EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 0303.99

0303 99 00

0303 99 00: Livers, roes, milt, fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other: other

Not declarable on its own: use one of its 19 subdivisions Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 0303 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304:
  2. Livers, roes, milt, fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal:
  3. 0303 99 00 Other

What you pay

Importing into EU

Customs duty 10% standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 7
VAT standard rate of the member state of import, 17% to 27%
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Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Additional duties and charges 3

  • Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    until 31 October 2026
    Legal act
    Regulation 0382/26
  • Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 November 2026
    Legal act
    Regulation 0382/26
    Documents
    • C127 Merchant product identifier
    • C128 Non-standardised manufacturer product identifier
    • C129 Standardised manufacturer product identifier
    • Y081 No standardised manufacturer product identifier for the declared product exists
  • Handling feeUnion handling fee 2 EUR
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    In force
    from 1 November 2026
    Legal act
    Regulation 2108/26
    Documents
    • Y126 Goods sold in distance sales

Import requirements 8

  • Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
    Applies to goods from
    North Korea
    Legal act
    Regulation 1548/17
  • Import controlVeterinary control
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Andorra, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino
    Legal act
    Regulation 0632/21
    Documents
    • N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
    • Y058 Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
    • Y170 Goods with third country origin coming from Andorra, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y171 Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y172 Goods with third country origin coming from Faroe Islands, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y173 Goods with third country origin coming from Greenland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y174 Goods with third country origin coming from Iceland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y175 Goods with third country origin coming from Liechtenstein, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y176 Goods with third country origin coming from Norway, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • Y177 Goods with third country origin coming from San Marino, according to the relevant EU legislation.
    • C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
  • Import controlControl on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Cameroon, Cambodia, Comoros, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent & the Grenadines
    Legal act
    Regulation 1005/08
    Documents
    • C673 Importer Declaration or Re-export Certificate, as foreseen in Annex II of Regulation (EC) 1005/2008 or Annex IV of Regulation (EC) 1010/2009
    • Y927 The declared goods are not concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008
  • Import controlControl on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
    Applies to goods from
    Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago
    In force
    until 9 January 2027
    Legal act
    Regulation 1005/08
    Documents
    • Y927 The declared goods are not concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008
  • Import controlImport control of organic products
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
    Legal act
    Regulation 2306/21
    Documents
    • C644 Certificate of inspection for organic products
    • Y929 Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
  • Import control
    Applies to goods from
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    Regulation 0692/14
    Documents
    • Y997 Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
    • N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
    • N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
  • Import control
    Applies to goods from
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    Regulation 0263/22
    Documents
    • Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
    • N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
    • N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
  • Import controlImport control - CITES
    Only for
    0303 99 00 99 Other
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    Regulation 0966/23
    Documents
    • C400 Presentation of the required " CITES" certificate
    • Y900 Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)

TARIC subdivisions

Declare the 10-digit TARIC code that fits the goods: measures can differ between subdivisions.

0303 99 00 10Sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka)
0303 99 00 15Other Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus)
0303 99 00 20Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
0303 99 00 25Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)
0303 99 00 30Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
0303 99 00 35Other salmonidae
0303 99 00 40Of the species Scomber scombrus or Scomber japonicus
0303 99 00 45Of the species Scomber australasicus
0303 99 00 50Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
0303 99 00 55Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)
0303 99 00 60Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
0303 99 00 65Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)
0303 99 00 70Polar cod (Boreogadus saida)
0303 99 00 75Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)
0303 99 00 80Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
0303 99 00 85Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)
0303 99 00 87Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
0303 99 00 89Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
0303 99 00 95Rays and skates (Rajidae)
0303 99 00 99Other

Tariff quotas

Order numberOriginIn-quota dutyPeriodVolumeBalanceValidity
09.0715 Norway Free 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 500,000 kg 0 kg Exhausted
09.0717 Norway Free 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 580,000 kg 0 kg Exhausted
09.0723 Norway Free 16 June 2026 – 14 February 2027 800,000 kg 192,630 kg Open
09.0725 Norway Free 16 June 2026 – 14 February 2027 30,600,000 kg 28,536,230 kg Open
09.0726 Norway Free 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 130,000 kg 0 kg Exhausted
09.0752 Norway Free 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 44,000,000 kg 40,044,537 kg Open
09.0835 Iceland Free 1 May 2026 – 30 April 2027 11,550,000 kg 7,349,473 kg Open
09.0870 Norway Free 1 May 2026 – 30 April 2027 14,385,000 kg 10,536,673 kg Open

Balances from the Commission’s weekly quota report of 23 October 2026.

Export measures 3

Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.

Export measuresDestinationLegal actValidity
Export control - CITES All third countries Regulation 0966/23 20 May 2023
Control on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Cameroon, Cambodia, Comoros, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent & the Grenadines Regulation 1005/08 7 October 2022 – 9 January 2027
Control on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing ERGA OMNES (except Cameroon, Cambodia, Comoros, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent & the Grenadines) Regulation 1005/08 10 January 2026

TARIC data as of 26 October 2026

Import VAT in the EU member states

The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.

  • Austria 10% reduced rate
  • Belgium 6% reduced rate
  • Bulgaria 20%
  • Croatia 25%
  • Cyprus 5% reduced rate
  • Czechia 12% reduced rate
  • Denmark 25%
  • Estonia 24%
  • Finland 13.5% reduced rate
  • France 5.5% reduced rate
  • Germany 7% reduced rate
  • Greece 13% reduced rate
  • Hungary 5% reduced rate
  • Ireland 23%
  • Italy 10% reduced rate
  • Latvia 21%
  • Lithuania 21%
  • Luxembourg 3% reduced rate
  • Malta 0% reduced rate
  • Netherlands 9% reduced rate
  • Poland 5% reduced rate
  • Portugal 6% reduced rate
  • Romania 11% reduced rate
  • Slovakia 19% reduced rate
  • Slovenia 9.5% reduced rate
  • Spain 10% reduced rate
  • Sweden 6% reduced rate

TEDB · 26 October 2026

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—10%
GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms)
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 more

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

Free
CARIFORUM
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 more

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago

Free
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories)
Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and 8 more

Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, New Caledonia, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna

Free
GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance)
Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and 4 more

Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan

Free
Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Free
Mercosur Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Free
SADC EPA Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia Free
Eastern and Southern Africa States Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe Free
EU–Andorra agreement Andorra Free
EU–Canada agreement Canada Free
EU–Côte d’Ivoire agreement Côte d’Ivoire Free
EU–Chile agreement Chile Free
EU–Cameroon agreement Cameroon Free
EU–Colombia agreement Colombia Free
EU–Algeria agreement Algeria Free
EU–Ecuador agreement Ecuador Free
EU–Egypt agreement Egypt Free
Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. Western Sahara Free
EU–Fiji agreement Fiji Free
EU–Faroe Islands agreement Faroe Islands Free
EU–United Kingdom agreement United Kingdom Free
EU–Georgia agreement Georgia Free
EU–Ghana agreement Ghana Free
EU–Iceland agreementQuota Iceland Free
EU–Japan agreement Japan Free
EU–Kenya agreement Kenya Free
EU–South Korea agreement South Korea Free
EU–Lebanon agreement Lebanon Free
EU–Morocco agreement Morocco Free
EU–Moldova agreement Moldova Free
EU–Mexico agreement Mexico Free
EU–Norway agreementQuota Norway Free
EU–New Zealand agreement New Zealand Free
EU–Peru agreement Peru Free
EU–Papua New Guinea agreement Papua New Guinea Free
EU–Palestinian Territories agreement Palestinian Territories Free
EU–Singapore agreement Singapore Free
EU–San Marino customs union San Marino Free
EU–Tunisia agreement Tunisia Free
EU–Türkiye agreement Türkiye Free
EU–Vietnam agreement Vietnam Free
EU–Samoa agreement Samoa Free
EU–South Africa agreement South Africa Free
GSP - General arrangements
Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia and 6 more

Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, Micronesia, Nigeria, Niue, Syria, Tajikistan, Vanuatu

3.5%

EU: imports by month · HS 0303.99

last 12 months€28.6m+2.1% · previous 12 months
Average import price€2.75 per kg
Preferential rate92%
Jan 2024: €2.6mFeb 2024: €1.2mMar 2024: €2.6mApr 2024: €2.4mMay 2024: €1.5mJun 2024: €1.4mJul 2024: €1.7mAug 2024: €1.6mSept 2024: €1.2mOct 2024: €2mNov 2024: €3.1mDec 2024: €4.3mJan 2025: €2.3mFeb 2025: €2.4mMar 2025: €4mApr 2025: €2.1mMay 2025: €1.5mJun 2025: €2.3mJul 2025: €1.7mAug 2025: €1mSept 2025: €1.6mOct 2025: €1.9mNov 2025: €1mDec 2025: €2.2mJan 2026: €3.2mFeb 2026: €1.6mMar 2026: €3.1mApr 2026: €5.7mMay 2026: €2.6mJun 2026: €2.9mJul 2026: €1.7mAug 2026: €1m 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
Greenland €22.2m 77.5% +2.5%
Iceland €1.8m 6.2% -1.3%
Norway €1.1m 4% -49.7%
China €1.1m 3.7% —
United Kingdom €399k 1.4% +132.5%
Canada €391k 1.4% +31.4%
Vietnam €357k 1.2% +90.7%
Namibia €311k 1.1% +29.7%

Same subheading in other tariffs

0303.99 Livers, roes, milt, fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other: other

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 03 →

CN Explanatory Notes

The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.

0303 · Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304

The provisions of the explanatory notes to the subheadings of heading 0302 apply, mutatis mutandis, to the subheadings of this heading.

General notes to the chapter

FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

General

1. Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates which have been deep-frozen are classified in the same way as fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates which have been frozen.

2. Simple scalding (blanching), consisting of a light heat treatment which does not entail cooking as such does not affect the classification. It is often used before freezing, particularly for tunny fish and the flesh of crustaceans or molluscs.

3. The following are excluded from Chapter 3:

(a) fish maws (air bladders), raw, dried or salted, unfit for human consumption (heading 0511);

(b) lightly salted fish, dried or smoked and steeped in a vegetable oil in order to ensure provisional preservation — products known as ‘semi-preserved’ — (heading 1604);

(c) fish, simply pickled in oil or vinegar, whether or not further prepared (heading 1604);

(d) molluscs which have undergone heat treatment that is sufficient to bring about the coagulation of their proteins (heading 1605).

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union

This line in earlier years

The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.

YearDescriptionThird-country dutySupplementary unit
2026 Other 10% —
2025 unchanged 10% —
2024 unchanged 10% —
2023 unchanged 10% —
2022 unchanged 10% —
2021 unchanged 10% —
2020 unchanged 10% —
2019 Other 10% —

Code history

Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 0303 90 90.

CN code 0303 99 00 is a line of the EU Combined Nomenclature under HS subheading 0303.99 (livers, roes, milt, fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other: other).

The third-country duty is 10%, and quantities are declared in —.

131 countries pay no duty in the EU thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as GSP-EBA and CARIFORUM, against a standard rate of 10%.

Imports of goods of subheading 0303.99 into the EU came to €28.6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 2% on the year before); Greenland supplied 78%, followed by Iceland.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 10%, the Türkiye duty is 30%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–15%, the Brazil duty is 9%, the Argentina duty is 9%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–10%, the Taiwan duty is 12.5%–17.5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 20%.

EU member states imported goods of subheading 0303.99 worth US$60m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Greenland.

Questions and answers

What is the EU import duty for CN code 0303 99 00?

The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 10%; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which countries get a lower rate on 0303 99 00?

141 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 131 of them at 0%, under GSP-EBA, CARIFORUM and OCTs and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.

Where does the EU import these goods from?

For subheading 0303.99 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Greenland (US$20m), followed by Norway.

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