + 8.1 GBP / 100 kg

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.

1902.40.00.00

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagna, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared, Couscous

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.