Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption
6-digit subheadings (2)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
Chapter 03 classification notes
Catch documentation (IUU fishing certification, Catch Certificate for EU entry, SIMP for US species) is the main compliance burden, on top of sanitary / health certificates. CITES applies to sturgeon (caviar), seahorses, and various coral and shell species.
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Prepared / preserved fish (tuna in oil, anchovies in brine) belong in Chapter 16, not 03. Smoked salmon: raw-smoked is 0305, hot-smoked preserved is 1604.
Classification certainty
The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.
Binding tariff ruling databaseOther headings in Chapter 03
- 0301 — Fish; live
- 0302 — Fish; fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of …
- 0303 — Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03…
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chill…
- 0305 — Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked be…
- 0306 — Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, sal…
- 0307 — Molluscs; whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried…
- 0308 — Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh…