Code 1604 12 · Heading 1604

Prepared or preserved herring, whole or in pieces, not minced

This covers herring that has been prepared or preserved, whether whole or in pieces, but not minced herring. The children distinguish breaded raw frozen herring fillets, herring in hermetically sealed packaging, and other qualifying herring.

For example

Canned whole herring in a hermetically sealed package
Frozen raw herring fillets coated only with breadcrumbs
Prepared herring pieces in packaging that is not hermetically sealed

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Official tariff text

Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

How we got to this code

IV
16
1604
1604 12

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Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, moll… 1 of 9 chapters in section IV
Which type of product is it: a sausage or similar product; another prepared or preserved product of meat, meat by-products, blood or insects; a meat, fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate extract or juice; prepared or preserved fish or fish roe; or prepared or preserved crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates?
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Step 3 · Heading 1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar subst… 4 of 5 headings under chapter 16
Is it prepared or preserved fish—whole or in pieces, or in another form—or is it caviar or a fish-roe caviar substitute; and, for fish, which named species does it contain?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1604 12 Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces … 2 of 12 subheadings under heading 1604
Is it a raw frozen herring fillet coated only with batter, flour or breadcrumbs (also if pre-fried); if not, is it in hermetically sealed packaging; or is it another whole or piece of herring that is not minced?

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Import duty on the codes below: 15.0–20.0%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 5.5% to 25.0%.

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 lines3 Norwegian lines

16.04.1205 Spice cured

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 14.0% to 20.0%

Their lines8 British lines
EU originDuty free

1604 12 10 00 Fillets, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines6 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

1604.12.20.00 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish

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.

16.04.1205

Spice cured

Ordinary duty

Duty free
16.04.1206

Vinegar cured

Ordinary duty

Duty free
16.04.1208

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.

1604 12 10 00

Fillets, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, frozen

Ordinary duty

14.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 12 91 13

For processing

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 12 91 15

Other

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 12 91 19

Other

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 12 91 93

For processing

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 12 91 95

Other

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 12 91 99

Other

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 12 99 00

Other

Ordinary duty

20.0%

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.

1604.12.20.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Herrings, In oil, in airtight containers

General rate

4%

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
1604.12.40.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Herrings, Other, In tomato sauce, smoked or kippered, and in immediate containers weighing with their contents over 0.45 kg 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
1604.12.60.10

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Herrings, Other, Pickled, Fillets

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
1604.12.60.30

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Herrings, Other, Pickled, 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
1604.12.60.50

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Herrings, Other, Kipper snacks

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
1604.12.60.90

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Herrings, 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.