Code 1604 19 · Heading 1604

Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces, excluding minced fish and specified fish

This covers fish that is prepared or preserved and presented whole or in pieces, but not minced fish. It excludes salmon, herring, sardines, pilchards, sprats, tuna, striped bonito, Sarda bonito, mackerel and anchovies.

For example

Prepared whole carp
Preserved pike pieces

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Official tariff text

Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins)

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IV
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1604
1604 19

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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 19 Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (exc… 9 of 12 subheadings under heading 1604
Is it salmonidae; Euthynnus fish; Orcynopsis unicolor; raw fish fillet only coated with batter, flour or breadcrumbs, also pre-fried and frozen; cod; saithe; hake or Urophycis fish; Alaska pollock or pollack; or another fish such as eel or shark fins—and, if none of these applies, is it merely smoked?

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Import duty on the codes below: 7.0–24.0%

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

1604 11 Prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 5.5%
1604 12 Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 15.0–20.0%
1604 13 Prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 12.5%
1604 14 Prepared or preserved tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 24.0–25.0%
1604 15 Prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 20.0–25.0%
1604 16 Prepared or preserved anchovies, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 25.0%
1604 17 Prepared or preserved eels, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 20.0%
1604 18 Prepared or preserved shark fins, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 20.0%
1604 19 Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins) you are here 7.0–24.0%
1604 20 Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces) 5.5–25.0%
1604 31 Caviar 20.0%
1604 32 Caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs 20.0%

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 lines4 Norwegian lines

16.04.1902 Fillets of cod, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 6.0% to 20.0%

Their lines17 British lines
EU originDuty free

1604 19 10 10 Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines8 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

1604.19.10.00 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.

16.04.1902

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

Ordinary duty

Duty free
16.04.1903

Fillets of coalfish (saithe), raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil

Ordinary duty

Duty free
16.04.1905

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free
16.04.1909

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 19 10 10

Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 10 11

Peppered smoked trout fillets

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 10 90

Other

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 31 00

Fillets known as 'loins'

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 39 00

Other

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 50 00

Fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor

Ordinary duty

12.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 91 30

Of swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 91 90

Other

Ordinary duty

6.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

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1604 19 92 00

Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 93 10

Preserved smoked coalfish

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 93 90

Other

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 94 00

Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 95 00

Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and pollack (Pollachius pollachius)

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 97 20

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 97 30

Mackerel (Scomber colias)

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 97 40

Frigate tuna, Frigate mackerel (Auxis thazard, Auxis rochei)

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1604 19 97 90

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.

1604.19.10.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Other (including yellowtail), In airtight containers, Not in oil, Bonito, yellowtail and pollock

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
1604.19.22.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Other (including yellowtail), In airtight containers, Not in oil, Other

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
1604.19.25.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Other (including yellowtail), In airtight containers, In oil, Bonito, yellowtail and pollock

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
1604.19.32.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Other (including yellowtail), In airtight containers, In oil, Other

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
1604.19.41.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Other (including yellowtail), Other, Fish sticks and similar products of any size or shape, fillets or other portions of fish, if breaded, coated with batter or similarly prepared, Neither cooked nor in oil

General rate

10%

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
1604.19.51.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Other (including yellowtail), Other, Fish sticks and similar products of any size or shape, fillets or other portions of fish, if breaded, coated with batter or similarly prepared, Other

General rate

7.5%

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
1604.19.61.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Other (including yellowtail), Other, In oil and in bulk or in immediate containers weighing with their contents over 7 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
1604.19.82.00

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs, Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced, Other (including yellowtail), Other

General rate

6%

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.