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    1602.10.50

    Put up for retail sale as food suitable for young children

    This code covers prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood, or insects, specifically homogenized preparations put up for retail sale as food for young children. Use this code for importing these infant/child food products to understand applicable duties—typically 6.4% for standard trade partners, but potentially free for goods from certain countries with special trade agreements—as defined within Chapter 16.

    Put up for retail sale as food suitable for young children

    Detailed information for HTS Code 1602.10.50

    This code falls within the broader category of prepared foodstuffs, specifically dealing with preparations of meat, offal, blood, or insects. Code 1602.10.50 covers homogenized preparations of these items, packaged for retail sale as food for young children or for dietary purposes, with containers not exceeding 250g in weight. There are two statistical subdivisions: 1602.10.50.60 for canned preparations and 1602.10.50.80 for all other types, so choose the suffix that accurately reflects how the product is preserved or packaged.

    ChapterChapter 16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
    SectionSection IV - Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes

    Duty snapshot

    Quick reference for the duty outcomes tied to this HTS line.

    General Duty

    6.40%

    Standard trade partners (NTR)

    Special Duty

    Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Eligible FTA or preference programs

    The general duty rate for HTS code 1602.10.50 and its subdivisions (1602.10.50.60 and 1602.10.50.80) is 6.40%, applicable to goods originating from countries without a preferential trade agreement with the US. However, a duty-free rate applies to goods originating from specific countries including Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Israel, Jordan, Korea, Morocco, Oman, Panama, Peru, Singapore, and others eligible for FTA or preference programs. Reporting units are kilograms (kg) for all subdivisions. The special rate applies contingent upon proof of origin from one of the listed countries, while the general rate is applied to all other origins.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): 20%

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    Code subdivisions

    1602.10.50.60

    Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects: > Homogenized preparations: > Put up for retail sale as food suitable for young children > Canned

    1602.10.50.80

    Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects: > Homogenized preparations: > Put up for retail sale as food suitable for young children > Other

    Chapter & section notes

    Chapter notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS IV 16-1 Notes 1. This chapter does not cover meat, meal 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 0504. 2. Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20 percent 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 1902 or the preparations of heading 2103 or 2104. Subheading Notes 1. For the purposes of subheading 1602.10, the expression “homogenized preparations” means preparations of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, finely homogenized, 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 1602. 2. The fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates specified in the subheadings of heading 1604 or 1605 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in chapter 3 under the same name. Additional U.S. Notes 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "in oil" means packed in oil or fat, or in added oil or fat and other substances, whether such oil or fat was introduced at the time of packing or prior thereto. 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. For purposes of subheadings 1604.14.22 and 1604.14.30, tunas and skipjack from the freely associated states may be entered free of duty under the appropriate subheading in an aggregate quantity provided by, and under the terms set forth in, general note 10(c) to the tariff schedule. Goods from the freely associated states entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in excess of such specified aggregate quantity shall be dutied under the appropriate subheading at the rate set forth in the "General" subcolumn of column 1. Statistical Note 1. Imports of shrimp or products of shrimp are subject to the provisions of section 609 of Public Law 101-162 of November 21, 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1537 note). Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes IV 16-2

    Section notes

    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 IV-1 Note 1. In this section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight. Additional U.S. Notes 1. In this section the term "canned" means preserved in airtight containers by heat processing to destroy or inactivate micro-organisms and enzymes that otherwise could cause spoilage. 2. For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires-- (a) the term "percent by dry weight" means the sugar content as a percentage of the total solids in the product; (b) The term "capable of being further processed or mixed with similar or other ingredients" means that the imported product is in such condition or container as to be subject to any additional preparation, treatment or manufacture or to be blended or combined with any additional ingredient, including water or any other liquid, other than processing or mixing with other ingredients performed by the ultimate consumer prior to consumption of the product; (c) the term "prepared for marketing to the ultimate consumer in the identical form and package in which imported" means that the product is imported in packaging of such sizes and labeling as to be readily identifiable as being intended for retail sale to the ultimate consumer without any alteration in the form of the product or its packaging; and (d) the term "ultimate consumer" does not include institutions such as hospitals, prisons and military establishments or food service establishments such as restaurants, hotels, bars or bakeries. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes IV-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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