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.

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Unprepared couscous
Cooked couscous

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Couscous, whether or not prepared

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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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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%

Export to Norway

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

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 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.

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 v4.0.1576, 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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Pasta, cooked or otherwise prepared (excl. stuffed)

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