HS Code 2301Flours, meal and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves

What HS code 2301 covers

Think of this heading as the home of protein meals made from animals. The raw material is meat, meat offal, fish, or sea animals without a backbone, such as crustaceans and molluscs. The material is dried and ground into flour or meal, or pressed into pellets.

One test decides whether goods belong here: they must be unfit for human consumption. Fish flour that is made for people to eat is not classified in this heading. Goods that are meant only for animal feed ingredients are.

Greaves are also named in the heading. This is an old trade word for the solid scraps left after animal fat is melted down. They are pressed and often sold as feed material.

The heading sits in Chapter 23, which groups food industry residues and prepared animal fodder. Most of its headings cover leftovers from making oil, flour, sugar or drink. Heading 2301 is the one built on animal and fish material.

230110 vs 230120: choosing the right subheading

The split between the two subheadings is simple. It depends on what the meal is made from.

Use 230110 when the goods are flours, meals or pellets of meat or meat offal, or greaves. Meat meal falls here. Meat and bone meal is a common trade name for this kind of product, so check that your goods match the meat or offal wording.

Use 230120 when the goods are flours, meals or pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. Fish meal falls here. So does meal made from shrimp or shellfish.

• 230110: meat, meat offal and greaves
• 230120: fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

How 2301 differs from other Chapter 23 headings

Many buyers mix up 2301 with other feed headings. The easiest way to separate them is to ask what the goods are.

These are mixed or made-up feeds. Heading 2301 is a single raw meal or pellet made from meat or fish. If you have blended a recipe, look at 2309 first.

Oil-cake is a different family. Soya-bean oil-cake goes to HS 2304 and ground-nut oil-cake goes to 2305. Cake from other vegetable or microbial fats and oils goes to HS 2306. Plant-based feed material not listed elsewhere goes to HS 2308. Bran and other cereal residues sit in HS 2302.

In short, 2301 is animal or fish based. The headings above are plant based, or they are finished feed mixes.

Countries add more digits after the six-digit code, so national tariff lines differ from place to place. If you are unsure which code fits your goods, try the HS code classifier.

Find importers and exporters of fish and meat meal

A code on its own does not tell you who trades the goods. For that you need import export data at the shipment level.

EximDataX shows shipment-level import and export records from official customs sources. Coverage: 43 direct customs feeds plus 184 mirror-derived countries. Named buyers and named suppliers are available in 38 of the 43 direct markets. Most markets refresh weekly and some refresh daily.

You can search by HS code to see who imports and exports a product, and book a free demo. Search 2301 live to see the records for fish meal and meat meal.