Fin-Trimmed Chilled American Skipjack Tuna from Japan
Skipjack tuna from American purse seine fleet, foreign landed with pectoral/adventitious fin trimming, evisceration and ice chilling. Meets exact 9815.00.40.00 parameters excluding prohibited species.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Document specific fins removed (not dorsal/anal fins which might trigger finning concerns)
• Provide chain-of-custody records from US vessel to foreign processor to final US entry
• Ice slurry temperature records critical for FDA import reconditioning avoidance