0302.89.50.37/Fresh Chilled Rainbow Smelt/Japan

Fresh Chilled Rainbow Smelt from Japan

Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) is a small, silvery fish commonly harvested from cold North Atlantic and Great Lakes waters, sold fresh or chilled whole for human consumption. It falls under HTS 0302.89.50.37 as fresh or chilled smelts, excluding fillets or other fish meat of heading 0304, and not prepared for human consumption under other headings. These are typically gutted but left intact with heads and tails.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

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Import Tips

• Verify fish species identification via scientific name on commercial invoice to confirm smelt classification and avoid misclassification as other fish

• Maintain cold chain documentation proving temperature below 4°C during transit to qualify as 'chilled' and prevent duty reclassification to frozen (0303)

• Include health certificates from exporting country confirming free of contaminants, as FDA prior notice is required for all fish imports