HTS tariff line · chapter 16
1604.20.25
In immediate containers weighing with their contents not over 6.8 kg each: other
Analysis
HTS 1604.20.25 covers in immediate containers weighing with their contents not over 6.8 kg each: 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 10%. Compared with 1604.20.40 (neither cooked nor in oil), which pays 10%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 10 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.
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 concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1604.20.05 | Products containing meat of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; prepared meals | 5% |
| 1604.20.10 | Other: pastes | Free |
| 1604.20.15 | Balls, cakes and puddings: in oil | Free |
| 1604.20.20 | In airtight containers | Free |
| 1604.20.30 | Not in oil: other | Free |
| 1604.20.40 | Neither cooked nor in oil | 10% |
| 1604.20.50 | Fish sticks and similar products of any size or shape, if breaded, coated with batter or similarly prepared: other | 7.5% |
| 1604.20.60 | Other: other | Free |