Heading 03.05 — Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, wh... 6-digit code

0305.32 Fish fillets; dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae

A full HS code. These six digits are what goes on a customs declaration, and they mean the same thing in every country that uses the Harmonized System.

Section I, Live Animals & Animal Products — live animals, meat, fish, dairy and other products of animal origin.

  1. 03 Chapter Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
  2. 05 Heading Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before, or during the smoking process
  3. 32 Subheading Fish fillets; dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae

Chapter 3 covers fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, whether live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine. It is one of the largest HS chapters by code count because each species and presentation (whole, fillets, live) gets its own six-digit line. Classification tip: Smoked, canned or otherwise cooked seafood preparations move out of chapter 3 and into chapter 16: only the raw or simply preserved product stays here.

All of chapter 03

Other codes under 03.05

0305.20 Fish; livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine 0305.31 Fish fillets; dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads 0305.39 Fish fillets; dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.3 0305.41 Fish; smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, gorbuscha, keta, tschawytscha, kisutch, masou, rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar) and Danube (Hucho hucho), includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal 0305.42 Fish; smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal 0305.43 Fish; smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss/clarki/aguabonita/gilae/apache/chrysogaster), includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal 0305.44 Fish; smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads, includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal 0305.49 Fish; smoked, whether or not cooked before or during smoking, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.4, includes fillets, but excludes edible fish offal 0305.51 Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 0305.52 Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads 0305.53 Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod 0305.54 Dried herrings, anchovies, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, mackerel (incl Indian, jack, or horse), seerfishes, jacks, crevalles, cobia, silver pomfrets, Pacific saury, scads, capelin, swordfish, Kawakawa, bonitos, marlins, sailfishes, spearfish 0305.59 Fish; dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.5 0305.61 Fish; salted or in brine, not dried or smoked, other than edible fish offal, herrings (Clupea harengas, Clupea pallasii) 0305.62 Fish; salted or in brine, not dried or smoked, other than edible fish offal, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 0305.63 Fish; salted or in brine, not dried or smoked, other than edible fish offal, anchovies (Engrails spp.) 0305.64 Fish; salted or in brine, not dried or smoked, other than edible fish offal, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads 0305.69 Fish; salted or in brine, not dried or smoked, other than edible fish offal, n.e.c. in item no. 0305.6 0305.71 Fish; edible offal, shark fins 0305.72 Fish; edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws 0305.79 Fish; edible offal, other than shark fins, fish heads, tails and maws

The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.

Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.

Shipping goods under 0305.32? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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0305.32 FAQ

0305.32 covers fish fillets; dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked, of the families bregmacerotidae, euclichthyidae, gadidae, macrouridae, melanonidae, merlucciidae, moridae and muraenolepididae. It sits under heading 03.05 (fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before, or during the smoking process) in chapter 03, Section I of the Harmonized System.

It is the international part of it. Six digits are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System; the importing country then extends them to eight or ten for its own tariff and statistics. Declare 0305.32 plus whatever national digits the destination’s tariff schedule adds to it.

The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section I and to chapter 03. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.

A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.

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