0303.89.00.04/Frozen Spotted Smelt/Mexico

Frozen Spotted Smelt from Mexico

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 — Mexico → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
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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

Frozen Spotted Smelt from Mexico — Import Duty Rate | HTS 0303.89.00.04