HTS tariff line · chapter 03
0305.69.50
In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each
Analysis
HTS 0305.69.50 covers in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each 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 5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 0305.69.20 (in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less…), at 5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
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
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 0305.69.60 | Other: other | 0.5% |