Code 0302 49 · Heading 0302

Specified fresh or chilled fish, including little tuna, dwarf mackerel, king mackerel, pomfret, saury, scad, capelin, bonito, marlin, sailfish and swordfish relatives

This code covers the named fish species and groups when they are fresh or chilled. Little tuna has separate children depending on whether it is for industrial manufacture of goods under heading 1604; the other named fish are covered by the remaining child.

For example

Fresh little tuna (Euthynnus affinis)
Chilled dwarf mackerel (Rastrelliger species)
Fresh capelin (Mallotus villosus)
Chilled marlin, sailfish or swordfish relative (Istiophoridae)

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Official tariff text

Fresh or chilled Indian mackerels "Rastrelliger spp.", seerfishes "Scomberomorus spp.", jacks, crevalles "Caranx spp.", silver pomfrets "Pampus spp.", Pacific saury "Cololabis saira", scads "Decapterus spp.", capelin "Mallotus villosus", Kawakawa "Euthynnus affinis", bonitos "Sarda spp.", marlins, sailfishes and spearfish "Istiophoridae"

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Step 1 · Section I Live animals; animal products
Is it a live animal; meat or edible offal; a fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate; milk, a dairy product, bird egg, natural honey or another edible animal-origin product; or another product of animal origin?
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Step 2 · Chapter 03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic in… 3 of 5 chapters in section I
What is the product: live fish; edible fish that is fresh, chilled or frozen; fish fillets or other fish meat; preserved fish; a crustacean; a mollusc; another aquatic invertebrate; or meal, powder or pellets suitable for human consumption?
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Step 3 · Heading 0302 Fish, fresh or chilled (excl. fish fillets and othe… 2 of 9 headings under chapter 03
Which listed fish species or fish part is it—for example trout, salmon, flatfish, tuna, herring, cod, tilapia, eel, shark, ray, sea bass, sea bream, fish liver, roe, milt, fins or other edible fish waste?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0302 49 Fresh or chilled Indian mackerels "Rastrelliger spp… 24 of 45 subheadings under heading 0302
Is the fish little tuna (Euthynnus affinis) for industrial manufacture of goods under heading 1604, little tuna for another use, or one of the other named fish?

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Import duty on the codes below: 15.0–22.0%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 22.0%.

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines2 Norwegian lines

03.02.4901 Capelin (Mallotus villosus)

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 20.0%

Their lines3 British lines

0302 49 11 00 For the industrial manufacture of products of heading 1604

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

0302.49.00.00 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

03.02.4901

Capelin (Mallotus villosus)

Ordinary duty

Duty free
03.02.4909

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

0302 49 11 00

For the industrial manufacture of products of heading 1604

Ordinary duty

Duty free
0302 49 19 00

Other

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
0302 49 90 00

Other

Ordinary duty

14.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

0302.49.00.00

Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304, Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), anchovies (Engraulis spp.), sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), Indian mackerels (Rastrelliger spp.), seerfishes (Scomberomorus spp.), jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), jacks, crevalles (Caranx spp.), cobia (Rachycentron canadum), silver pomfrets (Pampus spp.), Pacific saury (Cololabis saira), scads (Decapterus spp.), capelin (Mallotus villosus), swordfish (Xiphias gladius), Kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis), bonitos (Sarda spp.), marlins, sailfishes, spearfish (Istiophoridae), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.