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

HS v2022 Code: 030353

About 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

HS code 030353 covers the import and export of frozen sardines, sardinella, and brisling or sprats. These small, oily fish are a staple food in many regions and an important source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids. The global trade in these frozen fish products is a significant component of the broader seafood industry, which plays a crucial role in the world's food supply and economy.

Production process

The production of frozen sardines, sardinella, and brisling or sprats typically involves catching the fish, cleaning and processing them, and then freezing the products for storage and transportation. The fish are often caught using purse seine or other commercial fishing methods, and then quickly frozen to preserve their freshness and nutritional value.

Production inputs

The main inputs required for the production of frozen fish under HS code 030353 include the raw fish, which are typically sourced from commercial fishing operations. Additional inputs may include packaging materials, such as boxes or bags, as well as freezing and storage equipment to maintain the quality of the products during transportation and distribution.

Production outputs

The primary output of HS code 030353 is frozen sardines, sardinella, and brisling or sprats, which are often consumed as a food product or used as an ingredient in other seafood dishes. These frozen fish products may be exported to 160412 Prepared or preserved fish; sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, 160413 Prepared or preserved fish; anchovies, or 160420 Prepared or preserved fish; other than whole or in pieces, among other related HS codes.

Revisions to 030353

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 030353. The most recent 1 version of this code (030353) is in the HS v2022 system (this version):

This page shows the most recent version of code 030353.

Family tree for 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

    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/v2022/030353'>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 --> 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/v2022/030323'>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 --> J["<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 --> K["<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 --> L["<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 --> M["<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 --> N["<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 --> O["<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 --> P["<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 --> Q["<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 --> R["<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 --> S["<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 --> T["<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 --> U["<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 --> V["<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 --> W["<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 --> X["<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 --> Y["<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 --> Z["<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 --> 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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