0210.20
Meat of bovine animals
Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
Where this code sits
- Section I · Chapter02 — MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFALLIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
- Heading0210 — Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
- Subheading0210.20 — Meat of bovine animals
Six digits is as far as the international nomenclature goes, and it is the same six digits in every country that applies the Harmonized System. Your destination adds further digits of its own, and the rate lives on that national line — which is why the US lines below run to eight and ten digits, and why the lookups go to each authority's own tariff.
Duty rate
USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Revision 18 (2026) · retrieved 13/09/2026
Measures in force on top of this rate
- Antidumping/countervailing duties not checked — they are administered separately, keyed to the exporter, and can exceed the tariff rate. Check for an order in force before relying on this total.
Paste 0210.20 into the lookup and follow it down to your national line.
US national lines under 0210.20
The United States subdivides this subheading into 1 line. They share a duty rate, so the classification below the subheading affects reporting rather than the amount.
| Line | Description | General | Preferential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0210.20.00.00 | Meat of bovine animals | Free | — |
A blank General cell means the line states no rate of its own and takes the one above it — the line it is stated on is named, so the figure can be checked where it actually appears. Preferential rates are listed with the programme codes that grant them; the schedule offering a rate is not the same as your goods qualifying for it.
Preferential rates for 0210.20
No preference programme applies to these lines for any origin — the general rate is the rate, wherever the goods come from. That is worth knowing: there is nothing to claim here, so no certificate of origin will reduce the duty.
What chapter 02 excludes
A subheading's wording does not decide a classification — the legal notes do. These are the notes that push goods out of this chapter even when the description seems to fit.
1. This chapter does not cover:
- (a) Products of the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;
- (b) Edible, non-living insects (heading 0410);
- (c) Guts, bladders, or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 0511 or 3002); or
- (d) Animal fat, other than products of heading 0209 (chapter 15)
Legal notes that govern this code
Reproduced from the published tariff schedule. Section and chapter notes are binding and are part of the nomenclature itself; statistical notes are US reporting rules and are not classification law.
Section I notes LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
1. Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species.
2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the tariff schedule any reference to "dried" products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried.
Chapter 02 — Notes
Legal Notes of the Harmonized System. Binding, and part of the international nomenclature.
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) Products of the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;
(b) Edible, non-living insects (heading 0410);
(c) Guts, bladders, or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 0511 or 3002); or
(d) Animal fat, other than products of heading 0209 (chapter 15)
Chapter 02 — Additional U.S. Notes
Additional U.S. Notes. Binding in the United States; not part of the international HS.
1. For the purposes of this chapter--
(a) The term "processed" covers meats which have been ground or comminuted, diced or cut into sizes for stew meat or similar uses, rolled and skewered, or specially processed into fancy cuts, special shapes, or otherwise made ready for particular uses by the retail consumer.
(b) The term "high-quality beef cuts" means beef specially processed into fancy cuts, special shapes, or otherwise made ready for particular uses by the retail consumer (but not ground or comminuted, diced or cut into sizes for stew meat or similar uses, or rolled or skewered), which meets the specifications in regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Prime or Choice beef, and which has been so certified prior to exportation by an official of the government of the exporting country, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture.
2. In assessing the duty on meats, no allowance shall be made for normal components thereof such as bones, fat, and hide or skin. The dutiable weight of meats in airtight containers subject to specific rates includes the entire contents of the containers.
3. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this note, the aggregate quantity of beef, entered under subheadings 0201.10.10, 0201.20.10, 0201.20.30, 0201.20.50, 0201.30.10, 0201.30.30, 0201.30.50, 0202.10.10, 0202.20.10, 0202.20.30, 0202.20.50, 0202.30.10, 0202.30.30 and 0202.30.50 in any calendar year shall not exceed the quantities specified in this note.
(b) In addition to the aggregate quantity of beef of Argentina specified in subsection (a) of this note, an additional 80,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings of Argentina may be entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, between 12:01 a.m. eastern time on February 13, 2026, and 11:59 p.m. eastern time on December 31, 2026, under statistical reporting numbers 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091 and 0202.30.5097, as specified in HTSUS heading 9903.54.01. The additional aggregate quantity of beef of Argentina specified under subsection (b) of this note shall be administered on a quarterly basis such that, in any quarter, the additional aggregate quantity of beef of Argentina entered under statistical reporting numbers 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091 and 0202.30.5097 shall not exceed 20,000 metric tons.
Quantity (metric ton) Canada No limit Mexico No limit Australia 378,214 New Zealand 213,402 Argentina 20,000 Uruguay 20,000 United Kingdom 13,000 Other countries or areas 52,005 Note (con.)
(c) In addition to the aggregate quantity of beef specified in subsection (a) of this note and the aggregate quantity of lean beef trimmings of Argentina specified in subsection (b) of this note, 300,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings of other countries or areas, described in statistical reporting numbers 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091 and 0202.30.5097, may be entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, between 12:01 a.m. local port time on September 1, 2026, and 11:59 p.m. eastern time on November 30, 2026, as specified in HTSUS heading 9903.54.02. The additional aggregate quantity of lean beef trimmings specified under subsection (c) of this note shall be administered in three 30-day tranches such that, in any 30-day period, the additional aggregate quantity of lean beef trimmings entered under statistical reporting numbers 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091 and 0202.30.5097 shall not exceed 100,000 metric tons.
Imports under these provisions are subject to regulations issued by the United States Trade Representative.
Notes are reproduced from the published tariff schedule. They govern classification, but reading them is not the same as applying them to your goods — that is what a broker or a binding ruling is for.
Other chapters that mention heading 0210
An exclusion pointing into this heading from another chapter is as decisive as one in your own, and it is the one nobody finds by reading their own chapter.
(a) Products of the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;
(b) Meat of mammals of heading 0106 (heading 0208 or 0210);
Other subheadings under 0210
Elsewhere in chapter 02
Importing 0210.20 into
Each guide covers how duty and tax are assessed there, the authority with jurisdiction, and what catches importers out.
Common questions
What is HS code 0210.20?
0210.20 covers Meat of bovine animals. It sits under heading 0210 (Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal) in chapter 02, meat and edible meat offal.
What is the US duty rate for 0210.20?
The Column 1 General rate is Free, from US national line 0210.20.00.00. That is the rate before any preference you can claim, and it does not include antidumping or countervailing duties, which are administered separately and can exceed it.
What is excluded from chapter 02?
1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Products of the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption; (b) Edible, non-living insects (heading 0410); (c) Guts, bladders, or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 0511 or 3002); or (d) Animal fat, other than products of heading 0209 (chapter 15)