0302.89.50.77/Fresh Chilled Eel (Freshwater)/Japan

Fresh Chilled Eel (Freshwater) from Japan

Fresh or chilled whole freshwater eels (Anguilla spp., excluding Japanese unagi if specified elsewhere), under 0302.89.50.77 for other fresh/chilled fish excluding fillets of 0304.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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Import Tips

• Eels subject to CITES Appendix II for certain species; obtain export permits

• Preferred chilled in oxygenated water transport; document to prove not dead/frozen

• Avoid pitfall of size-based misclassification; juveniles may go to live fish