Analysis
HTS 0301.99.03 covers other live fish: other under heading 0301 (live fish). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 86% of the 272 tariff lines in chapter 03, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 112511 (Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries). That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
The ten-digit suffixes separate tench and bighead carp. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
All 7 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0301.11.00 | Ornamental fish: freshwater | Free |
| 0301.19.00 | Ornamental fish: other | Free |
| 0301.91.00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) | Free |
| 0301.92.00 | Eels (Anguilla spp.) | Free |
| 0301.93.02 | Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.) | Free |
| 0301.94.01 | Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) | Free |
| 0301.95.00 | Southern Bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) | Free |