HTS tariff line · chapter 03
0302.44.00
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus)
Analysis
HTS 0302.44.00 covers mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) under heading 0302 (fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3%. The costliest confusion would be with 0302.72.11 (scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed…) at 3%, a difference of 3 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 86% of the 272 tariff lines in chapter 03 that are also free. 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 114111 (Finfish Fishing), an industry of 1,436 US establishments employing 2,739 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0302.11.00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) | Free |
| 0302.13.00 | Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus) | Free |
| 0302.14.00 | Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) | Free |
| 0302.19.00 | Salmonidae, excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99: other | Free |
| 0302.21.00 | Halibut and Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis) | Free |
| 0302.22.00 | Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) | Free |
| 0302.23.00 | Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99: sole (Solea spp.) | 1.1¢/kg |
| 0302.24.00 | Turbots (Psetta maxima) | Free |
| 0302.29.01 | Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99: other | Free |
| 0302.31.00 | Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga) | Free |
| 0302.32.00 | Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) | Free |
| 0302.33.00 | Skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis) | Free |
| 0302.34.00 | Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus) | Free |
| 0302.35.01 | Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) | Free |
| 0302.36.00 | Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) | Free |
| 0302.39.02 | Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito)(Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99: other | Free |
| 0302.41.00 | Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) | Free |
| 0302.42.00 | Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) | Free |
| 0302.43.00 | Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus) | Free |
| 0302.45.11 | Scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed, but not otherwise processed), in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less | 3% |
| 0302.45.50 | Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp): other | Free |
| 0302.46.11 | Scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed, but not otherwise processed), in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less | 3% |
| 0302.46.50 | Cobia (Rachycentron canadum): other | Free |
| 0302.47.00 | Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) | Free |
| 0302.49.00 | Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), anchovies (Engraulis spp.), sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), Indian mackerels (Rastrelliger spp.), seerfishes (Scomberomorus spp.), jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), jacks, crevalles (Caranx spp.), cobia (Rachycentron canadum), silver pomfrets (Pampus spp.), Pacific saury (Cololabis saira), scads (Decapterus spp.), capelin (Mallotus villosus), swordfish (Xiphias gladius), Kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis), bonitos (Sarda spp.), marlins, sailfishes, spearfish (Istiophoridae), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99: other | Free |
| 0302.51.00 | Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | Free |
| 0302.52.00 | Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) | Free |
| 0302.53.00 | Coalfish (Pollachius virens) | Free |
| 0302.54.11 | Scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed, but not otherwise processed), in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less | 3% |
| 0302.54.50 | Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.): other | Free |
| 0302.55.11 | Scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed, but not otherwise processed), in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less | 3% |
| 0302.55.50 | Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma): other | Free |
| 0302.56.11 | Scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed, but not otherwise processed), in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less | 3% |
| 0302.56.50 | Blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis): other | Free |
| 0302.59.11 | Scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed, but not otherwise processed), in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less | 3% |
| 0302.59.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 0302.71.11 | Scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed, but not otherwise processed), in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less | 3% |
| 0302.71.50 | Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.): other | Free |
| 0302.72.11 | Scaled (whether or not heads, viscera and/or fins have been removed, but not otherwise processed), in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less | 3% |
| 0302.72.50 | Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.): other | Free |