Chapter 16 · Section IV

Prepared foods from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects

This covers prepared foods made from meat, meat by-products, blood, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects. The goods must be prepared, or where specified for the relevant product, preserved.

For example

Meat sausages
Canned chicken meat
Meat extract
Canned tuna
Prepared shrimp

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PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS

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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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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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5.5–25.0% 1604 20 Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces) 7.0–24.0% 1604 19 Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins) 0.0–12.8% 1603 00 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 6.2%.

16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS you are here 0.0–26.0%
17 SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY 6.2–16.0%
18 COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS 0.0–15.4%
19 PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS 3.8–12.8%
20 PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS 0.0–40.0%
21 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS 0.0–17.3%
22 BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR 0.0–32.0%
23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER 0.0–9.6%
24 TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY 0.0–74.9%

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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.