Fish; frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99

HS v2022 Code: 030323

About fish; frozen, tilapias (oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99

HS code 030323 covers the import and export of frozen tilapia fish, a globally significant aquaculture product. Tilapia is one of the most widely farmed fish species, with production concentrated in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. As a versatile, affordable, and nutritious protein source, frozen tilapia has become an important commodity in the international food trade.

Production process

Tilapia farming typically involves raising the fish in ponds, tanks, or cages, with careful control of water quality, temperature, and feeding. After harvesting, the fish are processed, which may include gutting, scaling, and quick-freezing to preserve freshness and quality. The frozen tilapia is then packaged and prepared for distribution to domestic and international markets.

Production inputs

The main inputs for the tilapia industry include fingerlings (juvenile fish) for stocking, feed (often containing soy, grains, and fish meal), water for aquaculture systems, and energy for pumping, aeration, and cold storage. Specialized equipment such as aerators, feeders, and processing machinery are also essential inputs.

Production outputs

Frozen tilapia produced under HS code 030323 is primarily destined for the food service industry, retail markets, and further processing. It may be consumed directly or used as an ingredient in other seafood products. Relevant downstream codes that may consume frozen tilapia include 160420 Fish, prepared or preserved, 160414 (Tunas, skipjack and bonito (Sarda spp.), prepared or preserved), and 160419 Fish, prepared or preserved, n.e.c. in heading no. 1604.

Revisions to 030323

Classification codes are adjusted frequently. The code may have been revised or replaced between system versions. The table below shows the history (newest to oldest) of the code 030323. The most recent 1 version of this code (030323) is in the HS v2022 system (this version):

This page shows the most recent version of code 030323.

Family tree for fish; frozen, tilapias (oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99

    graph LR
    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/03'>03: Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0303'>0303: Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304</a>"]
B --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030323'>030323: Fish; frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]

    B --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030311'>030311: Fish; frozen, Pacific salmon, sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030312'>030312: Fish; frozen, Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha/keta/tschawytscha/ kisutch/masou/rhodurus) other than sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030313'>030313: Fish; frozen, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030314'>030314: Fish; frozen, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), excluding fillets, meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030319'>030319: Fish; frozen, salmonidae, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.1, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030324'>030324: Fish; frozen, catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030325'>030325: Fish; frozen, carp (as specified by the WCO), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030326'>030326: Fish; frozen, eels (Anguilla spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030329'>030329: Fish; frozen, Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030331'>030331: Fish; frozen, halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030332'>030332: Fish; frozen, plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030333'>030333: Fish; frozen, sole (Solea spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030334'>030334: Fish; frozen, turbots (Psetta maxima, Scophthalmidae), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030339'>030339: Fish; frozen, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.3, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030341'>030341: Fish; frozen, albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030342'>030342: Fish; frozen, yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030343'>030343: Fish; frozen, skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030344'>030344: Fish; frozen, bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030345'>030345: Fish; frozen, Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030346'>030346: Fish; frozen, southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030349'>030349: Fish; frozen, tuna, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.4, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030351'>030351: Fish; frozen, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030353'>030353: Fish; frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030354'>030354: Fish; frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030355'>030355: Fish; frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030356'>030356: Fish; frozen, cobia (Rachycentron canadum), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030357'>030357: Fish; frozen, swordfish (Xiphias gladius), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030359'>030359: Fish; frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.5, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030363'>030363: Fish; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BG["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030364'>030364: Fish; frozen, haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BH["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030365'>030365: Fish; frozen, coalfish (Pollachius virens), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BI["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030366'>030366: Fish; frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BJ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030367'>030367: Fish; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BK["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030368'>030368: Fish; frozen, blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BL["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030369'>030369: Fish; frozen, of Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, Muraenolepididae, other than cod, haddock, coalfish, hake, Alaska pollack, blue whitings, not fillets, meat of 0304, and edible offal of 0303.9</a>"]
B --> BM["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030381'>030381: Fish; frozen, dogfish and other sharks, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BN["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030382'>030382: Fish; frozen, rays and skates (Rajidae), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BO["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030383'>030383: Fish; frozen, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BP["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030384'>030384: Fish; frozen, seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BQ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030389'>030389: Fish; frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99</a>"]
B --> BR["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030391'>030391: Fish; frozen, livers, roes and milt</a>"]
B --> BS["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030392'>030392: Fish; frozen, shark fins</a>"]
B --> BT["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030399'>030399: Fish; frozen, fish fins (other than shark fins), heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal</a>"]

    

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