Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects
HS heading 16.02 covers Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects. Within Chapter 16 it splits into 10 six-digit subheadings, each carrying its own customs duty line.
- India exports 2024
- $637K
- Share of Chapter 16
- 0.1%
- Rank in its chapter
- #3 of 5
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
HS 16.02 covers Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects. At the six-digit line it breaks down further — starting with meat preparations — into 10 duty lines shown below. India's value-added marine sector exports breaded, cooked and canned shrimp and fish preparations. India exported $637K under this code worldwide in 2024, about 0.1% of all Chapter 16 exports, ranking #3 of 5 lines in its chapter (UN Comtrade).
How to read this code
16.02 is the four-digit HS heading for prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or i. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many prepared foodstuffs, beverages & tobacco lines — check our import guides for your market.
Subheadings under HS 16.02
The Harmonised System breaks Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects into these 10 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Meat preparations; homogenised preparations of meat, meat offal blood or insects
Meat preparations; of the prepared or preserved liver of any animal (excluding homogenised preparations)
Meat preparations; of turkeys, prepared or preserved meat or meat offal (excluding livers and homogenised preparations)
Meat preparations; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus)
Meat preparations; of poultry (excluding turkeys), prepared or preserved meat or meat offal (excluding livers and homogenised preparations)
Meat preparations; of swine, hams and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved (excluding homogenised preparations)
Meat preparations; of swine, shoulders and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved (excluding homogenised preparations)
Meat preparations; of swine, meat or meat offal (including mixtures), prepared or preserved, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602
Meat preparations; of bovine animals, meat or meat offal, prepared or preserved (excluding livers and homogenised preparations)
Meat preparations; of meat, meat offal or the blood of any animal, n.e.c. in heading no. 1602
Top destinations for Chapter 16 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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