HSN chapter guide
Chapter 16 — Preparations of meat/fish
47 eight-digit tariff lines. Rates below are from the Indian Customs Tariff First Schedule. Use the AI HSN classifier if you only have a product description. Reviewed by the CustomsAI compliance desk · 24 August 2026.
Chapter notes
- This Chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 05.04.
- Food preparations fall in this Chapter provided that they contain more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above which predominate by weight, it is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components which predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 19.02 or to the preparations of heading 21.03 or 21.04.
- For the purposes of subheading 1602.10, the expression "homogenised preparations" means preparations of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g.
- The fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates under headings 16.04 and 16.05 under their common names only relate to the species mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same name.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 1601 00 00 | SAUSAGES AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS, OF MEAT, MEAT OFFAL, BLOOD OR INSECTS; FOOD PREPARATIONS BASED ON THESE PRODUCTS. | 100% |
| 1602 10 00 | Homogenised preparations | 30% |
| 1602 20 00 | Of liver of any animal | 30% |
| 1602 31 00 | Of turkeys | 30% |
| 1602 32 00 | Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus | 100% |
| 1602 39 00 | Other | 30% |
| 1602 41 00 | Hams and cuts thereof | 30% |
| 1602 42 00 | Shoulders and cuts thereof | 30% |
| 1602 49 00 | Other, including mixtures | 30% |
| 1602 50 00 | Of bovine animals | 30% |
| 1602 90 00 | Other, including preparations of blood of any animal | 30% |
| 1603 00 10 | Extracts and juices of meat | 30% |
| 1603 00 20 | Extracts of fish | 30% |
| 1603 00 90 | Other | 30% |
| 1604 11 00 | Salmon | 30% |
| 1604 12 10 | Pickled | 30% |
| 1604 12 90 | Other | 30% |
| 1604 13 10 | Sardines, sardinella and brisling | 30% |
| 1604 13 20 | Sprats | 30% |
| 1604 14 10 | Tunas | 30% |
| 1604 14 90 | Other | 30% |
| 1604 15 00 | Mackerel | 30% |
| 1604 16 00 | Anchovies | 30% |
| 1604 17 00 | Eels | 30% |
| 1604 18 00 | Shark fins | 30% |
| 1604 19 00 | Other | 30% |
| 1604 20 00 | Other prepared or preserved fish | 30% |
| 1604 31 00 | Caviar | 30% |
| 1604 32 00 | Caviar substitutes | 30% |
| 1605 10 00 | Crab | 30% |
| 1605 21 00 | Not in airtight container | 30% |
| 1605 29 00 | Other | 30% |
| 1605 30 00 | Lobster | 30% |
| 1605 40 00 | Other crustaceans | 30% |
| 1605 51 00 | Oysters | 30% |
| 1605 52 00 | Scallops, including queen scallops | 30% |
| 1605 53 00 | Mussels | 30% |
| 1605 54 00 | Cuttle fish and squid | 30% |
| 1605 55 00 | Octopus | 30% |
| 1605 56 00 | Clams, cockles and arkshells | 30% |