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HTS tariff line · chapter 03

0305.44.01

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.)

Analysis

HTS 0305.44.01 covers tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon… under heading 0305 (fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 7.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 0305.20.20 (livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine…), at 7.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 7.5 percentage points.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 86% of the 272 tariff lines in chapter 03. 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 311710 (Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging), an industry of 516 US establishments employing 29,132 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
0305.20.20Livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine: sturgeon roe7.5%
0305.20.40Livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine: otherFree
0305.31.01Tilapias (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
0305.32.00Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and MuraenolepididaeFree
0305.39.20Herrings, in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each4%
0305.39.40Mackerel, in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each5%
0305.39.61Other: otherFree
0305.41.00Pacific 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)5%
0305.42.00Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)Free
0305.43.00Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)Free
0305.49.20Other: mackerelFree
0305.49.40Other: otherFree
0305.51.00Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)Free
0305.52.00Tilapias (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
0305.53.00Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae,Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus).Free
0305.54.00Herrings (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)Free
0305.59.00Dried fish, other than edible fish offal, whether or not salted but not smoked: otherFree
0305.61.20In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each4%
0305.61.40Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii): otherFree
0305.62.00Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)Free
0305.63.20In airtight containers5%
0305.63.40In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each: otherFree
0305.63.60Anchovies (Engraulis spp.): otherFree
0305.64.10In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less eachFree
0305.64.50Tilapias (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.): other0.5%
0305.69.10Cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollockFree
0305.69.20In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each5%
0305.69.30Mackerel: otherFree
0305.69.40Other: salmon3%
0305.69.50In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less eachFree
0305.69.60Other: other0.5%
0305.71.00Fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal: shark finsFree
0305.72.00Fish heads, tails and mawsFree
0305.79.00Fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal: otherFree