Analysis
HTS 1604.16.60 covers other: other under heading 1604 (prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5%. Compared with 1604.16.40 (in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less…), which pays 5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 46% of the 108 tariff lines in chapter 16, 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.
The other lines in the same group are 1604.16.20 (in oil, in airtight containers, duty-free) and 1604.16.40 (in immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg…, 5%).
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1604.16.20 | In oil, in airtight containers | Free |
| 1604.16.40 | In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each | 5% |