Analysis
HTS 1604.20.30 covers not in oil: other under heading 1604 (prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 10%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 1604.20.40 (neither cooked nor in oil), at 10%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 10 percentage points.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 46% of the 108 tariff lines in chapter 16. 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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 2% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 2% duty.
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 |
| 1604.20.25 | In immediate containers weighing with their contents not over 6.8 kg each: 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 |