Analysis
HTS 0305.51.00 covers cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) under heading 0305 (fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 7.5%. Compared with 0305.20.20 (livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine…), which pays 7.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 7.5 percentage points.
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 311710 (Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging), an industry of 516 US establishments employing 29,132 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0305.20.20 | Livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine: sturgeon roe | 7.5% |
| 0305.20.40 | Livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine: other | Free |
| 0305.31.01 | 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 |
| 0305.32.00 | Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae | Free |
| 0305.39.20 | Herrings, in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each | 4% |
| 0305.39.40 | Mackerel, in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each | 5% |
| 0305.39.61 | Other: other | Free |
| 0305.41.00 | 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) | 5% |
| 0305.42.00 | Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) | Free |
| 0305.43.00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) | Free |
| 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.) | Free |
| 0305.49.20 | Other: mackerel | Free |
| 0305.49.40 | Other: other | Free |
| 0305.52.00 | 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 |
| 0305.53.00 | Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae,Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus). | Free |
| 0305.54.00 | 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) | Free |
| 0305.59.00 | Dried fish, other than edible fish offal, whether or not salted but not smoked: other | Free |
| 0305.61.20 | In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each | 4% |
| 0305.61.40 | Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii): other | Free |
| 0305.62.00 | Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | Free |
| 0305.63.20 | In airtight containers | 5% |
| 0305.63.40 | In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each: other | Free |
| 0305.63.60 | Anchovies (Engraulis spp.): other | Free |
| 0305.64.10 | In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each | Free |
| 0305.64.50 | 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 | 0.5% |
| 0305.69.10 | Cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollock | Free |
| 0305.69.20 | In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each | 5% |
| 0305.69.30 | Mackerel: other | Free |
| 0305.69.40 | Other: salmon | 3% |
| 0305.69.50 | In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each | Free |
| 0305.69.60 | Other: other | 0.5% |
| 0305.71.00 | Fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal: shark fins | Free |
| 0305.72.00 | Fish heads, tails and maws | Free |
| 0305.79.00 | Fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal: other | Free |