HS code 0408: Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg
Heading 0408 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 04, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
0408Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
Place in the nomenclature: 04 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included > 0408
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 4
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 9
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 0408
- 0408 11Egg yolks | Dried
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Dried egg yolks, whether or not sweetened
- 0408 11 20 Unfit for human consumption
- 0408 11 80 Other
- 0408 19Egg yolks | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Egg yolks, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excl. dried)
- 0408 19 20 Unfit for human consumption
- 0408 19 81 Other | Liquid
- 0408 19 89 Other | Other, including frozen
- 0408 91Other | Dried
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Dried birds' eggs, not in shell, whether or not sweetened (excl. egg yolks)
- 0408 91 20 Unfit for human consumption
- 0408 91 80 Other
- 0408 99Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excl. dried)
- 0408 99 20 Unfit for human consumption
- 0408 99 80 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.