HS chapter 23
Food industry residues and animal feed
Chapter 23 has 9 headings with 64 EU tariff lines and 35 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 30 EU and 20 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 28 EU and 2 Mercosur lines.
Official chapter title: Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder · Data last updated 18 October 2026
How fast duties fall
Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.
| Treatment | EU lines | Mercosur lines |
|---|---|---|
| Duty-free from entry into force (0) | 30 | 20 |
| Phased out over 4 to 8 years | 5 | 13 |
| Phased out over 10 years | 28 | 2 |
| Partial cut only | 1 | 0 |
Headings in this chapter
Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.
| Heading | Description | Into the EU | Into Brazil | Calculate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301 | Flours, meal and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves | base 0% | base 6%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 2302 | Bran, sharps and other residues; whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants | base 0–5.1%zero by 2036 | base 6%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 2303 | Residues of starch manufacture, similar residues; beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets | base 0% | base 6%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 2304 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | base 0% | base 6% | Calculate |
| 2305 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil | base 0% | base 6%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 2306 | Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading no. 2304 or 2305 | base 0% | base 6%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 2307 | Wine lees; argol | base 0%zero by 2030 | base 6% | Calculate |
| 2308 | Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and bi-products; whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included | base 0–1.6% | base 6% | Calculate |
| 2309 | Animal feed and pet food | base 0–12%zero by 2036 | base 2–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |