HS Code 0206Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies; fresh, chilled or frozen

What HS code 0206 covers

Offal means the edible parts of an animal that are not ordinary muscle meat. Tongues and livers are well-known examples. Customs uses heading 0206 to group them in one place.

The heading sits in Chapter 02 of the Harmonized System, the shared naming scheme that customs offices use around the world. Some traders search for it as HTS code 0206. The first six digits match in every country, and each country may add its own digits after that.

In plain terms, this heading is for animal organs that people eat. They come from cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and horse-type animals. The goods must be fresh or chilled, or frozen. Offal that is salted, in brine, dried or smoked goes to another heading, explained below.

HS 0206 six-digit codes by animal and state

The subheadings split by animal first, then by state. For frozen bovine and swine offal they also split by organ. Here is the same list, grouped to make a search easier.

• For frozen goods, 020621 is tongues (beef tongue frozen), 020622 is livers (beef liver frozen) and 020629 is every other organ.
• For frozen goods, 020641 is livers (pork liver frozen) and 020649 is every other organ.
• Sheep and goat offal, together with horses, asses, mules and hinnies: 020680 for goods that are not frozen and 020690 for frozen goods.

How to choose the right 0206 code

Work in three steps, in this order.

Step one: name the animal. Cattle, pigs, and the group of sheep, goats and horse-type animals each have their own codes. Sheep and goat offal shares its codes with horse, ass, mule and hinny offal.

Step two: check whether the goods are frozen. A chilled product and a frozen product never share a code.

Step three: for frozen cattle and pig offal, check the organ. Frozen beef tongues and frozen beef livers each have a code, and so do frozen pork livers. Frozen pig tongues, hearts or kidneys all fall under 020649, because it covers every frozen swine organ except livers. Unfrozen cattle and pig offal has no organ split.

If your product does not match the wording of one six-digit code, test it again before you file. The HS code classifier can help. Duty rates are set by each country beyond the six-digit level, so they are not shown here.

0206 vs nearby headings

Several headings in Chapter 02 sit close to 0206. These are the boundaries that matter most.

Poultry is the main source of mix-ups. Chicken offal does not belong in 0206. Heading 0207 covers poultry meat and poultry offal together.

If your offal has been cured in one of those ways, it leaves 0206. Heading 0208 is a catch-all for other meat and edible offal that no other heading in the chapter names.

Muscle meat is separate too. Swine meat is in 0203. Sheep and goat meat is in 0204. Offal stays in 0206 even when it comes from the same animal.

Find importers and exporters of HS 0206

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To go further, read how records are organised on the import data and export data pages. The buyer data and supplier data pages show how to look for companies that trade edible offal.