Subheading · Section I

0304.89: Frozen fillets of other fish: other

0304.89

Official description Other

  • 6%–18%UK
  • 7.5%–18%EU
  • 20%Türkiye
  • FreeUSA
  • US$2.4bnWorld trade in 2024

Subheading 0304.89 belongs to heading 0304 (fish fillets and other fish meat) in chapter 03.

The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 0304.89 into 18 tariff lines; the duty is between 6% and 18% (average 12.6%).

In the EU Combined Nomenclature, subheading 0304.89 covers 8 tariff lines and the duty is between 7.5% and 18%.

The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides subheading 0304.89 into 8 tariff lines; the statutory rate is 20%.

In the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, subheading 0304.89 covers 2 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$2.4bn (−3.7% year on year).

The largest exporter was China (US$271.3m), followed by Norway.

The biggest buyer was the United States, with imports of US$597.1m.

The United Kingdom ranked 17th among 125 exporters with US$39.8m; its largest buyer was Japan.

The United Kingdom imported US$85.9m, most of it from Türkiye.

Duty rates compared

UK 6% – 18% Third-country duty 18 tariff lines · average 12.6% EU 7.5% – 18% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 12.8% Türkiye 20% Statutory rate (Law 474) 8 tariff lines USA Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines

The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.

UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 0304 89 00 00 Other
  2. 0304 89 10 00 Freshwater fish 8%
  3. Other
  4. Redfish (sebastes spp.)
  5. 0304 89 21 00 Of the species sebastes marinus 6%
  6. 0304 89 29 00 Other 6%
  7. 0304 89 29 10 Of the species sebastes mentella 6%
  8. 0304 89 29 90 Other 6%
  9. 0304 89 30 00 Fish of the genus euthynnus 18%
  10. Mackerel (scomber scombrus, scomber australasicus, scomber japonicus) and fish of the species orcynopsis unicolor
  11. 0304 89 41 00 Mackerel of the species scomber australasicus 14%
  12. 0304 89 49 00 Other 14%
  13. 0304 89 49 10 Mackerel of the species scomber scombrus 14%
  14. Mackerel of the species scomber japonicus 14%
  15. 0304 89 49 20 For processing 14%
  16. 0304 89 49 29 Other 14%
  17. 0304 89 49 90 Fish of the species orcynopsis unicolor 14%
  18. 0304 89 60 00 Monkfish (lophius spp.) 14%
  19. 0304 89 90 00 Other 14%
  20. 0304 89 90 10 Of the species allocyttus spp. and pseudocyttus maculatus 14%
  21. 0304 89 90 20 Ray's bream (brama spp.) 14%
  22. 0304 89 90 30 Sea bream (dentex dentex, pagellus spp.) 14%
  23. 0304 89 90 40 European sea bass (dicentrarchus labrax) 14%
  24. 0304 89 90 50 Bogue (boops boops) 14%
  25. 0304 89 90 60 Gilt-head sea bream (sparus aurata) 14%
  26. 0304 89 90 90 Other 14%

EU Combined Nomenclature

EU lines →
  1. 0304 89 Other:
  2. 0304 89 10 Freshwater fish 9%—
  3. Other:
  4. Redfish (Sebastes spp.):
  5. 0304 89 21 Of the species Sebastes marinus 7.5%—
  6. 0304 89 29 Other 7.5%—
  7. 0304 89 30 Fish of the genus Euthynnus 18%—
  8. Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) and fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor:
  9. 0304 89 41 Mackerel of the species Scomber australasicus 15%—
  10. 0304 89 49 Other 15%—
  11. 0304 89 60 Monkfish (Lophius spp.) 15%—
  12. 0304 89 90 Other 15%—

Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule

Türkiye lines →

This line has no official text in this language; it is shown in the language of its tariff.

  1. 0304.89 Diğerleri:
  2. 0304.89.10.00.00 Tatlısu balıkları 20%
  3. Diğerleri:
  4. Kırmızı balıklar (Sebastes spp.):
  5. 0304.89.21.00.00 Sebastes marinus türünden olanlar 20%
  6. 0304.89.29.00.00 Diğerleri 20%
  7. 0304.89.30.00.00 Euthynnus cinsi balıklar 20%
  8. Uskumru balıkları (Uskumru -Scomber scombrus, Avustralya uskumrusu - Scomber Australasicus, Kolyoz -Scomber Japonicus), Palamut-torik (Orcynopsis unicolor) cinsi balıklar:
  9. 0304.89.41.00.00 Avustralya uskumrusu - Scomber Australasicus 20%
  10. 0304.89.49.00.00 Diğerleri 20%
  11. 0304.89.60.00.00 Fener balıkları (Lophius spp.) 20%
  12. 0304.89.90.00.00 Diğerleri 20%

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

USA lines →
  1. 0304.89 Other:
  2. 0304.89.10 Skinned, whether or not divided into pieces, and frozen into blocks each weighing over 4.5 kg, imported to be minced, ground or cut into pieces of uniform weights and dimensions Free
  3. 0304.89.10.10 Ocean catfish (wolf fish) kg
  4. 0304.89.10.15 Pickerel kg
  5. 0304.89.10.20 Sauger kg
  6. Perch:
  7. 0304.89.10.25 Atlantic ocean perch kg
  8. 0304.89.10.30 Other ocean perch kg
  9. 0304.89.10.35 Other kg
  10. 0304.89.10.90 Other kg
  11. 0304.89.50 Other Free
  12. Fresh-water fish:
  13. Perch:
  14. 0304.89.50.03 Yellow perch kg
  15. 0304.89.50.06 Pike perch (including yellow pike) kg
  16. 0304.89.50.09 Other kg
  17. 0304.89.50.15 Pickerel kg
  18. 0304.89.50.20 Pike kg
  19. 0304.89.50.25 Sauger kg
  20. 0304.89.50.30 Other kg
  21. 0304.89.50.35 Atlantic ocean perch kg
  22. 0304.89.50.40 Other ocean perch kg
  23. 0304.89.50.45 Ocean catfish (wolf fish) kg
  24. 0304.89.50.50 Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) kg
  25. 0304.89.50.55 Dolphin (Mahi mahi) (Coryphaena spp.) kg
  26. 0304.89.50.60 Cusk kg
  27. 0304.89.50.91 Other kg

World trade in 2024

0304.89 · US$2.4bn

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1.8mUS$1.8m+US$12m+US$57.3m+> US$185.4m

Exports: 125
  1. China: US$271.3m
  2. Norway: US$242m
  3. Vietnam: US$216.2m
  4. Türkiye: US$185.4m
  5. Japan: US$151.5m
  6. Indonesia: US$146.9m
  7. Netherlands: US$135.4m
  8. New Zealand: US$100.3m
  9. Peru: US$85.9m
  10. Canada: US$72.2m
  11. Kazakhstan: US$65.8m
  12. Iceland: US$58.7m
  13. Taiwan: US$57.3m
  14. South Korea: US$53.8m
  15. Germany: US$44m
  16. Russia: US$41.7m
  17. United Kingdom: US$39.8m
  18. Denmark: US$36.8m
  19. Poland: US$31.5m
  20. United States: US$27.4m
  21. India: US$25.8m
  22. Argentina: US$21m
  23. Ecuador: US$20m
  24. Spain: US$18.1m
  25. Lithuania: US$17.5m
  26. Ireland: US$16.6m
  27. Mexico: US$16.5m
  28. Thailand: US$14.8m
  29. Chile: US$13.3m
  30. Greece: US$13.1m
  31. Ukraine: US$12m
  32. Estonia: US$9.3m
  33. South Africa: US$7.7m
  34. Morocco: US$7.6m
  35. Panama: US$7.5m
  36. Suriname: US$7.4m
  37. Myanmar (Burma): US$7.3m
  38. Singapore: US$7.3m
  39. Cook Islands: US$7.2m
  40. Malaysia: US$6.8m
  41. Belgium: US$6.4m
  42. Greenland: US$5.9m
  43. Hong Kong SAR China: US$5.9m
  44. Sweden: US$5.8m
  45. Portugal: US$5.6m
  46. France: US$5.5m
  47. Nicaragua: US$5.2m
  48. Venezuela: US$5.1m
  49. Brazil: US$4.7m
  50. Philippines: US$4.4m
  51. Australia: US$3.8m
  52. United Arab Emirates: US$3.1m
  53. Senegal: US$2.9m
  54. Austria: US$2.8m
  55. Sri Lanka: US$2.6m
  56. Guyana: US$2.2m
  57. Bangladesh: US$2.2m
  58. Italy: US$2.1m
  59. Saudi Arabia: US$2m
  60. Tanzania: US$2m

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$271.3m 11.2%
2 Norway US$242m 10%
3 Vietnam US$216.2m 8.9%
4 Türkiye US$185.4m 7.6%
5 Japan US$151.5m 6.2%
6 Indonesia US$146.9m 6%
7 Netherlands US$135.4m 5.6%
8 New Zealand US$100.3m 4.1%
9 Peru US$85.9m 3.5%
10 Canada US$72.2m 3%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 United States US$597.1m 24.6%
2 Japan US$454m 18.7%
3 Australia US$131.4m 5.4%
4 Italy US$128.8m 5.3%
5 Germany US$116.6m 4.8%
6 Hong Kong SAR China US$86.6m 3.6%
7 United Kingdom US$85.9m 3.5%
8 France US$84.6m 3.5%
9 Poland US$67.7m 2.8%
10 Spain US$66.9m 2.8%

Legal notes

Additional notes

1. For the purposes of subheadings 03053211 and 03053219, cod fillets (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) having a total salt content by weight of 12 % or more which are fit for human consumption without further industrial processing, are considered to be salted fish.

However, frozen cod fillets which have a total salt content by weight of less than 12 % are to be classified under subheadings 03047110 and 03047190, in so far as the actual and lasting preservation depends essentially upon freezing.

2. For the purposes of the subheadings referred to in the third paragraph, the term ‘fillets’ includes ‘loins’, i.e. the strips of meat constituting the upper or lower, right or left, side of a fish insofar as the head, guts, fins (dorsal, anal, caudal, ventral, pectoral) and bones (spinal column or main backbone, ventral or costal bones, branchial bone or stapes, etc.) have been removed.

The classification of such products as fillets is unaffected by cutting them into pieces, provided that these pieces can be identified as having been obtained from fillets.

The provisions of the first two paragraphs apply to the following fish:

  1. (a) tuna, of the genus Thunnus, of subheadings 03044990 and 03048700;

  2. (b) swordfish (Xiphias gladius) of subheadings 03044500 and 03048400;

  3. (c) marlin, sailfish and spearfish, of the family Istiophoridae, of subheadings 03044990 and 03048990;

  4. (d) oceanic sharks (Hexanchus griseus, Cetorhinus maximus, Rhincodon typus, or of the families Alopiidae, Carcharhinidae, Sphyrnidae and Lamnidae) of subheadings 03044720, 03044790, 03048815, 03048822 and 03048829.

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Questions and answers

What is the HS code for frozen fillets of other fish: other?

Frozen fillets of other fish: other fall under HS subheading 0304.89, part of heading 0304, in section I of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on frozen fillets of other fish: other in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0304.89 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 6% to 18%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on frozen fillets of other fish: other in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0304.89 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 7.5% to 18%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most frozen fillets of other fish: other?

China, with US$271.3m in 2024 (11.2% of world exports).