Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen

HS v2022 Code: 0304

About fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen

HS code 0304 covers a vital segment of the global food industry - the production and trade of fish fillets and other fish meat. This industry plays a crucial role in meeting the world's growing demand for seafood, a nutritious and versatile protein source. As an important component of the broader 03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates industry, the 0304 category represents a significant portion of international trade in fishery products.

Production process

The production of fish fillets and other fish meat involves several key steps. First, whole fish are carefully selected and processed, often through filleting or other meat separation techniques. The resulting fillets or fish meat may then undergo further processing, such as freezing, chilling, or even mincing, to preserve quality and extend shelf life. Advanced processing methods, including automated filleting machines and cryogenic freezing, have helped increase efficiency and consistency in this industry.

Production inputs

The 0304 industry relies on a steady supply of raw fish as the primary input. Fishermen, fish farms, and aquaculture operations provide the necessary raw materials. Additionally, the industry utilizes specialized equipment, such as filleting machines, freezers, and packaging materials, to transform the raw fish into the final products. Energy sources, such as electricity or fuel, are also crucial inputs for the various processing and preservation techniques employed.

Production outputs

The main outputs of the 0304 industry are fish fillets and other fish meat, both fresh and frozen. These products are widely consumed in a variety of culinary applications, from home cooking to commercial food service. The outputs of this industry are often used as inputs for other 16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates and 23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder industries, further contributing to the interconnected nature of the global food system.

Family tree for fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen

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    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/03'>03: Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0304'>0304: Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced); fresh, chilled or frozen</a>"]

    A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0301'>0301: Fish; live</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0302'>0302: Fish; fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0303'>0303: Fish; frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0305'>0305: Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before, or during the smoking process</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0306'>0306: Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0307'>0307: Molluscs; whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0308'>0308: Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/0309'>0309: Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption</a>"]

    B --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030431'>030431: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)</a>"]
B --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030432'>030432: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)</a>"]
B --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030433'>030433: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, Nile perch (Lates niloticus)</a>"]
B --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030439'>030439: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, carp (as specified by the WCO), eels (Anguilla spp.), and snakeheads (Channa spp.)</a>"]
B --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030441'>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)</a>"]
B --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030442'>030442: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)</a>"]
B --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030443'>030443: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae)</a>"]
B --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030444'>030444: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, and Muraenolepididae</a>"]
B --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030445'>030445: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, swordfish (Xiphias gladius)</a>"]
B --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030446'>030446: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)</a>"]
B --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030447'>030447: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, dogfish and other sharks</a>"]
B --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030448'>030448: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, rays and skates (Rajidae)</a>"]
B --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030449'>030449: Fish fillets; fresh or chilled, other than fish of heading 0304.4</a>"]
B --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030451'>030451: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads</a>"]
B --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030452'>030452: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, salmonidae</a>"]
B --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030453'>030453: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, and Muraenolepididae</a>"]
B --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030454'>030454: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, swordfish (Xiphias gladius)</a>"]
B --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030455'>030455: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)</a>"]
B --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030456'>030456: Fish meat; excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, dogfish and other sharks</a>"]
B --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030457'>030457: Fish meat; excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, rays and skates (Rajidae)</a>"]
B --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030459'>030459: Fish meat; excluding fillets, whether or not minced; fresh or chilled, of fish n.e.c. in item no. 0304.5</a>"]
B --> BF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030461'>030461: Fish fillets; frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)</a>"]
B --> BG["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030462'>030462: Fish fillets; frozen, catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)</a>"]
B --> BH["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030463'>030463: Fish fillets; frozen, Nile Perch (Lates niloticus)</a>"]
B --> BI["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030469'>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)</a>"]
B --> BJ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030471'>030471: Fish fillets; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)</a>"]
B --> BK["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030472'>030472: Fish fillets; frozen, haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)</a>"]
B --> BL["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030473'>030473: Fish fillets; frozen, coalfish (Pollachius virens)</a>"]
B --> BM["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030474'>030474: Fish fillets; frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)</a>"]
B --> BN["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030475'>030475: Fish fillets; frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)</a>"]
B --> BO["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030479'>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</a>"]
B --> BP["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030481'>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)</a>"]
B --> BQ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030482'>030482: Fish fillets; frozen, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)</a>"]
B --> BR["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030483'>030483: Fish fillets; frozen, flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae)</a>"]
B --> BS["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030484'>030484: Fish fillets; frozen, swordfish (Xiphias gladius)</a>"]
B --> BT["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030485'>030485: Fish fillets; frozen, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)</a>"]
B --> BU["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030486'>030486: Fish fillets; frozen, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii)</a>"]
B --> BV["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030487'>030487: Fish fillets; frozen, tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis)</a>"]
B --> BW["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030488'>030488: Fish fillets; frozen, dogfish, other sharks, rays and skates (Rajidae)</a>"]
B --> BX["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030489'>030489: Fish fillets; frozen, of fish n.e.c. in heading 0304.8</a>"]
B --> BY["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030491'>030491: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, swordfish (Xiphias gladius)</a>"]
B --> BZ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030492'>030492: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.)</a>"]
B --> CA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030493'>030493: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, tilapias, catfish, carp, eels, Nile perch, and snakeheads</a>"]
B --> CB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030494'>030494: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)</a>"]
B --> CC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030495'>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)</a>"]
B --> CD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030496'>030496: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, dogfish and other sharks</a>"]
B --> CE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030497'>030497: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, rays and skates (Rajidae)</a>"]
B --> CF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/030499'>030499: Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0304.9</a>"]


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