Subheading · Chapter 03 · Heading 0302

0302.56

0302.56: Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis)

Subheading 0302.56 belongs to heading 0302 (fish, fresh or chilled) in chapter 03.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty 6% standard rate · across 2 national lines depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure Import requirements: 5
VAT 0.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

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  1. 0302 56 00 00 Blue whiting (micromesistius poutassou, micromesistius australis) 6%
  2. 0302 56 00 10 Blue whiting (micromesistius poutassou) 6%
  3. 0302 56 00 20 Southern blue whiting (micromesistius australis) 6%

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 1

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    2022 No. 833
    Documents

Import requirements 5

  • Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
    Applies to goods from
    Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, St Vincent & the Grenadines
    Legal act
    2014 No. 170, S.I. 2019/411
  • Import controlVeterinary control
    Applies to goods from
    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/782
    Documents
    • 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).
    • 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
    • Y930 The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632
  • Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
    Applies to goods from
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    S.I. 2022/395
    Documents
  • Import controlControl on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Cambodia, Comoros, St Vincent & the Grenadines
    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 controlImport control of organic products
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/693
    Documents
    • C644 Certificate of inspection for organic products
    • Y929 Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—6%
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 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, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

 Free
European Union (including code "EU")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

 Free
DCTS Enhanced
Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more

Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu

 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)
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 more

Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands

 Free
Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Free
SADC EPA Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia Free
Eastern and Southern Africa States Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe Free
CPTPP Brunei, Malaysia Free
UK–Albania agreement Albania Free
UK–Australia agreement Australia Free
UK–Canada agreement Canada Free
UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement Côte d’Ivoire Free
UK–Chile agreement Chile Free
UK–Cameroon agreement Cameroon Free
UK–Colombia agreement Colombia Free
UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement Ceuta & Melilla Free
UK–Ecuador agreement Ecuador Free
UK–Egypt agreement Egypt Free
UK–Fiji agreement Fiji Free
UK–Faroe Islands agreement Faroe Islands Free
UK–Georgia agreement Georgia Free
UK–Ghana agreement Ghana Free
UK–Israel agreement Israel Free
UK–India agreement India Free
UK–Japan agreement Japan Free
UK–Kenya agreement Kenya Free
UK–South Korea agreement South Korea Free
UK–Lebanon agreement Lebanon Free
UK–Morocco agreement Morocco Free
UK–Moldova agreement Moldova Free
UK–North Macedonia agreement North Macedonia Free
UK–Mexico agreement Mexico Free
UK–New Zealand agreement New Zealand Free
UK–Peru agreement Peru Free
UK–Papua New Guinea agreement Papua New Guinea Free
UK–Palestinian Territories agreement Palestinian Territories Free
UK–Serbia agreement Serbia Free
UK–Solomon Islands agreement Solomon Islands Free
UK–Singapore agreement Singapore Free
UK–San Marino agreement San Marino Free
UK–Tunisia agreement Tunisia Free
UK–Türkiye agreement Türkiye Free
UK–Ukraine agreement Ukraine Free
UK–Vietnam agreement Vietnam Free
UK–Samoa agreement Samoa Free
UK–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
UK–South Africa agreement South Africa Free
UK–Iceland agreementQuota Iceland 2.2%
UK–Norway agreement Norway 2.2%
DCTS Standard Indonesia 2.5%

UK: imports by month

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 7.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 30% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free – 3% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 1.5%

World trade in 2024

0302.56 · US$81.2m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$300kUS$300k+US$1.4m+US$7m+> US$16.7m

Exports: 41
  1. Denmark: US$19.7m
  2. United Kingdom: US$16.7m
  3. Ireland: US$10.3m
  4. Greenland: US$7m
  5. Chile: US$4.7m
  6. Norway: US$4.5m
  7. Spain: US$3.6m
  8. Germany: US$3.5m
  9. Peru: US$1.9m
  10. Portugal: US$1.4m
  11. Netherlands: US$1.3m
  12. Russia: US$1.2m
  13. Argentina: US$1.1m
  14. Iceland: US$856.6k
  15. United States: US$706.7k
  16. Mauritania: US$457.2k
  17. South Korea: US$413.6k
  18. Lithuania: US$335.7k
  19. Sweden: US$303.9k
  20. Panama: US$300k
  21. China: US$227.5k
  22. New Zealand: US$193k
  23. Mexico: US$147.1k
  24. Morocco: US$122.1k
  25. Japan: US$121.8k
  26. Poland: US$90k
  27. Vietnam: US$64.6k
  28. France: US$46.8k
  29. Türkiye: US$21.2k
  30. Oman: US$19.6k
  31. Canada: US$15.2k
  32. Australia: US$10.3k
  33. Greece: US$7.9k
  34. Italy: US$7.3k
  35. Belgium: US$5.3k
  36. Tunisia: US$4.5k
  37. Croatia: US$1.3k
  38. Trinidad & Tobago: US$500
  39. Malaysia: US$100
  40. Bulgaria: US$0
  41. Sri Lanka: US$0

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Denmark US$19.7m 24.2%
2 United Kingdom US$16.7m 20.6%
3 Ireland US$10.3m 12.6%
4 Greenland US$7m 8.6%
5 Chile US$4.7m 5.7%
6 Norway US$4.5m 5.5%
7 Spain US$3.6m 4.4%
8 Germany US$3.5m 4.3%
9 Peru US$1.9m 2.3%
10 Portugal US$1.4m 1.8%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 Nigeria US$35.6m 43.8%
2 Denmark US$21.8m 26.8%
3 Norway US$12.7m 15.7%
4 Iceland US$3.5m 4.3%
5 Portugal US$2.2m 2.8%
6 Spain US$1.4m 1.8%
7 Nicaragua US$1.1m 1.4%
8 Greece US$1m 1.3%
9 Ireland US$831k 1%
10 United States US$313.1k 0.4%

The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 0302.56 into 2 tariff lines; the duty is 6%.

Subheading 0302.56 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 7.5%.

166 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of 6%.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$81.2m (+16.2% year on year).

The largest exporter was Denmark (US$19.7m), followed by the United Kingdom.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis)?

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis) fall under HS subheading 0302.56, part of heading 0302, in section I of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on blue whiting in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0302.56 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on blue whiting in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0302.56 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 7.5%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most blue whiting?

Denmark, with US$19.7m in 2024 (24.2% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

166 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 6% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.

Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?

The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.

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