Chapter 02 Meat and edible meat offal

10 headings · 66 six-digit codes · World Customs Organization Harmonized System

HS code 02 is where beef, pork, lamb, goat, poultry and edible offal are classified, and some traders call it HSN code 02. Use this page to match your product to a heading, then open that heading for its codes.

Chapter 02 is one of the more finely subdivided chapters: 10 headings carry 66 six-digit codes between them, an average of 6.6 per heading. The deepest is 0207 (Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the…) with 19. The chapter sits in Section I, Live Animals; Animal Products, alongside 4 other chapters.

Headings in this chapter

0201Meat of bovine animals; fresh or chilled020110 to 020130e.g. 020110 — Meat; of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled3 codes 0202Meat of bovine animals; frozen020210 to 020230e.g. 020210 — Meat; of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, frozen3 codes 0203Meat of swine; fresh, chilled or frozen020311 to 020329e.g. 020311 — Meat; of swine, carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled6 codes 0204Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozen020410 to 020450e.g. 020410 — Meat; of sheep, lamb carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled9 codes 0205Meat; of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozene.g. 020500 — Meat; of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen1 code 0206Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies; fresh, chilled or frozen020610 to 020690e.g. 020610 — Offal, edible; of bovine animals, fresh or chilled9 codes 0207Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozen020711 to 020760e.g. 020711 — Meat and edible offal; of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled19 codes 0208Meat and edible meat offal, n.e.c. in chapter 2; fresh, chilled or frozen020810 to 020890e.g. 020810 — Meat and edible meat offal; of rabbits or hares, fresh, chilled or frozen6 codes 0209Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked020910 to 020990e.g. 020910 — Fat; pig fat, free of lean meat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked2 codes 0210Meat and edible meat offal; salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal021011 to 021099e.g. 021011 — Meat; salted, in brine, dried or smoked, of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in8 codes

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HS code 02 meat and edible meat offal: products by heading

Most buyers start with a product name, not a code. This quick map sends common products to the right four-digit heading. The first two digits, 02, name the chapter. The next two digits name the heading.

Bovine meat, fresh or chilled: heading 0201
Bovine meat, frozen: heading 0202
Pork and other meat of swine: heading 0203
Lamb, sheep and goat meat: heading 0204
Liver, tongue and other edible offal: heading 0206
Chicken, turkey, duck and goose: heading 0207
Cured meat: heading 0210

How to choose the right Chapter 02 code

Work through the questions below in order. Each answer narrows the choice until one six-digit code is left.

Most mistakes come from mixing up fresh and frozen goods, or from picking a general code when a specific one exists. If you are still unsure, try the HS code classifier.

Name the animal. Cattle go to 0201 or 0202, pigs to 0203, sheep and goats to 0204, and chickens and other poultry to 0207.
Check the state. Chilled and frozen beef are split into two separate headings. Pork stays in one heading but has a chilled group of codes and a frozen group.
Check the cut. Beef codes separate whole carcasses, cuts with the bone in, and boneless cuts. Fresh boneless beef is 020130.
Check the part. Pork hams and shoulders with the bone in, fresh or chilled, are 020312.
Check for processing. Curing moves meat out of the fresh and frozen headings and into 0210.

Offal, poultry, other meats, fat and cured meat

Edible offal of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and horses sits in 0206. Bovine tongues, frozen, are 020621. Bovine livers, frozen, are 020622. Poultry offal does not go here. It travels with the poultry meat in 0207.

Heading 0208 is a catch-all for meat not named in the other headings. It includes rabbits, camels and reptiles. Heading 0209 is for pig fat and poultry fat, as long as the fat is free of lean meat and has not been rendered or otherwise extracted.

Salted, dried or smoked meat

Heading 0210 is for meat that has been salted, put in brine, dried or smoked. Pork hams with the bone in are 021011. Pork bellies are 021012. Cured beef is 021020. Fat is the exception, because it stays in 0209 even after curing.

What Chapter 02 does not cover

Chapter 02 is for meat and offal, not for the whole animal or for other foods that come from animals. Check the neighbouring chapters if your product is not meat.

Chapter 01 holds live animals.
Chapter 03 holds fish, crustaceans and molluscs.
Chapter 04 holds dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey.
Chapter 05 holds other animal products not named elsewhere.

Meat import export data by HS code

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Other chapters in Section I

Live Animals; Animal Products covers chapters 01–05.

These codes carry real shipments.

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Straight answers

HS Chapter 02: common questions

What is HS code 02?

It is the two-digit chapter code that groups meat products in customs. Every product in it sits under a four-digit heading that starts with 02.

What is the HSN code for meat and edible meat offal?

The HSN code follows the same chapter number, so it is 02 as well. Use the heading map above to narrow it down.

What is the HS code for frozen boneless beef?

Frozen boneless beef is 020230, under heading 0202.

What is the HS code for frozen chicken cuts?

Frozen chicken cuts and offal are 020714, under the poultry heading 0207.

Which heading covers edible offal like liver and tongue?

Heading 0206 covers them. Frozen swine livers, for example, are 020641. Poultry offal goes under 0207 instead.

Where is salted or smoked meat classified?

It goes to heading 0210, which also covers brine-cured and dried meat.

Are live animals or fish in Chapter 02?

No. A live animal or a fish has its own chapter, so it never takes a 02 code.

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