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Customs code · HS subheading 0304 59

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Fresh or chilled meat of freshwater fish

Including minced meat, but not fillets or the listed excluded fish

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. Exports and Intrastat use it as it is. For an import into the EU the declaration uses 0304 59 10 00: this code with 00 added.

This code covers fresh or chilled meat of freshwater fish, including minced fish meat. It excludes all fillets and fish such as tilapia, catfish, carp, eel, Nile perch, snakehead fish, salmonids, swordfish, icefish and fish from the listed families.

For example

  • Fresh minced meat of a freshwater fish, not in fillet form
  • Chilled meat of a freshwater fish, not in fillet form
See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

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

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Your answer for export

The full EU export code is 0304 59 10.

You do not pick a 10-digit EU import line for an export declaration or Intrastat. The destination classifies the goods under its own tariff.

8 digits, ready

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

8.0%

  • Their lines1 British line
  • 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 1 British line

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.

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.

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On an import declaration

0304 59 10 00

When these goods are imported into the EU, the declaration uses the 10-digit form 0304591000: this code with 00 added. There is no further split under it.

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Exports from the EU and Intrastat normally use the 8-digit code as it is.

EU tariff data of Sept. 13, 2026.

Rates, origin and documents

Read the signals first. Open only the ones you want to check.

Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.

Data of Sept. 1, 2026

Lower duty for goods from some countries

Possible

Preferential rates exist for goods originating in:

  • San Marino
  • Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe
  • Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia
  • Western Sahara
  • Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
  • Andorra
  • Ivory Coast
  • Cameroon
  • +38 origins

These rates apply to Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance); GSP - General arrangements.

Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.

Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

Restrictions and paperwork

Important

Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in:

  • North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
  • any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
  • Ukraine
  • Japan
  • any country

The EU records document conditions on this code. What customs may ask for depends on where the goods come from, exactly what the product is and the customs procedure.

Proof of origin 2 conditions

If you claim a lower rate for goods from a country the EU has a trade agreement with, customs asks for proof of origin, for example a EUR.1 certificate or an origin declaration.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Movement certificate EUR.1
  • Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document

Sanctions and restricted regions 2 conditions

Some conditions come from EU sanctions rules. They matter when the goods are linked to a country or region the EU restricts trade with.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
  • Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia

Product controls and permits 4 conditions

Depending on the exact product, customs may ask for a licence, a permit or a control certificate before the goods are released.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Certificate of inspection for organic products
  • Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
  • Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
  • Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate

Statements that the goods are outside a rule's scope 1 condition

Some conditions are statements that a rule does not cover the goods, for example that the product is not on a controlled list.

Show the EU's own wording for this condition
  • Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)

Other conditions 8 conditions

These conditions match none of the groups above. Whether customs asks for one depends on the goods, where they come from and the customs procedure.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014)
  • The products are accompanied by a declaration issued before 1.6.2013 in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 and stating that the products have left Japan before 1.7.2013
  • The products left Japan before 30.10.2012 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012
  • Products which left Japan before 28 March 2011
  • The products left Japan before 2.6.2013 and comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012
  • The products are accompanied by a declaration issued before 1 November 2012 in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012 and stating that the products have left Japan before 1 December 2012
  • Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012) which was issued before 1 April 2014; the products left Japan from 1 April 2014 but before 1 May 2014
  • Declaration for the import into the European Union of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 322/2014); the products left Japan before 9 January 2016
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EU tariff measure data of Sept. 1, 2026.

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