Analysis
HTS 1604.12.60 covers other: other under heading 1604 (prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4%. The costliest confusion would be with 1604.12.20 (in oil, in airtight containers) at 4%, a difference of 4 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 46% of the 108 tariff lines in chapter 16 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.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 1604.12.20 (in oil, in airtight containers, 4%) and 1604.12.40 (in tomato sauce, smoked or kippered, and in immediate…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311710 (Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging), an industry of 516 US establishments employing 29,132 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1604.12.20 | In oil, in airtight containers | 4% |
| 1604.12.40 | In tomato sauce, smoked or kippered, and in immediate containers weighing with their contents over 0.45 kg each | Free |