HS Code 1603Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

What HS code 1603 covers

The Harmonized System, or HS, is a list of product codes kept by the World Customs Organization. Customs offices in most countries use it to sort goods. Each product gets a number, and the first four digits make a heading.

HS heading 1603 is for the concentrated liquid or extract that comes out of meat, fish or other sea animals without a backbone. That group includes crustaceans and molluscs. The goods are sold as the extract or juice itself, not as a cooked or canned meal.

You may also see this written as HSN code 1603. The first digits stay the same. The path from the top of the system down to the code is shown here.

• Section IV > Chapter 16 > Heading 1603 > Code 160300

The six-digit code under heading 1603: 160300

Every shipment of these goods starts with the same six digits, whichever country it moves through. That makes 160300 the code to use on world-level paperwork.

Some countries want more detail. They add their own digits after the sixth to build a national tariff line. Those extra digits can differ from one country to the next. So can the duty and the rules for customs tariff classification. Always check the tariff of the country you ship to.

1603 vs other Chapter 16 headings

Chapter 16 sorts prepared foods made from meat, fish and other animals. Four other headings sit beside 1603. The easy way to tell them apart is to ask what the product is. If it is the extract or juice, think 1603. If it is the prepared food itself, look at the others.

• 1601: sausages and similar items made from meat, offal, blood or insects, plus food preparations based on them.
• 1602: meat, offal, blood or insects that have been prepared or preserved.
• 1604: fish that has been prepared or preserved, plus caviar and caviar substitutes made from fish eggs.
• 1605: crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates that have been prepared or preserved.

How to choose the right code for meat or fish extracts

Run through these quick checks before you write a code on an invoice.

• Is the product an extract or a juice of meat, fish, crustaceans or molluscs? Then 160300 is the likely fit.
• Is it fish that was prepared or preserved? Compare it with 1604.
• Is it a crustacean or mollusc that was prepared or preserved? Compare it with 1605.
• Is it a meat product such as a sausage or preserved meat? Compare it with 1601 and 1602.
• Still unsure? Describe the product in the HS code classifier and compare the result with the wording above.

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