Code 0208 40 80 · Subheading 0208 40
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers fresh, chilled or frozen meat and edible offal from dolphins, porpoises, manatees, dugongs, sea lions and walruses. It does not cover whale meat or seal meat.
For example
Official tariff text
Fresh, chilled or frozen meat and edible offal of whales, dolphins and porpoises "mammals of the order Cetacea", of manatees and dugongs "mammals of the order Sirenia" and of seals, sea lions and walruses "mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia" (excl. whale and seal meat)
Classification complete
0208 40 80
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 02084080.
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Classification decides the rate here: from 6.4% to 9.0%.
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in United Kingdom; San Marino; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; Western Sahara; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); 30 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; Japan; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
02.08.4010
Of whales
02.08.4091
Of seals
02.08.4099
Other
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
0208 40 80 00
Other
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code is for whale meat, while this code excludes whale meat and covers the other named animals.
That code is for fresh, chilled or frozen seal meat and edible offal, while this code excludes seal meat and covers sea lions and walruses instead.
That code is for salted, in-brine, dried or smoked meat from seals, sea lions or walruses, while this code covers fresh, chilled or frozen products.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, 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.
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