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This code covers fresh, chilled, or frozen fish fillets and other fish meat, offering a detailed breakdown by fish type like perch, flatfish, and tilapia. Use this code when importing these products to accurately classify your shipment, benefiting from general free duty treatment under standard trade agreements or eligible preference programs as outlined in Chapter 3.

Detailed information for HTS Code 0304.59.00

This section of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers fresh, chilled, or frozen fish fillets and other fish meat, whether minced or not. Code 0304.59.00 specifically applies to “other” types of fish not elsewhere specified within this chapter, and includes various subdivisions for different species like perch, pike, flatfish, and more. When reporting imports under this code, be sure to select the most specific statistical suffix that accurately identifies the type of fish being imported, choosing from options like yellow perch, sole, or “other” if a precise match isn’t available. Note that this section excludes fish unfit for human consumption, and certain processed products covered elsewhere in the schedule.

Chapter	Chapter 3 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Section	Section I - Live Animals; Animal Products

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General Duty

Free

Standard trade partners (NTR)

Special Duty

N/A

Eligible FTA or preference programs

The general duty rate for HTS code 0304.59.00 and all its subdivisions is free, meaning no duty is assessed on imports meeting the criteria. Imports may also qualify for special rates under eligible FTA or preference programs, though specific details are not specified. All quantities are to be reported in kilograms (kg). This means that whether importing yellow perch (0304.59.00.03) or Greenland turbot (0304.59.00.55), the standard rate is free, with potential for reduced or eliminated duties if qualifying for a preferential trade agreement.

Rate of Duty (Column 2): 5.5¢/kg

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Code subdivisions

0304.59.00.03

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Fresh-water fish: > Perch: > Yellow perch

0304.59.00.06

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Fresh-water fish: > Perch: > Pike perch (including yellow pike)

0304.59.00.09

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Fresh-water fish: > Perch: > Other

0304.59.00.15

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Fresh-water fish: > Pike

0304.59.00.20

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Fresh-water fish: > Pickerel

0304.59.00.25

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Fresh-water fish: > Whitefish

0304.59.00.30

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Fresh-water fish: > Tilapia other than Oreochromis spp.

0304.59.00.36

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Fresh-water fish: > Other

0304.59.00.40

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Flat Fish: > Sole

0304.59.00.45

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Flat Fish: > Plaice

0304.59.00.50

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Flat Fish: > Flounder

0304.59.00.55

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Flat Fish: > Greenland turbot (Greenland halibut), (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)

0304.59.00.61

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Flat Fish: > Other

0304.59.00.65

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Atlantic ocean perch

0304.59.00.70

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > Other > Cusk

0304.59.00.91

Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen: > Other, fresh or chilled: > 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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