HS Code 0304Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen
48 six-digit codes · Heading 4 of 9 in Chapter 03 · World Customs Organization Harmonized System
HS code 0304 is for fish that has been cut into fillets or taken off the bone as meat, fresh, chilled or frozen. Use this page to pick the right six-digit code by cut, temperature and species.
No heading in Chapter 03 is cut finer than 0304. Its 48 six-digit codes, 030431 to 030499, are the most any single heading in the chapter carries — “Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen” is where this chapter gets specific. The heading is number 4 of 9 in Chapter 03, Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, which runs to 225 six-digit codes in all.
Six-digit codes under heading 0304
| HS Code | Import–export description |
|---|---|
| 030431 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, tilapias (oreochromis spp.) |
| 030432 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, catfish (pangasius spp., silurus spp., clarias spp., ictalurus spp.) |
| 030433 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, nile perch (lates niloticus) |
| 030439 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, carp (as specified by the wco), eels (anguilla spp.), and snakeheads (channa spp.) |
| 030441 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, salmon, pacific (oncorhynchus nerka, oncorhynchus gorbuscha, oncorhynchus keta, oncorhynchus tschawytscha, oncorhynchus kisutch, oncorhynchus masou and oncorhynchus rhodurus), atlantic (salmo salar), danube (hucho hucho) |
| 030442 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, trout (salmo trutta, oncorhynchus mykiss, oncorhynchus clarki, oncorhynchus aguabonita, oncorhynchus gilae, oncorhynchus apache and oncorhynchus chrysogaster) |
| 030443 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, flat fish (pleuronectidae, bothidae, cynoglossidae, soleidae, scophthalmidae and citharidae) |
| 030444 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, of the families bregmacerotidae, euclichthyidae, gadidae, macrouridae, melanonidae, merlucciidae, moridae, and muraenolepididae |
| 030445 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, swordfish (xiphias gladius) |
| 030446 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, toothfish (dissostichus spp.) |
| 030447 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, dogfish and other sharks |
| 030448 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, rays and skates (rajidae) |
| 030449 | Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, other than fish of heading 0304.4 |
| 030451 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, nile perch, and snakeheads |
| 030452 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, salmonidae |
| 030453 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, of the families bregmacerotidae, euclichthyidae, gadidae, macrouridae, melanonidae, merlucciidae, moridae, and muraenolepididae |
| 030454 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, swordfish (xiphias gladius) |
| 030455 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, toothfish (dissostichus spp.) |
| 030456 | Fish meat; excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, dogfish and other sharks |
| 030457 | Fish meat; excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, rays and skates (rajidae) |
| 030459 | Fish meat; excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, of fish n.e.c. in item no. 0304.5 |
| 030461 | Fish fillets; frozen, tilapias (oreochromis spp.) |
| 030462 | Fish fillets; frozen, catfish (pangasius spp., silurus spp., clarias spp., ictalurus spp.) |
| 030463 | Fish fillets; frozen, nile perch (lates niloticus) |
| 030469 | Fish fillets; frozen, carp (cyprinus/carassius/ctenopharyngodon idellus/hypophthalmichthys/cirrhinus/mylopharyngodon piceus/catla catla/labeo/osteochilus hasselti/leptobarbus hoeveni/megalobrama), eels (anguilla) and snakeheads (channa) |
| 030471 | Fish fillets; frozen, cod (gadus morhua, gadus ogac, gadus macrocephalus) |
| 030472 | Fish fillets; frozen, haddock (melanogrammus aeglefinus) |
| 030473 | Fish fillets; frozen, coalfish (pollachius virens) |
| 030474 | Fish fillets; frozen, hake (merluccius spp., urophycis spp.) |
| 030475 | Fish fillets; frozen, alaska pollock (theragra chalcogramma) |
| 030479 | Fish fillets; frozen, of the families bregmacerotidae, euclichthyidae, gadidae, macrouridae, melanonidae, merlucciidae, moridae and muraenolepididae other than cod, haddock, coalfish, hake, and alaska pollock |
| 030481 | Fish fillets; frozen, salmon, pacific (oncorhynchus nerka, oncorhynchus gorbuscha, oncorhynchus keta, oncorhynchus tschawytscha, oncorhynchus kisutch, oncorhynchus masou, oncorhynchus rhodurus), atlantic (salmo salar), and danube (hucho hucho) |
| 030482 | Fish fillets; frozen, trout (salmo trutta, oncorhynchus mykiss, oncorhynchus clarki, oncorhynchus aguabonita, oncorhynchus gilae, oncorhynchus apache and oncorhynchus chrysogaster) |
| 030483 | Fish fillets; frozen, flat fish (pleuronectidae, bothidae, cynoglossidae, soleidae, scophthalmidae and citharidae) |
| 030484 | Fish fillets; frozen, swordfish (xiphias gladius) |
| 030485 | Fish fillets; frozen, toothfish (dissostichus spp.) |
| 030486 | Fish fillets; frozen, herrings (clupea harengus, clupea pallasii) |
| 030487 | Fish fillets; frozen, tunas (of the genus thunnus), skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (katsuwonus pelamis) |
| 030488 | Fish fillets; frozen, dogfish, other sharks, rays and skates (rajidae) |
| 030489 | Fish fillets; frozen, of fish n.e.c. in heading 0304.8 |
| 030491 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, swordfish (xiphias gladius) |
| 030492 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, toothfish (dissostichus spp.) |
| 030493 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, nile perch, and snakeheads |
| 030494 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, alaska pollock (theragra chalcogramma) |
| 030495 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, of the families bregmacerotidae, euclichthyidae, gadidae, macrouridae, melanonidae, merlucciidae, moridae and muraenolepididae, other than alaska pollock (theragra chalcogramma) |
| 030496 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, dogfish and other sharks |
| 030497 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, rays and skates (rajidae) |
| 030499 | Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0304.9 |
What HS code 0304 covers and how its codes are grouped
Heading 0304 is for fish that has already been cut. That means fillets. It also means boneless flesh, which may be minced or not. Whole fish are not here. They sit in neighbouring headings.
The six-digit codes follow a simple pattern. First comes the cut: fillet or meat. Next comes the temperature: fresh or chilled, or frozen. Last comes the species. The codes look long, but they sort easily once you know this pattern. HSN code 0304 works the same way, because the first six digits are shared across the Harmonized System.
Here is how the codes group:
- 030431 to 030449: fresh or chilled fillets
- 030451 to 030459: fresh or chilled fish meat
- 030461 to 030489: frozen fillets
- 030491 to 030499: frozen fish meat
HS code for frozen fish fillets and common species
For frozen fish fillets, start in the frozen fillet group, 030461 to 030489. Then find your species. Many traders also want the fresh or chilled twin of the same species, so both are listed where they exist.
These are the entry points people search for most:
- Tilapia fillets: 030431 fresh or chilled, 030461 frozen
- Pangasius and other catfish fillets: 030432 fresh or chilled, 030462 frozen
- Salmon fillets: 030441 fresh or chilled, 030481 frozen
- Cod fillets: 030471 frozen
- Alaska pollock: 030475 for frozen fillets, 030494 for frozen fish meat
- Tuna fillets: 030487 frozen
What is not classified under 0304
Whole fish belong elsewhere: live fish in 0301, fresh or chilled ones in 0302, and frozen ones in 0303.
Fish that is dried, salted, in brine or smoked goes to 0305, even when it is cut into fillets. Flours, meals and pellets made from fish go to 0309.
Shrimp, crab and other crustaceans are in 0306. Clams, squid and other molluscs are in 0307. Other aquatic invertebrates are in 0308.
How to choose the right 0304 code
Ask these questions in order. Is the product a fillet, or is it boneless meat that is not a fillet? Is it fresh or chilled, or frozen? Which species is it?
The answers lead you to one six-digit code. If your species is not named, look for the line that says "other" or "not elsewhere specified" in the same group. If a product is still hard to place, try the HS code classifier.
HS 0304 import and export data: buyers and suppliers
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Related
- Chapter 03: fish and crustaceans HS codes
- HS 0301 live fish
- HS 0302 fresh or chilled whole fish
- HS 0303 frozen whole fish
- HS 0305 dried, salted and smoked fish
- HS 0306 crustaceans
- HS 0307 molluscs
- HS 0308 other aquatic invertebrates
- HS 0309 fish flours, meals and pellets
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Nearby headings in Chapter 03
- 0301Fish; live8 codes
- 0302Fish; fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading…45 codes
- 0303Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 030444 codes
- 0305Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before…22 codes
- 0306Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or…20 codes
- 0307Molluscs; whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried…28 codes
- 0308Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh…8 codes
- 0309Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic…2 codes
Who ships under 0304?
EximDataX tracks the live import–export records filed under this heading and the 48 codes beneath it: named buyers, suppliers, quantities and values from official customs feeds.
Section I: Live Animals; Animal Products, chapters 01–05.
HS Code 0304: common questions
What is HS code 0304?
It is the heading for fillets and other boneless fish flesh, minced or not, sold fresh, chilled or frozen. It sits inside Chapter 03 of the Harmonized System.
What is the HS code for frozen fish fillets?
Frozen fillets fall in the range 030461 to 030489. The exact code depends on the species.
What is the HS code for frozen tilapia or pangasius fillets?
Frozen tilapia fillets use 030461. Pangasius counts as catfish, so frozen pangasius fillets use 030462.
What is the difference between HS 0303 and 0304?
The difference is the cut.
Are dried, salted or smoked fish fillets classified under 0304?
No. Those products go to 0305.
Where does minced fish fall?
Minced fish is fish meat, so it uses the fish meat codes. Choose 030451 to 030459 for fresh or chilled, or 030491 to 030499 for frozen.
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