Fresh Chilled Morid Cod Fillets from China

Fillets from morid cod (Moridae family), fresh or chilled, used in specialty seafood markets. HTS 0304.53.0090 for other specified gadiform families' fresh/chilled fish meat. Excludes flours, meals, or pellets suitable for human food per chapter note.

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

Scientific identification required for lesser-known families like Moridae to prevent reclass to generic fish

Comply with Lacey Act declarations for species and harvest location

Avoid vacuum-packing that could imply preservation, risking Chapter 16 shift