02.05 Meat; of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section I, Live Animals & Animal Products — live animals, meat, fish, dairy and other products of animal origin.
- 02 Chapter Meat and edible meat offal
- 05 Heading Meat; of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 1 six-digit codes below
Chapter 2 covers meat and edible offal from cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen. It does not include meat that has been cooked, cured, smoked or otherwise prepared: those preparations fall under chapter 16 instead. Classification tip: Fresh/chilled and frozen versions of the same cut often carry different subheadings and different import permit requirements, so confirm the product's actual state at the border, not just at origin.
All of chapter 02The 1 six-digit code under 02.05
One of these is the number you declare.
Other headings in chapter 02
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 02.05? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment02.05 FAQ
Heading 02.05 covers meat; of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen. It is part of chapter 02 (meat and edible meat offal), and it is subdivided into 1 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 1 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section I and to chapter 02. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.