Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan · CCC code · HS 1604.17

1604.17.00.11

1604.17.00.11: Eels, whole or in picecs, but not minced, prepared or preserved, frozen

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan, in force from 24 April 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026

What you pay

Importing into Taiwan

Customs duty 17% standard rate depends on the country of origin

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

1604.17 Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced: eels

UK 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line EU 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 80% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free – 10% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 5.5% Canada 7% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Mexico 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 14.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 16% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% Japan 9.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland specific or compound duty General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

Taiwan lines: 1604.17

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.

  • N340144 U.S. CBP 22 May 2024 · 1604.17.80.00

    The tariff classification of Frozen Roasted Eel from China

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.

Chapter notes: Chapter 16 →

CCC code 1604.17.00.11 is a line of the Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan under HS subheading 1604.17 (fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced: eels).

The column 1 rate is 17%, and quantities are declared in KGM.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 20%, the EU duty is 20%, 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 Japan duty is 9.6%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 20%.

Taiwan imported goods of subheading 1604.17 worth US$20m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.

Questions and answers

What is the Taiwan import duty for CCC code 1604.17.00.11?

The column 1 rate in the Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan is 17%; the supplementary unit is KGM. 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 Taiwan import these goods from?

For subheading 1604.17 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$20m).

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