Fresh Chilled Pickerel Pike Fillets
Delicate fillets from chain pickerel (Esox niger), a small pike variety, chilled fresh for fine dining. Directly under HTS 0304.49.01.03 as other freshwater fish fillets specifically pike, distinct from flours or pellets per chapter notes.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If from eels or non-pike freshwater
Eel fillets have dedicated subheadings in 0304.79, differentiating from pike-specific freshwater.
If destined for industrial filleting machines as blocks
Livers and roes excluded, but whole fish blocks for filleting may go to 0305 if not retail fillets.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Ensure no mincing; even partial mincing shifts to heading 0307 or 0309 if human-consumption ready
• Include lab tests for contaminants like mercury, common in predatory pike, for FDA approval
• Portion-control packing helps; bulk shipments risk damage and reclassification if not uniformly chilled
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Fresh Chilled Amur Pike Fillets
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Fresh Chilled African Pike Fillets
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