Chilled Whiting Fillets from China
Skin-on fillets of Pacific whiting (Merluccius productus), Merlucciidae, chilled for market sale. Under HTS 0304.53.0090 as other fresh/chilled gadiform fillets, excluding statistical breaks for cod/haddock. Chapter notes clarify no coverage of human-consumable pellets in headings 0305-0308.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Use traceability docs from catch to import to confirm family and avoid flatfish misclassification
• Test for histamine levels in chilled seafood to meet FDA import refusals