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HTS tariff line · chapter 03

0303.39.01

Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99: other

Analysis

HTS 0303.39.01 covers flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99… under heading 0303 (fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

The general rate is 1.1¢/kg, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 1.1¢/kg. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 114111 (Finfish Fishing), an industry of 1,436 US establishments employing 2,739 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

Statistical suffixes

CodeDescriptionUnitsNAICS
0303.39.01.10Flounderkg114111
0303.39.01.20Rock sole (Pleuronectes bilineatus)kg114111
0303.39.01.30Yellowfin sole (Pleuronectes asper)kg114111
0303.39.01.95Otherkg114111

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
0303.11.00Sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka)Free
0303.12.00Salmonidae, excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99: other Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus)Free
0303.13.00Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)Free
0303.14.00Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)Free
0303.19.01Salmonidae, excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99: otherFree
0303.23.00Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)Free
0303.24.00Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)Free
0303.25.01Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.)Free
0303.26.00Eels (Anguilla spp.)Free
0303.29.01Tilapias(Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp.,Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodonidellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp.,Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catlacatla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding edible fishoffal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99: otherFree
0303.31.00Halibut and Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis)Free
0303.32.00Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)Free
0303.33.00Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99: sole (Solea spp.)1.1¢/kg
0303.34.00Turbots (Psetta maxima)1.1¢/kg
0303.41.00Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga)Free
0303.42.00Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares)Free
0303.43.00Skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis)Free
0303.44.00Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus)Free
0303.45.01Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis)Free
0303.46.00Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii)Free
0303.49.02Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99: otherFree
0303.51.00Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)Free
0303.53.00Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus)1.1¢/kg
0303.54.00Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus)Free
0303.55.00Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)Free
0303.56.00Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)Free
0303.57.00Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)Free
0303.59.00Herrings (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 0303.91 to 0303.99: otherFree
0303.63.00Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)Free
0303.64.00Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)Free
0303.65.00Coalfish (Pollachius virens)Free
0303.66.00Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)Free
0303.67.00Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)Free
0303.68.00Blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis)Free
0303.69.00Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99: otherFree
0303.81.00Dogfish and other sharks1.1¢/kg
0303.82.00Rays and skates (Rajidae)Free
0303.83.00Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)Free
0303.84.00Sea Bass (Dicentrachus spp.)Free
0303.89.00Other fish, excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99: otherFree