What HS code 0304.81 covers
HS code 0304.81 classifies fish fillets; frozen, salmon, pacific (oncorhynchus nerka, oncorhynchus gorbuscha, oncorhynchus keta, oncorhynchus tschawytscha, oncorhynchus kisutch, oncorhynchus masou, oncorhynchus rhodurus), atlantic (salmo salar), and danube (hucho hucho). It is a subheading of heading 0304 (Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen), in chapter 03 (Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates), section I of the Harmonized System. These six digits are identical in every country that uses the HS.
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Import duty for 0304.81
Base MFN rate only. Section 301 and 2025 IEEPA tariffs can stack on top for goods from China.
Source: HTSUS / CBP
Erga-omnes (third-country) MFN rate. Import VAT of 17 to 27 percent by country, and any anti-dumping measures, apply separately.
Source: TARIC
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Related codes in heading 0304
Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 0304.81.
- 0304.31 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)
- 0304.32 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
- 0304.33 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
- 0304.39 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, carp (as specified by the WCO), eels (Anguilla spp.), and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- 0304.41 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar), Danube (Hucho hucho)
- 0304.42 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
- 0304.43 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae)
- 0304.44 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, and Muraenolepididae
- 0304.45 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- 0304.46 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)
- 0304.47 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, dogfish and other sharks
- 0304.48 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, rays and skates (Rajidae)
- 0304.49 Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, other than fish of heading 0304.4
- 0304.51 Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads
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