0301

Analysis

Heading 0301 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers live fish. It divides into 8 six-digit subheadings and 8 eight-digit tariff lines, with 13 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 8 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The largest subheadings are 0301.11 (unnamed, 1 line), 0301.19 (unnamed, 1 line), 0301.91 (unnamed, 1 line) and 0301.92 (unnamed, 1 line).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries (112511). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 43rd percentile of the headings in chapter 03.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.