Analysis
HTS 0304.59.00 covers other, fresh or chilled: other under heading 0304 (fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 16 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The ten-digit suffixes separate yellow perch, pike perch, pike, pickerel, whitefish and tilapia other than Oreochromis spp. and 6 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
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.
All 63 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0304.59.00.03 | Yellow perch | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.06 | Pike perch (including yellow pike) | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.09 | Other | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.15 | Pike | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.20 | Pickerel | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.25 | Whitefish | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.30 | Tilapia other than Oreochromis spp. | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.36 | Other | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.40 | Sole | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.45 | Plaice | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.50 | Flounder | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.55 | Greenland turbot (Greenland halibut), (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.61 | Other | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.65 | Atlantic ocean perch | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.70 | Cusk | kg | 114111 |
| 0304.59.00.91 | Other | kg | 114111 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0304.31.00 | Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) | Free |
| 0304.32.00 | Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) | Free |
| 0304.33.00 | Nile perch (Lates niloticus) | Free |
| 0304.39.00 | Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.): other | Free |
| 0304.41.00 | Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus) Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) | Free |
| 0304.42.00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae Oncorhynchus apache, and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) | Free |
| 0304.43.00 | Flat Fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae, and Citharidae) | Free |
| 0304.44.00 | Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae | Free |
| 0304.45.00 | Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) | Free |
| 0304.46.00 | Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | Free |
| 0304.47.00 | Dogfish and other sharks | Free |
| 0304.48.00 | Rays and skates (Rajidae) | Free |
| 0304.49.01 | Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish: other | Free |
| 0304.51.01 | Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.) | Free |
| 0304.52.00 | Other, fresh or chilled: salmonidae | Free |
| 0304.53.00 | Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae | Free |
| 0304.54.00 | Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) | Free |
| 0304.55.00 | Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | Free |
| 0304.56.00 | Dogfish and other sharks | Free |
| 0304.57.00 | Rays and skates (Rajidae) | Free |
| 0304.61.00 | Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) | Free |
| 0304.62.00 | Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) | Free |
| 0304.63.00 | Nile perch (Lates niloticus) | Free |
| 0304.69.00 | Frozen fillets of tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbushoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.): other | Free |
| 0304.71.10 | Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions | Free |
| 0304.71.50 | Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac,Gadus macrocephalus): other | Free |
| 0304.72.10 | Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions | Free |
| 0304.72.50 | Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus): other | Free |
| 0304.73.10 | Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions | Free |
| 0304.73.50 | Coalfish (Pollachius virens): other | Free |
| 0304.74.10 | Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions | Free |
| 0304.74.50 | Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.): other | Free |
| 0304.75.10 | Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions | Free |
| 0304.75.50 | Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma): other | Free |
| 0304.79.10 | Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions | Free |
| 0304.79.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 0304.81.10 | Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions | Free |
| 0304.81.50 | Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus) Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho): other | Free |
| 0304.82.10 | Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions | Free |
| 0304.82.50 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster): other | Free |