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Code 0305 54 · Heading 0305

Dried, optionally salted, non-smoked herring, anchovies, sardines and certain other fish, excluding edible fish waste

This covers the fish species listed here when they are dried, whether or not salted, but not smoked. Edible fish waste is excluded.

For example

  • Dried herring, not smoked and excluding edible fish waste
  • Dried anchovies, optionally salted, not smoked and excluding edible fish waste
  • Dried sardines, optionally salted, not smoked and excluding edible fish waste
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Official tariff text

Dried 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 and spearfish "Istiophoridae", even salted but not smoked (excl. fillets and offal)

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Classification decides the rate here: from 10.0% to 16.0%.

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 lines1 Norwegian line

03.05.5400 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), anchovies (Engraulis spp.), sardines

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 10.0% to 12.0%

  • Their lines4 British lines
  • EU originDuty free

0305 54 30 00 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)

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

0305.54.00.00 Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during

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.

  • 03.05.5400

    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)

    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.

  • 0305 54 30 00

    Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)

    Ordinary duty
    12.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 0305 54 50 00

    Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)

    Ordinary duty
    10.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 0305 54 90 10

    Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

    Ordinary duty
    12.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

  • 0305 54 90 90

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    12.0%
    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.

  • 0305.54.00.00

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Dried fish, other than edible fish offal, whether or not salted but not smoked, 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)

    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.