Fresh Chilled Salmon Fish Tails

Tails from fresh or chilled Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), prized for smoking, grilling, or soups in culinary applications. Falls under HTS 0302.99.00.00 as other edible fish offal. Must be unprocessed and excluding heading 0304 fish meat.

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%

Alternative Classifications

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

0304.99Lower: 16% vs 35%

If trimmed to meat resembling fillets

If offal processed into fish meat form, it moves to heading 0304 for fillets and other fish meat.

1604.11.40Same rate: 35%

If smoked or prepared

Prepared or preserved fish products go to Chapter 16.

0302.21.00Same rate: 35%

If from tuna or specific saltwater species as whole

Certain species like tuna have specific subheadings under 0302.21 for whole fresh fish.

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Import Tips & Compliance

Label with scientific species name (e.g

Oncorhynchus nerka) for Lacey Act compliance to avoid penalties

Maintain cold chain with ice-packed shipments; inspect for parasites per FDA guidelines