Division Notes to Chapter 16 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)

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This chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates prepared or preserved by the process specified in Chapter 2 or 3 or heading 0504.

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Food preparations fall in this chapter 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. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 1902 or to the preparations of heading 2103 or 2104.

For preparations containing liver, the provisions of the second sentence shall not apply in determining the subheadings within heading 1601 or 1602.

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CN code	Description	Qualification and explanation
(1)	(2)	(3)
1601 00	Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products	All, covers preserved meat in various forms.
ex 1602	Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood	Products of animal origin only.
ex 1603 00	Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates	Products of animal origin only. Covers meat extracts and meat concentrates, fish protein in gel form whether chilled or frozen, and also shark cartilage.
ex 1604	Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs	Products of animal origin only, cooked or pre-cooked culinary preparations containing or mixed with fish or fishery products. Covers preparations of surimi in CN code 1604 20 05. Covers canned fish and canned caviar in airtight containers, and also sushi (provided that they are not to be classified in a CN code referred to in Chapter 19). So-called fish skewers (raw fish meat or raw shrimps with vegetables presented on a wooden stick) are classified in CN code 1604 19 97.
ex 1605	Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved	Products of animal origin only. Covers fully prepared or pre-prepared snails, canned crustaceans, or other aquatic invertebrates as well as mussel powder.