Meat from own hunting

If you bring more than 75 kilograms of meat during a calendar year, you must also pay customs duties on the meat.

Remember that the meat you bring must be for use in your own household. You cannot sell it.

You can bring meat from EEA countries (except from areas regulated due to outbreaks of swine fever, etc.) from the following animals:

• Hare
• Reindeer
• Forest birds
• Grouse
• Deer
• Roe deer
• Fallow deer
• Moose
• Wild boar

The VAT on meat from your own hunting is 15 percent of an estimated price of 50 Norwegian kroner per kilo of meat.

Example:

Number of kilos of meat: 50 kilos

Estimated price per kilo: 50 NOK

Basis for VAT calculation: 2,500 NOK

VAT at 15% of 2,500 NOK: 375 NOK

Red zone

You must choose the red zone when entering Norway if you are bringing more than 10 kilos. Here, you must submit a declaration that the meat originates from your own hunting in the EEA area and that it is for use in your own household.

• Self-declaration that the meat is from own hunting ( in norwegian)

When declaring for the procedure "release for free circulation," use code S in box 33 and the following codes in box 44 on the declaration:

GEN S03/2745 (grants exemption from customs duty)

GEN S03/2745A (grants exemption from research levy FA200), or

GEN S03/2745B (grants exemption from research levy FA100)

More than 75 kilos

If you bring more than 75 kilos of meat from your own hunting, you must declare the meat for the procedure "release for free circulation" and pay both customs duty and VAT.

When declaring for the procedure "release for free circulation," use code S in box 33 and the following codes in box 44:

GEN S03/2745A (grants exemption from research levy FA200), or

GEN S03/2745B (grants exemption from research levy FA100)

• Example of product code for meat from own hunting (in norwegian)
• Find product codes and customs duty rates in the customs tariff

Conditions

Importing endangered animal species is not allowed without a permit from the Norwegian Environment Agency.

• Read more about endangered animal species (in norwegian)

If at the time of import there is an import ban or the meat cannot be imported for other reasons, you are required, according to veterinary regulations, to destroy the meat at your own expense.

If a follow-up inspection reveals that the meat was imported in violation of veterinary regulations or the regulations mentioned above, we may report the case to the police or take other administrative actions.

Outbreak of Swine Fever in Certain European Countries

It is prohibited to bring pork from areas with restrictions due to African or classical swine fever. As a preventive measure, the Norwegian Customs Authority will require documentation of the origin for unstamped pork imported to Norway from countries with outbreaks of these diseases. Such documentation may be a hunting license or a hunting agreement describing the area where the game was hunted. If such documentation is missing, the Customs Authority may seize and destroy the pork at the Norwegian border.

• Read more at the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (in norwegian)

Meat from countries outside the EEA

If you want to import meat from countries outside the EEA, you can contact the Norwegian Food Safety Authority for information on import regulations.

• Contact information for the Norwegian Food Safety Authority