Classification complete
0303 92 40
Frozen fins of blue shark (Prionace glauca)
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 03039240.
Code 0303 92 40 · Subheading 0303 92
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This code covers edible frozen shark fins from blue shark (Prionace glauca). The product must be shark fins, not a fillet or other fish meat.
For example
Official tariff text
Frozen fins of blue shark "Prionace glauca"
Classification complete
0303 92 40
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 03039240.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
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); 27 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.
03.03.9200
Shark fins
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 92 40 00
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
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.
That code covers fresh or chilled shark fins, whereas this code covers frozen shark fins.
This code covers frozen shark fins other than the specifically named species, including blue shark; the present code specifically names blue shark (Prionace glauca).
That code covers frozen blue shark fish meat, including minced meat but excluding fillets, whereas this code covers blue shark fins.
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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