Other

This code covers various smoked fish, excluding offal, and including fillets, when reporting imports or exports. Use this code for smoked fish products—duty is generally free for standard trade partners or eligible FTA programs, and it falls within the broader category of fish and aquatic invertebrates.

Detailed information for HTS Code 0305.49.40

This tariff classification falls within Chapter 3, which covers fish and other aquatic invertebrates. Specifically, 0305.49.40 covers smoked fish, excluding offal, that doesn’t fall into more defined categories. This code includes fish fillets that have been smoked, dried, or salted, and is further broken down by fish type, with 0305.49.40.20 for cod, cusk, haddock, hake and pollock, and 0305.49.40.45 covering all other smoked fish not specifically listed. Importers should use the appropriate statistical suffix based on the specific type of fish being reported.

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 0305.49.40 and its subdivisions (0305.49.40.20 and 0305.49.40.45) is free, applying to standard trade partners (NTR). Special rates are not specified, but may be available for eligible FTA or preference programs. All imports under this code and its subdivisions must be reported in kilograms (kg). This means that goods falling under these classifications from NTR countries enter the US duty-free, while those from eligible FTA countries may qualify for reduced or zero duty rates depending on the specific agreement.

Rate of Duty (Column 2): 6.6¢/kg

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Code subdivisions

0305.49.40.20

Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process: > Smoked fish, including fillets, other than edible fish offal: > Other: > Other > Cod, cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollock

0305.49.40.45

Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process: > Smoked fish, including fillets, other than edible fish offal: > Other: > 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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