Classification complete
0303 81 30
Frozen porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus)
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 03038130.
Code 0303 81 30 · Subheading 0303 81
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers edible frozen porbeagle shark, scientifically named Lamna nasus. It is for frozen fish rather than fresh or chilled fish, and the heading excludes fillets and other fish meat classified under heading 0304.
For example
Official tariff text
Frozen porbeagle shark "Lamna nasus"
Classification complete
0303 81 30
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 03038130.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Classification decides the rate here: from 6.0% to 8.0%.
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in San Marino; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; Western Sahara; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); 33 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; Ukraine; any country except Andorra, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland; European Union; Japan; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
03.03.8100
Dogfish and other sharks
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
0303 81 30 00
Porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus)
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
It covers the same Lamna nasus species when fresh or chilled rather than frozen.
It covers frozen fillets of Lamna nasus, whereas this code is for frozen fish excluding fillets.
It covers frozen Lamna nasus fish meat other than fillets, whereas this code is under the frozen-fish heading.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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