Chapter · Chapter 02 · Section I, Live animals
HS 02Meat and edible meat offal
- Customs duty
- 30% to 100%
- 69 tariff items
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 12 items, Prohibited: 3 items
- Export policy
- Mostly Free
- Prohibited: 11 items
- Unit
- kg
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this chapter
10 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0201 | Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled | 30% | 0% | kg |
| 0202 | Meat of bovine animals, frozen | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 0203 | Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 0204 | Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 0205 | Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 0206 | Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 0207 | Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen | 30% to 100% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 0208 | Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 0209 | Pig fat, free of lean meat and poutry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 0210 | Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
Importing into India
Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 69 tariff items: 30% to 100%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty
None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 54 tariff items
- Restricted: 12 tariff items
- Prohibited: 3 tariff items
Exporting from India
Export duty
Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 58 tariff items
- Prohibited: 11 tariff items
Nearby codes
Sources
- GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
- DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
- GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
- BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
- Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.