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Code 0304 59 · Heading 0304

Fresh or chilled fish meat, including minced meat, excluding fillets and specified fish

This covers fresh or chilled fish meat, including minced fish meat, but not fillets. It excludes tilapia, catfish, carp, eel, Nile perch, snakehead fish, salmonids, swordfish, icefish and fish from the listed families; the children distinguish freshwater fish meat, herring portions and other eligible fish meat.

For example

  • Fresh or chilled herring portions
  • Fresh or chilled minced fish meat from a fish species outside the listed exclusions
See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Fresh or chilled fish meat, whether or not minced (excl. all fillets, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, snakeheads, salmonidae, swordfish, toothfish, rays, skates, dogfish and other sharks, and fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae)

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Classification decides the rate here: from 2.0% to 18.0%.

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

03.04.5901 Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus) and Atlantic bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus)

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 8.0% to 14.0%

  • Their lines13 British lines
  • EU originDuty free

0304 59 10 00 Freshwater fish

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines16 US lines
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

0304.59.00.03 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 2 Norwegian lines

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.

  • 03.04.5901

    Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus) and Atlantic bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus)

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
  • 03.04.5909

    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.

See the 13 British lines

Selling to Great Britain

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

  • 0304 59 10 00

    Freshwater fish

    Ordinary duty
    8.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 50 00

    Flaps of herring

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 10

    Herrings

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 15

    Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 20

    Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 30

    Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 35

    Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 40

    Sea bream (Dentex dentex, Pagellus spp.)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
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  • 0304 59 90 45

    European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 50

    Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 55

    Bogue (Boops boops)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 65

    Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

    Ordinary duty
    14.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 0304 59 90 90

    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).

See the 16 US lines

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.

  • 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

    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
  • 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)

    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
  • 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

    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
  • 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

    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
  • 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

    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
  • 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

    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
  • 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.

    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
  • 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

    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
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  • 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

    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
  • 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

    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
  • 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

    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
  • 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)

    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
  • 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

    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
  • 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

    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
  • 0304.59.00.70

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

    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
  • 0304.59.00.91

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