Chapter 16 — Preparations of meat, of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects.

Nepal Customs Tariff 2026/27 import duty rates and 42 HS code lines for Preparations of meat, of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects. (Section IV — Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body). Each code shows the general and SAARC customs duty; tap a code to open the full breakdown and landed-cost estimate.

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16.01 — Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1601.00.00	Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products.	kg	15%	7.25%

16.02 — Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1602.10.00	Homogenised preparations	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.20.00	Of liver of any animal	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.31.00	Of turkeys	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.32.00	Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.39.00	Of poultry of Heading 01.05 — Other	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.41.00	Hams and cuts thereof	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.42.00	Shoulders and cuts thereof	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.49.00	Of swine — Other,including mixtures	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.50.00	Of bovine animals	kg	15%	7.25%
1602.90.00	Other, including preparations of blood of any animal	kg	15%	7.25%

16.03 — Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1603.00.00	Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.	kg	15%	7.25%

16.04 — Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1604.11.00	Salmon	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.12.00	Herrings	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.13.00	Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.14.00	Tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.)	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.15.00	Mackerel	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.16.00	Anchovies	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.17.00	Eels	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.18.00	Shark fins	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.19.00	Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced — Other	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.20.00	Other prepared or preserved fish	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.31.00	Caviar	kg	15%	7.25%
1604.32.00	Caviar substitutes	kg	15%	7.25%

16.05 — Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1605.10.00	Crab	kg	15%	11.25%
1605.21.00	Not in airtight container	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.29.00	Shrimps and prawns — Other	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.30.00	Lobster	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.40.00	Other crustaceans	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.51.00	Oysters	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.52.00	Scallops, including queen scallops	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.53.00	Mussels	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.54.00	Cuttle fish and squid	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.55.00	Octopus	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.56.00	Clams, cockles and arkshells	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.57.00	Abalone	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.58.00	Snails, other than sea snails	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.59.00	Molluscs — Other	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.61.00	Sea cucumbers	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.62.00	Sea urchins	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.63.00	Jellyfish	kg	15%	7.25%
1605.69.00	Other aquatic invertebrates — Other	kg	15%	7.25%

Chapter 16 legal notes

Notes. 1.- This Chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 05.04. 2.- 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, 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. Subheading Notes. 1.- 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. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat, meat offal or insects. This subheading takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 16.02. 2.- The fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebratesspecified in the subheadings of heading 16.04 or 16.05 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same name.

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