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Fresh Chilled Milkfish

Fresh or chilled whole milkfish (Chanos chanos), popular in Asian cuisine, presented ungutted excluding heading 0304 meat. HTS 0302.89.50 covers this as other fresh or chilled fish beyond named species.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN RateCh.99 SurchargesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree+35.0%35%
🇲🇽MexicoFree+10.0%10%
🇨🇦CanadaFree+10.0%10%
🇩🇪GermanyFree+10.0%10%
🇯🇵JapanFree+10.0%10%

More Specific Codes

This product may fall under a more specific subheading:

0302.89.50.07Pike
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0302.89.50.10Pickerel
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0302.89.50.13Pike perch (including yellow pike)
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0302.89.50.25Other
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0302.89.50.28Bass
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0302.89.50.31Whitefish
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0302.89.50.34Other
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0302.89.50.37Smelts
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0302.89.50.40Cusk
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0302.89.50.49Shad and sturgeon
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0302.89.50.52Sable fish (Anoplopoma fimbria)
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0302.89.50.55Ocean perch
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0302.89.50.58Snapper (Lutjanidae)
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0302.89.50.61Grouper
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0302.89.50.64Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)
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0302.89.50.67Monkfish (Lophius spp.)
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0302.89.50.70Atka mackerel (Atkafish) (Pleurogrammus monopterygius)
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0302.89.50.72Dolphin fish (mahi mahi) (Coryphaena spp.)
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0302.89.50.77Other
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Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

0302.99.00.00Same rate: 35%

If Other salted or in brine fish from 0302 hierarchy.

Salt addition moves to subheadings 0302.91-0302.99 for preserved forms.

0303.89.00Same rate: 35%

If frozen whole

Freezing changes primary state to heading 0303 structure mirroring 0302.

0309.90.40Same rate: 35%

If ground into meal unfit for human consumption

Chapter notes exclude human-fit pellets from 0305-0308 but place unfit meals in 0309.

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Import Tips & Compliance

• Provide moisture and histamine test results to prove chilled integrity and safety for human consumption

• Declare exact scientific name on entry to avoid disputes over 'other fish' vs specific headings

• Watch for bulk packaging misread as industrial; retail-packed stays consumer fresh fish

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Fresh Chilled Tilapia

Fresh or chilled whole tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), excluding fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304, presented with head, tail, and fins intact. This falls under HTS 0302.89.50 as 'other fish' not specifically named in subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99, fresh or chilled for human consumption.

Fresh Chilled Rohu

Fresh or chilled whole rohu carp (Labeo rohita), excluding any fish meat of 0304, a staple Indian river fish. HTS 0302.89.50 applies to this other category of fresh/chilled fish.

Fresh Chilled Threadfin

Fresh or chilled whole threadfin (Polydactylus spp.), known for delicate flavor, excluding fillets. Classified under HTS 0302.89.50 for miscellaneous fresh or chilled fish.

Fresh Chilled Grouper

Fresh or chilled whole grouper (Epinephelus spp.), excluding heading 0304 meat, a reef fish not specifically listed. HTS 0302.89.50 captures this as other fresh/chilled fish.

Fresh Chilled Snapper

Fresh or chilled whole red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus), unspecific to prior subs, excluding fillets. Under HTS 0302.89.50 as other category fish.

Fresh Chilled Barramundi

Fresh or chilled whole barramundi (Lates calcarifer), a premium aquaculture fish, excluding any fillets or meat separated from heading 0304. Classified in HTS 0302.89.50 as unspecified 'other fish' fresh or chilled, live or dead but ungutted.