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HSN Code and GST Rate for Ham-Sausages-Caviar and Prawns

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HSN Code and GST Rate for Ham, Sausages, Caviar and Prawns

In this article, we provide the HSN code and GST rate for ham, sausages, caviar. Also covering GST on prawns and other preparations of meat, fish or crustaceans. Chapter 16 of the HSN code contains the GST rate for preparations of meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. Food preparations fall in Chapter 16 of the HSN code provided that they contain more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, 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.

Chapter 16 of the HSN code do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 1902 or to the preparations of heading 2103 or 2104. Further, this chapter does not cover the meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3 or heading 0504.

HSN Code

HSN Code Description Import Policy Policy Conditions GST Rate in Percentage
1601 00 00 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products Free 12
1602 OTHER PREPARED OR PRESERVED MEAT, MEAT OFFAL OR BLOOD
1602 10 00 Homogenised preparations Free 12
1602 20 00 Of liver of any animal Free 12
Of poultry of heading 0105:
1602 31 00 Of turkeys Free 12
1602 32 00 Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Free 12
1602 39 00 Others Free 12
Of swine:
1602 41 00 Hams and cuts thereof Free 12
1602 42 00 Shoulders and cuts thereof Free 12
1602 49 00 Other, including mixtures Free 12
1602 50 00 Of bovine animals Restricted 12
1602 90 00 Other,  including  preparations  of the blood  of  any animal Free 12
1603 EXTRACTS AND JUICES OF MEAT, FISH OR CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
1603 00 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates:
1603 00 10 Extracts and juices of meat Free 12
1603 00 20 Extracts of fish Free 12
1603 00 90 Other Free 12
1604 PREPARED OR PRESERVED FISH; CAVIAR AND CAVIAR SUBSTITUTES PREPARED FROM FISH EGGS
Fish, whole or in piece, but not minced:
1604 11 00 Salmon Free 12
1604 12 Herrings:
1604 12 11 Pickled Free 12
1604 12 90 Other Free 12
1604 13 Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats:
1604 13 10 Sardines, sardinella and brisling Free 12
1604 13 20 Sprats Free 12
1604 14 Tunas, skipjack and bonito (Sarda spp.):
1604 14 10 Tunas Free 12
1604 14 90 Other Free 12
1604 15 00 Mackerel Free 12
1604 16 00 Anchovies Free 12
1604 17 00 Eels Free 12
1604 18
1604 18 00 Shark fins Prohibited 12
1604 19
1604 19 00 Other Free 12
1604 20 00 Other prepared or preserved fish Free 12
Caviar and caviar substitutes:
1604 31 00 Caviar Free 12
1604 32 00 Caviar substitutes Free 12
1605 CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES PREPARED OR PRESERVED
1605 10 00 Crab Free 12
Shrimps and prawns:
1605 21 00 Not in an airtight container Free 12
1605 29 00 Other Free 12
1605 30 00 Lobster Free 12
1605 40 00 Other crustaceans Free 12
Molluscs:
1605 51 00 Oysters Free 12
1605 52 00 Scallops, including queen scallops Free 12
1605 53 00 Mussels Free 12
1605 54
1605 54 00 Cuttlefish and squid Free 12
1605 55 00 Octopus Free 12
1605 56 00 Clams, cockles and ark shells Free 12
1605 57 00 Abalone Free 12
1605 58 00 Snails, other than sea snails Free 12
1605 59
1605 59 00 Other Free 12
Other aquatic invertebrates:
1605 61 00 Sea cucumbers Free 12
1605 62 00 Sea urchins Free 12
1605 63 00 Jellyfish Free 12
1605 69 00 Other Free 12

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Import Policy for Ham, Sausages and Other Preparations of Meat

Import of all live-stock products shall be subject to a sanitary import permit to be issued by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Government of India, as per Section 3A of Live-stock Importation Act, 1898, as incorporated by Live Stock Importation (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 28 of 2001, 29th August 2001), or as amended from time to time.

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