HTS Index

HTS heading 1604

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs — 88 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
1604Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs + Ch. 99not stated
1604.11Salmon + Ch. 99not stated
1604.11.20In oil, in airtight containers + Ch. 996%
1604.11.20.20Pink (humpie) + Ch. 996% (inherited from 1604.11.20)kg
1604.11.20.30Sockeye + Ch. 996% (inherited from 1604.11.20)kg
1604.11.20.90Other + Ch. 996% (inherited from 1604.11.20)kg
1604.11.40Other + Ch. 99Free
1604.11.40.10Chum (dog) + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.11.40)kg
1604.11.40.20Pink (humpie) + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.11.40)kg
1604.11.40.30Sockeye + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.11.40)kg
1604.11.40.40Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.11.40)kg
1604.11.40.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.11.40)kg
1604.12Herrings + Ch. 99not stated
1604.12.20.00In oil, in airtight containers + Ch. 994%kg
1604.12.40.00In tomato sauce, smoked or kippered, and in immediate containers weighing with their contents over 0.45 kg each + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.12.60Other + Ch. 99Free
1604.12.60.10Fillets + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.12.60)kg
1604.12.60.30Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.12.60)kg
1604.12.60.50Kipper snacks + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.12.60)kg
1604.12.60.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.12.60)kg
1604.13Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats + Ch. 99not stated
1604.13.10.00Smoked sardines, neither skinned nor boned, valued $1 or more per kg in tin- plate containers, or $1.10 or more per kg in other containers + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.13.20.00Neither skinned nor boned + Ch. 9915%kg
1604.13.30.00Skinned or boned + Ch. 9920%kg
1604.13.40.00In immediate containers weighing with their contents under 225 grams each + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.13.90.00Other + Ch. 993.1%kg
1604.14Tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.) + Ch. 99not stated
1604.14.10In oil + Ch. 9935%
1604.14.10.10In foil or other flexible containers weighing with their contents not more than 6.8 kg each + Ch. 9935% (inherited from 1604.14.10)kg
1604.14.10.91Albacore + Ch. 9935% (inherited from 1604.14.10)kg
1604.14.10.99Other + Ch. 9935% (inherited from 1604.14.10)kg
1604.14.22In containers weighing with their contents not over 7 kg each, and not the product of any insular possession of the United States, for an aggregate quantity entered in any calendar year not to exceed 4.8 percent of apparent United States consumption of tuna in airtight containers during the immediately preceding year, as reported by the National Marine Fisheries Service + Ch. 996%
1604.14.22.51In foil or other flexible con- tainers weighing with their contents not more than 6.8 kg each + Ch. 996% (inherited from 1604.14.22)kg
1604.14.22.59Other + Ch. 996% (inherited from 1604.14.22)kg
1604.14.22.91In foil or other flexible con- tainers weighing with their contents not more than 6.8 kg each + Ch. 996% (inherited from 1604.14.22)kg
1604.14.22.99Other + Ch. 996% (inherited from 1604.14.22)kg
1604.14.30Other + Ch. 9912.5%
1604.14.30.51In foil or other flexible con- tainers weighing with their contents not more than 6.8 kg each + Ch. 9912.5% (inherited from 1604.14.30)kg
1604.14.30.59Other + Ch. 9912.5% (inherited from 1604.14.30)kg
1604.14.30.91In foil or other flexible con- tainers weighing with their contents not more than 6.8 kg each + Ch. 9912.5% (inherited from 1604.14.30)kg
1604.14.30.99Other + Ch. 9912.5% (inherited from 1604.14.30)kg
1604.14.40.00In bulk or in immediate containers weighing with their contents over 6.8 kg each, not in oil + Ch. 991.1¢/kgkg
1604.14.50.00Other + Ch. 996%kg
1604.14.70.00In oil + Ch. 994.9%kg
1604.14.80.00Not in oil + Ch. 996%kg
1604.15.00.00Mackerel + Ch. 993%kg
1604.16Anchovies + Ch. 99not stated
1604.16.20.00In oil, in airtight containers + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.16.40.00In immediate containers weighing with their contents 6.8 kg or less each + Ch. 995%kg
1604.16.60.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.17Eels + Ch. 99not stated
1604.17.10.00In airtight containers + Ch. 994%kg
1604.17.40.00Neither cooked nor in oil + Ch. 9910%kg
1604.17.50.00Other + Ch. 997.5%kg
1604.17.60.00In oil and in bulk or in immediate containers over 7 kg each + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.17.80.00Other + Ch. 996%kg
1604.18Shark fins + Ch. 99not stated
1604.18.10.00In airtight containers + Ch. 994%kg
1604.18.90.00Other + Ch. 996%kg
1604.19Other (including yellowtail) + Ch. 99not stated
1604.19.10.00Bonito, yellowtail and pollock + Ch. 994%kg
1604.19.22.00Other + Ch. 994%kg
1604.19.25.00Bonito, yellowtail and pollock + Ch. 995%kg
1604.19.32.00Other + Ch. 994%kg
1604.19.41.00Neither cooked nor in oil + Ch. 9910%kg
1604.19.51.00Other + Ch. 997.5%kg
1604.19.61.00In oil and in bulk or in immediate containers weighing with their contents over 7 kg each + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.19.82.00Other + Ch. 996%kg
1604.20Other prepared or preserved fish + Ch. 99not stated
1604.20.05Products containing meat of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; prepared meals + Ch. 995%
1604.20.05.10Prepared meals + Ch. 995% (inherited from 1604.20.05)kg
1604.20.05.90Other + Ch. 995% (inherited from 1604.20.05)kg
1604.20.10.00Pastes + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.20.15.00In oil + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.20.20.00In airtight containers + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.20.25.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.20.30.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.20.40.00Neither cooked nor in oil + Ch. 9910%kg
1604.20.50Other + Ch. 997.5%
1604.20.50.10Pre-cooked and frozen + Ch. 997.5% (inherited from 1604.20.50)kg
1604.20.50.90Other + Ch. 997.5% (inherited from 1604.20.50)kg
1604.20.60Other + Ch. 99Free
1604.20.60.10Pre-cooked and frozen + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.20.60)kg
1604.20.60.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 1604.20.60)kg
1604.31.00.00Caviar + Ch. 9915%kg
1604.32Caviar substitutes + Ch. 99not stated
1604.32.30.00Boiled and in airtight containers + Ch. 99Freekg
1604.32.40.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg

29 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

88 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.