Analysis
HTS 1604.20.60 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 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
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.
For statistics it divides in two: 1604.20.60.10 for pre-cooked and frozen and 1604.20.60.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
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.
Statistical suffixes
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 |
| 1604.20.30 | 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% |