0303.89.00.55/IQF Frozen Butterfish Portions/Japan

IQF Frozen Butterfish Portions from Japan

Individually quick frozen (IQF) butterfish portions, skin-on and bone-in, cut from whole fish but not filleted. This frozen product is specifically butterfish under HTS 0303.89.0055, destined for restaurant supply. Excludes fish fillets of heading 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

• Use NAICS codes for seafood processing on entry summary to align with statistical reporting for butterfish

• Maintain blast-freezing records showing temperatures below -18°C to qualify as 'frozen' under HTS definitions

• Avoid common pitfall of declaring as 'portions' under 0304 by specifying bone-in structure in descriptions