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    0301.99.03

    Other

    This code covers live fish not specified elsewhere, including species like tench, sheatfish, and bighead carp. Use this code for importing these live fish, which generally receive free duty treatment as standard trade partners or under eligible free trade agreements, as positioned within Chapter 3 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

    Other

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    This section of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers live fish, excluding mammals and fish unsuitable for human consumption as detailed in the chapter notes. Code 0301.99.03 specifically applies to other live fish not elsewhere specified. Further breakdown exists within this code, with 0301.99.03.10 for Tench and Sheatfish, 0301.99.03.15 for Bighead carp, and 0301.99.03.90 encompassing all other live fish; choose the appropriate statistical suffix based on the specific species being reported.

    ChapterChapter 3: Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    SectionSection I: Live Animals; Animal Products

    Duty Snapshot

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    General Duty

    Free

    Standard trade partners (NTR)

    Special Duty

    Not available

    Eligible FTA or preference programs

    The general duty rate for HTS code 0301.99.03 and its subdivisions (0301.99.03.10, 0301.99.03.15, and 0301.99.03.90) is free, applying to imports from standard trade partners (NTR). Special rates are not specified, but may be available for eligible FTA or preference programs. Reporting units for all these codes are kilograms (kg). This means no general duties are assessed unless the import doesn't qualify for NTR status or applicable preferential trade agreements.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): Free

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    Code Subdivisions

    0301.99.03.10

    Live fish: > Other live fish: > Other > Tench (Tinca tinca), sheatfish (Silurus glanis)

    0301.99.03.15

    Live fish: > Other live fish: > Other > Bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis)

    0301.99.03.90

    Live fish: > Other live fish: > Other > Other

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    Chapter & Section Notes

    Chapter Notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 3 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES I 3-1 Note 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Mammals of heading 0106; (b) Meat of mammals of heading 0106 (heading 0208 or 0210); (c) Fish (including livers, roes and milt thereof) or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition (chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption (heading 2301); or (d) Caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604). 2. In this chapter the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a small quantity of binder. 3. Headings 0305 to 0308 do not cover flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption (heading 0309). Additional U.S. Note 1. Certain fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates are provided for in chapter 98. Statistical Note 1. Imports of shrimp or products of shrimp are subject to the provisions of section 609 of Public Law 101-162 of November 21, 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1537 note). Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes I 3-2

    Section Notes

    SECTION I LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS I-1 Notes 1. Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species. 2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the tariff schedule any reference to "dried" products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes I-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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