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Code 0305 69 · Heading 0305

Fish, only salted or in brine, excluding herring, cod, anchovies and all fillets

This covers fish prepared only by salting or placing in brine. It excludes herring, cod, anchovies and all fish fillets.

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Official tariff text

Fish, salted or in brine only (excl. fillets, offal, herring, cod, anchovies, tilapia, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch and snakeheads)

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Import duty on the codes below: 11.0–15.0%

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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 lines5 Norwegian lines

03.05.6901 Tusk (Brosme brosme)

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 10.0% to 14.0%

  • Their lines15 British lines
  • EU originDuty free

0305 69 10 10 For processing

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines11 US lines
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

0305.69.10.21 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.

  • 03.05.6901

    Tusk (Brosme brosme)

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 03.05.6902

    Coalfish (Pollachius virens)

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 03.05.6903

    Ling (Molva spp)

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 03.05.6904

    Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 03.05.6909

    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.

  • 0305 69 10 10

    For processing

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

  • 0305 69 10 90

    Other

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

  • 0305 69 30 00

    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.

  • 0305 69 50 00

    Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)

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

  • 0305 69 80 20

    Fish of the species Clupea ilisha, in brine

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

  • 0305 69 80 25

    Snoek (barracouta) (Thyrsites atun)

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

  • 0305 69 80 30

    Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

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

  • 0305 69 80 40

    Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

    Ordinary duty
    12.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
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  • 0305 69 80 50

    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 69 80 61

    Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Onchorhynchus chrysogaster)

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

  • 0305 69 80 64

    Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

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

  • 0305 69 80 65

    Sea bream (Dentex dentex, Pagellus spp.)

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

  • 0305 69 80 67

    European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

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

  • 0305 69 80 70

    Lesser or Greenland Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), and Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

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

  • 0305 69 80 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.

  • 0305.69.10.21

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, Cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollock, Whole; or processed by removal of heads, fins, viscera, scales, vertebral columns or any combination thereof, but not otherwise processed, Hake

    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

  • 0305.69.10.22

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, Cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollock, Whole; or processed by removal of heads, fins, viscera, scales, vertebral columns or any combination thereof, but not otherwise processed, Pollock

    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

  • 0305.69.10.29

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, Cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollock, Whole; or processed by removal of heads, fins, viscera, scales, vertebral columns or any combination thereof, but not otherwise processed, Haddock and 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

  • 0305.69.10.41

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, Cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollock, Other, Hake

    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

  • 0305.69.10.42

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, Cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollock, Other, Pollock

    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

  • 0305.69.10.49

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, Cusk, haddock, hake (Urophycis spp.) and pollock, Other, Haddock and 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

  • 0305.69.20.00

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, Mackerel, In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each

    General rate
    5%
    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

  • 0305.69.30.00

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, Mackerel, 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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  • 0305.69.40.00

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

    General rate
    3%
    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

  • 0305.69.50.01

    Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal, Other, In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each

    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

  • 0305.69.60.01

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

    General rate
    0.5%
    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.