Code 1604 17 · Heading 1604

Prepared or preserved eel, whole or in pieces, not minced

This code covers eel that is prepared or preserved and sold whole or in pieces. It does not cover minced eel.

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Whole preserved eel
Prepared eel pieces, not minced

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Prepared or preserved eels, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

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Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, moll… 1 of 9 chapters in section IV
Which type of product is it: a sausage or similar product; another prepared or preserved product of meat, meat by-products, blood or insects; a meat, fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate extract or juice; prepared or preserved fish or fish roe; or prepared or preserved crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates?
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Step 3 · Heading 1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar subst… 4 of 5 headings under chapter 16
Is it prepared or preserved fish—whole or in pieces, or in another form—or is it caviar or a fish-roe caviar substitute; and, for fish, which named species does it contain?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1604 17 Prepared or preserved eels, whole or in pieces (exc… 7 of 12 subheadings under heading 1604
Which prepared or preserved fish product is it: eel; salmon; herring; sardine, sardinel or sprat; tuna, striped bonito or bonito of the Sarda species; mackerel; anchovy; shark fins; another fish whole or in pieces; fish other than whole or in pieces; caviar; or a caviar substitute made from fish roe?

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1604 17 00 Prepared or preserved eels, whole or in pieces (excl. minced) 20.0% Save

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Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

16.04.1700

Eels

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

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1604 17 00 00

Eels

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Prepared or preserved shark fins, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

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.