Subheading · Chapter 03 · Heading 0303

0303.84

0303.84: Sea bass (Dicentrarchus spp.)

Subheading 0303.84 belongs to heading 0303 (fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304) in chapter 03.

What you pay

Importing into UK from Malta

Customs duty Free preferential rate · European Union (including code "EU") · across 2 national lines
Additional duties and charges — Import requirements: 2
VAT 0.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 0303 84 00 00 Sea bass (dicentrarchus spp.)
  2. 0303 84 10 00 European sea bass (dicentrarchus labrax) Free14%
  3. 0303 84 90 00 Other Free14%

Additional duties and import rulesMalta

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

Import requirements 2

  • Import controlVeterinary control
    Applies to goods from
    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Ceuta & Melilla, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard & McDonald Islands, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao SAR China, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, QP, QQ, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Barthélemy, St Helena, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Outlying Islands, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    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 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

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£4.3m+53.1% · previous 12 months
Average import price£7.34 per kg
Jan 2024: £199kFeb 2024: £191kMar 2024: £284kApr 2024: £303kMay 2024: £595kJun 2024: £485kJul 2024: £439kAug 2024: £370kSept 2024: £94kOct 2024: £103kNov 2024: £123kDec 2024: £139kJan 2025: £200kFeb 2025: £196kMar 2025: £292kApr 2025: £378kMay 2025: £388kJun 2025: £228kJul 2025: £353kAug 2025: £340kSept 2025: £259kOct 2025: £454kNov 2025: £259kDec 2025: £278kJan 2026: £152kFeb 2026: £391kMar 2026: £414kApr 2026: £403kMay 2026: £671kJun 2026: £291kJul 2026: £612kAug 2026: £158k 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
Türkiye £3.7m 85.4% +38.7%
Greece £579k 13.3% +359.1%
Netherlands £33k 0.8% +599.3%
France £10k 0.2% —
Ireland £9k 0.2% +167.3%
Portugal £4k 0.1% +91.8%
Germany £0 0% -100%

Same subheading in other tariffs

World trade in 2024

0303.84 · US$68.1m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$75.4kUS$75.4k+US$285.2k+US$2.2m+> US$5.4m

Exports: 74
  1. Türkiye: US$27.5m
  2. Netherlands: US$10.3m
  3. Greece: US$5.4m
  4. Spain: US$3.5m
  5. France: US$3.2m
  6. Malaysia: US$3m
  7. China: US$2.9m
  8. United States: US$2.2m
  9. Croatia: US$1m
  10. Taiwan: US$918.6k
  11. Nicaragua: US$823.2k
  12. Hong Kong SAR China: US$633.1k
  13. Germany: US$627.3k
  14. Belgium: US$565.1k
  15. Portugal: US$534.7k
  16. Mauritius: US$404.7k
  17. Vietnam: US$343.3k
  18. Italy: US$314.5k
  19. Chile: US$285.2k
  20. United Arab Emirates: US$260.6k
  21. United Kingdom: US$255k
  22. Slovenia: US$239.8k
  23. Saudi Arabia: US$205.2k
  24. Senegal: US$197.9k
  25. Austria: US$183.6k
  26. Antigua & Barbuda: US$164.5k
  27. Singapore: US$160.4k
  28. Russia: US$156.7k
  29. South Korea: US$151.6k
  30. Sweden: US$130.5k
  31. Indonesia: US$122.9k
  32. Albania: US$122.8k
  33. Oman: US$110.2k
  34. Lithuania: US$102.9k
  35. Japan: US$97.9k
  36. Brunei: US$93.3k
  37. North Macedonia: US$75.4k
  38. Argentina: US$70.6k
  39. Denmark: US$61k
  40. Mauritania: US$60.1k
  41. Poland: US$51.9k
  42. Luxembourg: US$46.7k
  43. Iceland: US$45.8k
  44. Suriname: US$42.6k
  45. Australia: US$41.2k
  46. Norway: US$37.6k
  47. India: US$33.7k
  48. Latvia: US$33.2k
  49. Estonia: US$32.8k
  50. Ecuador: US$31.8k
  51. Brazil: US$31.1k
  52. Thailand: US$29.9k
  53. Hungary: US$28.7k
  54. Ukraine: US$24.5k
  55. Sri Lanka: US$22.3k
  56. South Africa: US$20k
  57. Kazakhstan: US$18.5k
  58. Cyprus: US$16k
  59. Dominican Republic: US$8.7k
  60. Ireland: US$8.5k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Türkiye US$27.5m 40.4%
2 Netherlands US$10.3m 15.2%
3 Greece US$5.4m 7.9%
4 Spain US$3.5m 5.2%
5 France US$3.2m 4.7%
6 Malaysia US$3m 4.4%
7 China US$2.9m 4.2%
8 United States US$2.2m 3.2%
9 Croatia US$1m 1.5%
10 Taiwan US$918.6k 1.3%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 United States US$9.4m 13.8%
2 Russia US$6.9m 10.2%
3 Italy US$5.4m 7.9%
4 Spain US$5.2m 7.6%
5 Germany US$4.1m 6%
6 United Kingdom US$4m 5.9%
7 Netherlands US$3.7m 5.4%
8 Libya US$2m 2.9%
9 Portugal US$2m 2.9%
10 Thailand US$1.9m 2.9%

The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 0303.84 into 2 tariff lines; the duty is 14%.

In the EU Combined Nomenclature, subheading 0303.84 covers 2 tariff lines and the duty is 15%.

164 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 14%.

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

Imports of these goods into the UK came to £4.3m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 53% on the year before); Türkiye supplied 85%, followed by Greece.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$68.1m (−3% year on year).

The largest exporter was Türkiye (US$27.5m), followed by the Netherlands.

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Questions and answers

What is the HS code for sea bass (Dicentrarchus spp.)?

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus spp.) fall under HS subheading 0303.84, part of heading 0303, in section I of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on sea bass (Dicentrarchus spp.) in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0303.84 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 14%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on sea bass (Dicentrarchus spp.) in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0303.84 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 15%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most sea bass (Dicentrarchus spp.)?

Türkiye, with US$27.5m in 2024 (40.4% of world exports).

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

164 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 14% 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 Türkiye (85%), Greece (13%) and Netherlands (1%), out of total imports of £4.3m.

Typical products

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.