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0303.89.00.04/Frozen Spotted Smelt/Japan

Frozen Spotted Smelt from Japan

Frozen whole spotted smelt (Spirinchus starksi), a California coastal species harvested for food and bait. Classified in HTS 0303.89.00.04 for other smelts as frozen whole fish not fillets.

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

• Use commercial invoice specifying 'whole frozen smelt' to match statistical suffix .04

• Monitor for section 609 shrimp provisions if caught in trawls with shrimp bycatch

• Avoid bulk packaging confusion with pellets; chapter defines pellets as agglomerated