Subheading · Chapter 03 · Heading 0303
0303.25: Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp.,Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.)
0303.25 is a six-digit subheading of heading 0303, fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304, chapter 03.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 0303 25 00 00 Carp (cyprinus spp., carassius spp., ctenopharyngodon idellus, hypophthalmichthys spp., cirrhinus spp., mylopharyngodon piceus, catla catla, labeo spp., osteochilus hasselti, leptobarbus hoeveni, megalobrama spp.) 8%
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
- 9018
Import requirements 4
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- 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
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- 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
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 8% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, 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") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, 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 moreAntigua & 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 moreAnguilla, 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–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–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–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–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 agreementQuota | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | 2.4% |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | 2.4% |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 4.5% |
| UK–Albania agreementQuota | Albania | 5.6% |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | 5.6% |
| UK–Serbia agreementQuota | Serbia | 5.6% |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £10.2m | 92.3% | +21.2% | |
| £423k | 3.8% | -14.2% | |
| £296k | 2.7% | +120.1% | |
| £59k | 0.5% | +28.8% | |
| £30k | 0.3% | -34.9% | |
| £22k | 0.2% | +31.5% | |
| £8k | 0.1% | -45.1% | |
| £4k | 0% | -81.9% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$65kUS$65k+US$566k+US$2m+> US$14m
Exports: 54
- Thailand: US$14m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$14m
- India: US$4m
- China: US$2m
- Argentina: US$2m
- Russia: US$2m
- Bangladesh: US$1m
- Netherlands: US$868k
- Canada: US$866k
- Australia: US$854k
- Vietnam: US$755k
- Czechia: US$605k
- United States: US$566k
- Malaysia: US$324k
- Italy: US$229k
- Japan: US$225k
- Ukraine: US$165k
- Costa Rica: US$150k
- Latvia: US$137k
- Denmark: US$122k
- Croatia: US$93k
- Senegal: US$87k
- Kazakhstan: US$87k
- United Kingdom: US$76k
- Germany: US$72k
- Belgium: US$65k
- Ireland: US$60k
- Romania: US$57k
- Türkiye: US$55k
- Lithuania: US$52k
- Bulgaria: US$51k
- Taiwan: US$49k
- Mongolia: US$46k
- Singapore: US$45k
- Cuba: US$44k
- Spain: US$37k
- Pakistan: US$33k
- Saudi Arabia: US$29k
- Hungary: US$26k
- Indonesia: US$24k
- Poland: US$16k
- Philippines: US$14k
- Uruguay: US$13k
- Slovakia: US$13k
- France: US$11k
- Slovenia: US$10k
- Serbia: US$7k
- United Arab Emirates: US$3k
- Iran: US$3k
- Portugal: US$1k
- Greece: US$200
- Austria: US$100
- Norway: US$0
- South Africa: US$0
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$118kUS$118k+US$530k+US$2m+> US$3m
Imports: 88
- United Arab Emirates: US$11m
- Cameroon: US$4m
- Israel: US$3m
- Kuwait: US$2m
- Singapore: US$2m
- Qatar: US$2m
- Bangladesh: US$2m
- Canada: US$2m
- United States: US$2m
- United Kingdom: US$1m
- Netherlands: US$876k
- Italy: US$838k
- Australia: US$799k
- Sweden: US$745k
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$744k
- India: US$739k
- Germany: US$722k
- Azerbaijan: US$654k
- Japan: US$654k
- Papua New Guinea: US$600k
- Slovakia: US$563k
- Kazakhstan: US$530k
- Iraq: US$479k
- Nepal: US$471k
- Belgium: US$452k
- Ireland: US$425k
- Oman: US$419k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$415k
- South Korea: US$305k
- Saudi Arabia: US$241k
- Spain: US$230k
- Brunei: US$230k
- Fiji: US$223k
- Nigeria: US$189k
- France: US$183k
- Denmark: US$177k
- Hungary: US$168k
- Serbia: US$167k
- Mauritius: US$160k
- Portugal: US$142k
- China: US$139k
- Uzbekistan: US$125k
- Jordan: US$118k
- Curaçao: US$100k
- Maldives: US$96k
- Colombia: US$91k
- Dominican Republic: US$84k
- Bahrain: US$83k
- Greece: US$80k
- Finland: US$78k
- South Africa: US$76k
- Myanmar (Burma): US$76k
- Cyprus: US$73k
- Senegal: US$70k
- Malaysia: US$59k
- Austria: US$58k
- Norway: US$58k
- Poland: US$51k
- Switzerland: US$51k
- Romania: US$42k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$14m | 31.9% | |
| 2 | US$14m | 30.1% | |
| 3 | US$4m | 7.8% | |
| 4 | US$2m | 4.5% | |
| 5 | US$2m | 3.5% | |
| 6 | US$2m | 3.4% | |
| 7 | US$1m | 3.2% | |
| 8 | US$868k | 1.9% | |
| 9 | US$866k | 1.9% | |
| 10 | US$854k | 1.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$11m | 23.9% | |
| 2 | US$4m | 7.8% | |
| 3 | US$3m | 6% | |
| 4 | US$2m | 5% | |
| 5 | US$2m | 4.8% | |
| 6 | US$2m | 4.5% | |
| 7 | US$2m | 3.9% | |
| 8 | US$2m | 3.8% | |
| 9 | US$2m | 3.4% | |
| 10 | US$1m | 3.1% |
Import duty on this product around the world 158
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 10%median duty
- 37number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 55%highest: Iran, Türkiye, Barbados
158
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 55% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 3.5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.2%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.1%* | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 53% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 03428 Other fish, frozen (excluding livers & roes)
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 113101
- CPC 2.1 product
- 21211 Freshwater fish, frozen21219 Other fish, frozen
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1020 Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0303.25 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 0303.25, 0303.89 | changed |
| 2007 | 0303.79 | changed |
| 2002 | 0303.79 | changed |
| 1996 | 0303.79 | changed |
| 1992 | 0303.79 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Code history
Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 0303.89.
Subheading 0303.25 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 8%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 0303.25; the duty is 8%.
Goods from 169 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 8%; 163 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £11.1m (up 19% on the year before), at an average of £2.85 per kg; Myanmar (Burma) supplied 92%, followed by Bangladesh.
World trade in these goods reached US$45m in 2024, up 10.3% on 2023.
Thailand was the largest exporter with 31.9% of the total, ahead of Myanmar (Burma).
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp.,Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.)?
Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp.,Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.) fall under HS subheading 0303.25, part of heading 0303, in section I of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp.… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0303.25 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp.… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0303.25 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp.…?
Thailand, with US$14m in 2024 (31.9% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
163 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 8% 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.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Myanmar (Burma) (92%), Bangladesh (4%) and Ireland (3%), out of total imports of £11.1m.