Code 0511 91 · Heading 0511

Fish and other aquatic-animal products, including dead ones unsuitable for human consumption

This code covers products of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, as well as dead animals of these kinds that are unsuitable for human consumption. It includes fish waste and other such products or dead aquatic animals.

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Official tariff text

Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption

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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 05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified … 5 of 5 chapters in section I
What kind of animal-origin product is it: human hair; brush-making bristles or hair; animal intestines, bladders or stomachs; bird skins, feathers or down; bones or horn cores; ivory, shells, horns, hooves, claws or beaks; corals or mollusc, crustacean or echinoderm shells; ambergris, glands or other products used to make pharmaceutical products; or another animal product, including a dead animal unfit for human consumption?
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Step 3 · Heading 0511 Animal products n.e.s.; dead animals of all types, … 9 of 9 headings under chapter 05
Is it bull semen; a product of, or a dead, not-human-consumption aquatic animal; or another animal product or dead animal not fit for human consumption?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0511 91 Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other … 2 of 3 subheadings under heading 0511
Is it fish waste?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

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0511 10 Bovine semen 0.0%
0511 91 Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption you are here 0.0%
0511 99 Products of animal origin, n.e.s., dead animals, unfit for human consumption (excl. fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates) 0.0–5.1%

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

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines6 Norwegian lines

05.11.9111 Waste fish (industrial fish)

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines2 British lines

0511 91 10 00 Fish waste

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 18, 2026

0511.91.00.10 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit

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.

05.11.9111

Waste fish (industrial fish)

Ordinary duty

3,53 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

3,53 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
05.11.9112

Fish heads and tails, dried, whether or not cut

Ordinary duty

3,53 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

3,53 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
05.11.9113

Other fish waste

Ordinary duty

3,53 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

3,53 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
05.11.9119

Other

Ordinary duty

3,53 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

3,53 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
05.11.9194

Fish waste

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9199

Other (including fertilized roes for hatching)

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.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

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.

0511.91.00.10

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of chapter 3, Fertilized fish eggs

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
0511.91.00.90

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of chapter 3, 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. 18, 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.