GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 0511.91
0511.91.10.00.00: Inedible fish eggs.
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: GCC Common Customs Tariff, in force from 1 January 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026
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Importing into GCC
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 20% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 13.3% 
Brazil Free – 7.2% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3.6% 
Argentina Free – 7.2% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 2.4% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Japan Free – 1.7% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 0.4% 
Taiwan Free – 12% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 4.7% 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Norway Free General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · 4× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC lines: 0511.91
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N365257 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Freeze-Dried Worms from South Korea
- N359715 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Dried Crustacean Eggs from Thailand
- N355782 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Artemia Cysts from Russia
- N334948 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Zebrafish Fin Clippings from Great Britain
6 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);
(b) hides or skins (including furskins), other than goods of heading 0505 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43);
(c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or
(d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).
2. For the purposes of heading 0501, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.
3. Throughout the nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ‘ivory’.
4. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘horsehair’ means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals. Heading 0511 covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.
In the GCC Common Customs Tariff, 0511.91.10.00.00 is one of 3 lines under subheading 0511.91, products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.
The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Kilograms.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–20%, the Brazil duty is 0%–7.2%, the Argentina duty is 0%–7.2%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–1.7%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–12%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
The GCC states imported goods of subheading 0511.91 worth US$3m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the GCC import duty for HS code 0511.91.10.00.00?
The customs duty in the GCC Common Customs Tariff is 5%; the supplementary unit is Kilograms. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Typical products
- dog treat, fish skin braids
- eggs, fish for hatching
- fish - bladders and waste, inedible dead, livers and roes, ova, fish for hatching
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.