Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan · statistical code · HS 1604.19
1604.19.020: Boiled and dried fish
Other prepared or preserved fish
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, in force from 8 August 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs
- 1604.19.020 Boiled and dried fish
What you pay
Importing into Japan
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
1604.19 Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced: other
UK 6% – 20% Third-country duty 17 tariff lines · average 15.4% 
EU 7% – 24% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 17.5% 
Türkiye 80% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines 
USA Free – 10% General (MFN) 8 tariff lines · average 5.1% 
Canada 7% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Mexico 20% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Brazil 14.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 16% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
Taiwan 7% – 40% General (MFN) 36 tariff lines · average 15.5% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 10 tariff lines 
Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan lines: 1604.19
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.
- N342920 U.S. CBP
The Tariff Classification and Country of Origin of Ling Fish Fillets
- N339095 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Frozen Seafood from Indonesia
- N339096 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Frozen Tilapia in Sauce from Indonesia
- N313572 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification and country of origin of Canned Precooked Tuna Loins.
- 600014989 HMRC
Roasted fillets of Yellow Stripe Trevally (Selaroides Leptolepis), ready to eat. These are seasoned with chilli, additional spices, and flavourings. Intended for human consumption. The product is vacuum sealed in a 40g plastic pouch for retail sale.
- 600014534 HMRC
Skinless boneless fillets in sunflower oil. Ingredients include: mackerel fillets (Trachurus murphy), sunflower oil and salt. Product is for human consumption. Presented in a 115g tin.
- 600014535 HMRC
Skinless boneless fillets in brine. Ingredients include: mackerel fillets (Trachurus murphy), water and salt. Product is for human consumption. Presented in a 115g tin.
- 600013222 HMRC
Frozen Fish in Chip Goujon For human consumption. Ingredients: Raw Basa species fish (Pangasianodon Hypophthalmus) 40%, coated in batter and in potato. Packed 10 boxes weighing 1 kg each inside cardboard outer carton.
13 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Subheading notes
1. For the purposes of subheading 160210, the expression ‘homogenised preparations’ means preparations of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat, meat offal or insects. This subheading takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 1602.
2. The fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates specified in the subheadings of heading 1604 or 1605 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same name.
In the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, 1604.19.020 is one of 2 lines under subheading 1604.19, fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced: other.
The applied rate is 9.6%, and quantities are declared in KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 6%–20%, the EU duty is 7%–24%, the Türkiye duty is 80%, the US duty is 0%–10%, the Canada duty is 7%, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Brazil duty is 14.4%, the Argentina duty is 16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Taiwan duty is 7%–40%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
Japan imported goods of subheading 1604.19 worth US$440m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.
Questions and answers
What is the Japan import duty for statistical code 1604.19.020?
The applied rate in the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan is 9.6%; the supplementary unit is KG. 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.
Where does Japan import these goods from?
For subheading 1604.19 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$346m), followed by Vietnam.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.