UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 1604.20
1604 20 40 05: Curry fish balls made of fish meat, curry, wheat starch, salt, sugar, and compound condiments; four colour rolls made of fish meat, crab stick, seaweed, beancurd skin, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, potato starch, monosodium glutamate and seasonings
Other prepared fish (fish balls, minced)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs
- 1604 20 00 00 Other prepared or preserved fish
- Other
- 1604 20 40 00 Of anchovies
- 1604 20 40 05 Curry fish balls made of fish meat, curry, wheat starch, salt, sugar, and compound condiments; four colour rolls made of fish meat, crab stick, seaweed, beancurd skin, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, potato starch, monosodium glutamate and seasonings
What you pay
Importing into UK
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 5
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, St Vincent & the Grenadines
- Legal act
- 2014 No. 170, 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
- Y931 Goods benefitting from derogation to veterinary controls according to Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlControl on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Cambodia, Comoros, St Vincent & the Grenadines
- 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
Tariff quotas
| Order number | Origin | Period | Volume | Balance | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 057952 | Singapore | 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 | 112,000 kg | 112,000 kg | Open |
UK Online Trade Tariff · 26 October 2026
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 25% |
| 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, Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Albania agreementQuota | Albania | 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–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreementQuota | 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 agreementQuota | 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–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | 7.5% |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | 7.5% |
| UK–Serbia agreementQuota | Serbia | 17.5% |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 21.5% |
Footnotes
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of:
(a) the execution until 26 September 2014, of trade contracts concluded before 25 June 2014, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal persons, entity or body seeking to perform the contract have notified, at least 10 working days in advance, the activity or transaction to the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.
(b) goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 374/2014, as retained in UK Law, or in accordance with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
UK: imports by month · HS 1604.20
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lithuania | £22.5m | 34.3% | -0.2% |
 Poland | £8m | 12.2% | +21.6% |
 Germany | £7.5m | 11.4% | -15.2% |
 Malaysia | £3m | 4.6% | -4.2% |
 Thailand | £2.8m | 4.3% | +1% |
 France | £2.3m | 3.5% | -39.3% |
 Ghana | £1.7m | 2.6% | +786.9% |
 Ireland | £1.6m | 2.5% | -29.3% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
1604.20 Other prepared or preserved fish
EU 5.5% – 25% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 17.2% 
Türkiye 80% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines 
USA Free – 10% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
Canada 7% – 11% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 7.6% 
Mexico 20% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines 
Brazil 14.4% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Argentina 16% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines 
Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · average 1.8% 
Japan 6.4% – 11% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 9.4% 
Taiwan 17.5% – 20% Third-country duty 11 tariff lines · average 18.9% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 7 tariff lines 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 1604.20
- 1604 20 05 00Other prepared or preserved fish: preparations of surimi
- 1604 20 10 05Curry fish balls made of fish meat, curry, wheat starch, salt, sugar, and compound condiments; four colour rolls made of fish meat, crab stick, seaweed, beancurd skin, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, potato starch, monosodium glutamate and seasonings
- 1604 20 10 30Atlantic salmon (salmo salar)
- 1604 20 10 90Other prepared or preserved fish: other, of salmon, other
- 1604 20 30 05Curry fish balls made of fish meat, curry, wheat starch, salt, sugar, and compound condiments; four colour rolls made of fish meat, crab stick, seaweed, beancurd skin, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, potato starch, monosodium glutamate and seasonings
- 1604 20 30 10Of salmonidae, other than salmon: trout (oncorhynchus mykiss)
- 1604 20 30 90Of salmonidae, other than salmon: other
- 1604 20 40 05Curry fish balls made of fish meat, curry, wheat starch, salt, sugar, and compound condiments; four colour rolls made of fish meat, crab stick, seaweed, beancurd skin, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, potato starch, monosodium glutamate and seasonings
- 1604 20 40 90Other prepared or preserved fish: other, of anchovies, other
- 1604 20 50 05Curry fish balls made of fish meat, curry, wheat starch, salt, sugar, and compound condiments; four colour rolls made of fish meat, crab stick, seaweed, beancurd skin, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, potato starch, monosodium glutamate and seasonings
- 1604 20 50 10Of the species sardina pilchardus
- 1604 20 50 19Of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species scomber: of sardines, other
- 1604 20 50 30Of bonito (sarda s.p.p.)
- 1604 20 50 40Of mackerel of the species scomber scombrus
- 1604 20 50 50Of mackerel of the species scomber japonicus
- 1604 20 50 90Of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species scomber: other
- 1604 20 70 30Of bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus): preserved
- 1604 20 70 35Of bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus): other
- 1604 20 70 40Of atlantic bigeye tuna (thunnus obesus): preserved
- 1604 20 70 45Of atlantic bigeye tuna (thunnus obesus): other
- 1604 20 70 50Of tuna, skipjack tuna or other fish of the genus euthynnus: skipjack (katsuwonus pelamis), preserved
- 1604 20 70 55Of tuna, skipjack tuna or other fish of the genus euthynnus: skipjack (katsuwonus pelamis), other
- 1604 20 70 92Albacore tuna (thunnus alalunga)
- 1604 20 70 94Of tuna, skipjack tuna or other fish of the genus euthynnus: other, preserved, other
- 1604 20 70 97Albacore tuna (thunnus alalunga)
- 1604 20 70 99Of tuna, skipjack tuna or other fish of the genus euthynnus: other, other, other
- 1604 20 90 05Curry fish balls made of fish meat, curry, wheat starch, salt, sugar, and compound condiments; four colour rolls made of fish meat, crab stick, seaweed, beancurd skin, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, potato starch, monosodium glutamate and seasonings
- 1604 20 90 11Of the species clupea harengus
- 1604 20 90 19Other prepared or preserved fish: other, of other fish, of herring, other
- 1604 20 90 20Other prepared or preserved fish: other, of other fish, preserved smoked coalfish
- 1604 20 90 30Brisling or sprats (sprattus sprattus): in airtight cans
- 1604 20 90 35Brisling or sprats (sprattus sprattus): οther
- 1604 20 90 40Of mackerel (scomber australasicus)
- 1604 20 90 50Other prepared or preserved fish: other, of other fish, lamprey
- 1604 20 90 60Other prepared or preserved fish: other, of other fish, swordfish (xiphias gladius)
- 1604 20 90 90Other prepared or preserved fish: other, of other fish, other
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.
- N364528 U.S. CBP
The Tariff Classification of Frozen Raw Ground Yellowfin Tuna from Mexico
- N363697 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Frozen Salmon Teriyaki Meal from France
- N344112 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of fish products from Japan.
- N341640 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a Smoked Salmon Bagel Sandwich from Norway
- 600013379 HMRC
A tuna sub roll, ready to eat. This item contains more than 20% tuna. Ingredients: Multi seed sub-roll Tuna Vegetable spread Flavourings/condiments
- 600012796 HMRC
Crab Flavour Fish Sticks For Human consumption, frozen textured white fish protein (40%) 64 sticks of cooked textured white fish protein, water, starch and crab flavour with sugar and sweetener. Packed10 x 1 kg bags sticks individually wrapped and packed in 1 kg vac packed bags. Outer packages…
- 600012797 HMRC
Frozen breaded crab flavour claws for human consumption. Ingredients include: textured white fish protein (28%), water, potato starch, breadcrumbs, crab flavour and preservatives. Product is coating in breadcrumb and batter and shrink wrapped sealed trays. Packed in 10 trays of 330 gm each per…
- 600012866 HMRC
Frozen fish fingers for human consumption Ingredients: Alaskan pollack and cod 57% with a crumb coating, pre-fried and deep frozen Packaging: polyethylene clear bag, cardboard carton outer, 120 pcs per bag
28 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 UK Global Tariff, 1604 20 40 05 is one of 36 lines under subheading 1604.20, other prepared or preserved fish.
The third-country duty is 25%.
Goods from 169 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 25%; 165 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 other prepared fish (fish balls, minced) (HS 1604.20) worth £65.6m (down 4% on the year before), at an average of £3.43 per kg; Lithuania supplied 34%, followed by Poland.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 5.5%–25%, the Türkiye duty is 80%, the US duty is 0%–10%, the Canada duty is 7%–11%, 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 6.4%–11%, the Taiwan duty is 17.5%–20%, 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%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 1604.20 worth US$101m in 2024; the largest supplier was Lithuania.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 1604 20 40 05?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 25%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 1604 20 40 05?
169 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 165 of them at 0%, under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union and DCTS Enhanced and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 1604 20 40 05?
Additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
For subheading 1604.20 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Lithuania (US$32m), followed by Morocco.