Code 1602 50 10 · Subheading 1602 50

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Prepared or preserved beef meat or offal, not cooked, fried or similarly prepared

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This code covers prepared or preserved beef meat and beef offal that has not been cooked, fried or similarly prepared. It also includes mixtures of cooked, fried or similarly prepared beef meat or offal with meat or offal that has not been prepared in that way, but not sausages or similar products or prepared liver products.

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Prepared or preserved beef meat that has not been cooked, fried or similarly prepared
Prepared or preserved beef offal that has not been cooked, fried or similarly prepared
A mixture of cooked beef meat with beef meat that has not been cooked, fried or similarly prepared

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Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals, uncooked, incl. mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal (excl. sausages and similar products, and preparations of liver)

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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 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 1602 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or in… 2 of 5 headings under chapter 16
What is the product: a finely homogenised baby or diet food in retail packaging of a net weight of <= 250 g; prepared liver; prepared or preserved turkey, chicken of the species "Gallus domesticus", or domesticated duck, goose or guinea fowl; prepared or preserved pork as ham, shoulder, or other pork products; prepared or preserved beef; or another prepared or preserved product of meat, offal, blood or insects?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1602 50 Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine anima… 9 of 10 subheadings under heading 1602
Is it beef meat or offal that has not been cooked, roasted or similarly prepared; corned beef in hermetically sealed packaging; or beef meat or offal that has been cooked, roasted or similarly prepared but is not in hermetically sealed packaging?
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Step 5 · Full code 1602 50 10 Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine anima… 1 of 3 codes under subheading 1602 50

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1602 50 10

Prepared or preserved beef meat or offal, not cooked, fried or similarly prepared

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 16025010.

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you are here 1602 50 10 Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals, uncooked, incl. mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal (excl. sausages and similar products, and preparations of liver) Special rate
another option 1602 50 31 Corned beef, in airtight containers 16.6%
another option 1602 50 95 Meat or offal of bovine animals, prepared or preserved, cooked (excl. corned beef in airtight containers, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) 16.6%

Trade measures to be aware of

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.

Lower duty for goods from some countries

Preferential rates exist for goods originating in United Kingdom; European Union; Canada; Japan; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 11 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
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A limited quantity at a lower rate

A tariff quota is recorded for this code. This does not say whether any of the quota is still available. It covers goods originating in Norway, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, Chile, Peru and Singapore.
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Restrictions and paperwork

Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Japan; any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; any country except Andorra, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland; European Union; Faroe Islands; Greenland.

Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
- The products left Japan before 30.10.2012 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012
- Products which left Japan before 28 March 2011
- The products left Japan before 2.6.2013 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012
- The products are accompanied by a declaration issued before 1 November 2012 in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012 and stating that the products have left Japan before 1 December 2012
- The products are accompanied by a declaration issued before 1.6.2013 in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 and stating that the products have left Japan before 1.7.2013
- Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014)
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- Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
- Certificate of inspection for organic products
- Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
- Movement certificate EUR.1
- Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
- Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
- Goods with third country origin coming from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with third country origin coming from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with third country origin coming from Liechtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with third country origin coming from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with third country origin coming from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
- Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Goods with EU origin returning from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Lichtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin coming from outermost regions, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Goods with EU origin returning from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation
- Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
- Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012) which was issued before 1 April 2014; the products left Japan from 1 April 2014 but before 1 May 2014
- Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014); the products left Japan before 9 January 2016
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EU tariff measure data version 2026-08-03-tullverket.

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

16.02.5001

Meatballs, each of a weight of 25 grams or less, diameter 3 cm or less and containing 18 % fat or less

Ordinary duty

129,30 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

129,30 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
16.02.5009

Other

Ordinary duty

129,30 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

129,30 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

253 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 v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 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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Often confused with

1601 00 99 Sausages and similar products of meat, offal, blood or insects and food preparations based thereon (excl. liver sausages and uncooked sausages) Special rate
That code covers sausages and similar products of meat, offal, blood or insects; this code excludes sausages and similar products.
1602 50 31 Corned beef, in airtight containers 16.6%
That code is for corned beef in hermetically sealed packages; this code's title does not identify the product as corned beef in hermetically sealed packages.
1602 50 95 Meat or offal of bovine animals, prepared or preserved, cooked (excl. corned beef in airtight containers, sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) 16.6%
That code covers prepared or preserved beef meat or offal that has been cooked, fried or similarly prepared; this code states that the product is not prepared in those ways, subject to the stated mixture provision.

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.

Prepared or preserved beef meat or offal, not cooked, fried or similarly prepared

Prepared or preserved beef meat or offal, not cooked, fried or similarly prepared

One last check

Trade measures to be aware of

Lower duty for goods from some countries

A limited quantity at a lower rate

Restrictions and paperwork

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