HS Code 1601Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products
1 six-digit code · Heading 1 of 5 in Chapter 16 · World Customs Organization Harmonized System
Some traders call the same heading HSN code 1601.
Heading 1601does not subdivide further in the WCO nomenclature: goods answering to “Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products” classify at the single six-digit code 160100. The heading is number 1 of 5 in Chapter 16, Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof, which runs to 42 six-digit codes in all.
Six-digit codes under heading 1601
| HS Code | Import–export description |
|---|---|
| 160100 | Meat preparations; sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, and food preparations based on these products |
What HS code 1601 covers
The Harmonized System is the product list that customs offices share around the world. It gives every traded good a number, so a sausage shipped from one country is described the same way in another. The World Customs Organization, or WCO, keeps the list.
Heading 1601 is the home of sausages and goods that work like sausages. The base material decides the fit. It can be meat, meat offal, blood or insects. Offal means the edible parts of an animal that are not the muscle meat, such as liver.
A food made from any of these products also belongs here. The heading is about the kind of product, not the brand, the pack size or the way it is sold.
How to classify sausages under heading 1601
Ask three short questions. Is the product a sausage or something close to one? What is it made from? Is it a food preparation built on such a product? If the answers point to meat, offal, blood or insects, you are in the right place.
The heading names these kinds of goods:
- Sausages made from meat
- Sausages and like products made from offal
- Blood sausages and other products made from blood
- Sausage-type products made from insects
- Food preparations based on any of the above
Sausages, meat offal and blood: what is the HS code?
The code table above shows the one code to use. Because the heading has no further split, you make no second choice once you are in it.
Many countries add extra digits to build their own tariff lines. Those national lines are not listed on this page, which stays at the international six-digit level. For a product that is hard to place, try the HS code classifier.
Heading 1601 vs 1602 to 1605
Most mistakes happen when a product sits near the border between two headings. Check the main material and the form of the product, then use this guide:
- Sausage or sausage-like product: stay in 1601
- Other meat, offal, blood or insects that are prepared or kept in a preserved form: look at 1602
- Extracts and juices: look at 1603
- Fish and fish-egg products such as caviar: look at 1604
- Shellfish and other aquatic invertebrates: look at 1605
Who imports sausages under heading 1601?
A code list tells you what a product is called. It does not tell you who trades it. For that you need shipment records.
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Related
- Chapter 16 meat and fish preparations
- HS code 1602 prepared or preserved meat
- HS code 1603 meat and fish extracts
- HS code 1604 prepared fish and caviar
- HS code 1605 prepared crustaceans and molluscs
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Nearby headings in Chapter 16
- 1602Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects10 codes
- 1603Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic…1 code
- 1604Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish…12 codes
- 1605Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved18 codes
Who ships under 1601?
EximDataX tracks the live import–export records filed under this heading and the code beneath it: named buyers, suppliers, quantities and values from official customs feeds.
Section IV: Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, Tobacco, chapters 16–24.
HS Code 1601: common questions
What is the HS code for sausages?
Sausages go to 160100, which sits inside heading 1601.
What is the difference between HS code 1601 and 1602?
1601 is for sausages and goods like them.
Are blood sausages and insect-based products covered?
Yes. The heading names blood and insects as base materials next to meat and offal.
Is HSN code 1601 different from the HS heading?
No. HSN is another name some traders use for the same heading, with the same product description.
Does this page list national tariff lines?
No. National lines add extra digits and differ by country, so this page keeps to the international level.
How do I find importers of sausages?
Open the import data and export data pages linked here, then search by this heading to see the companies involved.
See what your buyers are buying.Then decide.
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