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GOODS ACROSS BORDERS

HS CHAPTER 02

Meat and edible meat offal

CHAPTER

02

Meat and edible meat offal

Common items in this chapter

  • Beef, veal carcasses (0201-0202)
  • Pork (0203)
  • Lamb / sheep / goat (0204)
  • Poultry (0207)
  • Edible offal (0206)
  • Cured / smoked / salted meat (0210)

Headings in this chapter (10)

Official HS 2022 four-digit headings. Each heading page lists its 6-digit subheadings with the official nomenclature texts.

Classification notes

Meat imports are dominated by veterinary-health certification (origin slaughterhouse approval), cold-chain documentation, and BSE/foot-and-mouth disease zoning rules. Most destinations require veterinary-import permits issued by the national veterinary authority before shipment.

Frequent misclassification

Cooked / processed / canned meats fall under Chapter 16 (preparations of meat); raw frozen meat stays in Chapter 02. Edible offal (heart, liver, kidneys) under 0206 is sometimes mis-declared as muscle meat.

Binding tariff ruling database

If you need certainty on classification, request a binding tariff ruling from your destination country's customs authority. The link below leads to the relevant ruling database.

Binding tariff ruling database
RULES5,339COUNTRIES85ITEMS111CARRIERS28GUIDES46UNIQUE SOURCES645LATEST VERIFICATION2026-07-26MethodologyChangelog