HSN chapter guide
Chapter 03 — Fish & crustaceans
307 eight-digit tariff lines. Rates below are from the Indian Customs Tariff First Schedule. Use the AI HSN classifier if you only have a product description. Reviewed by the CustomsAI compliance desk · 24 August 2026.
Chapter notes
- This Chapter does not cover: (a) Mammals of heading 01.06; (b) Meat of mammals of heading 01.06 (heading 02.08 or 02.10); (c) Fish (including livers, roes and milt thereof) or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption (heading 23.01); or (d) Caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 16.04).
- In this Chapter the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a small quantity of binder.
- Headings 03.05 to 03.08 do not cover flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption (heading 03.09).
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 0301 11 00 | Freshwater | 30% |
| 0301 19 00 | Other | 30% |
| 0301 91 00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchusclarki,Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) | 30% |
| 0301 92 00 | Eels (Anguilla spp.) | 30% |
| 0301 93 00 | Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus,Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.) | 30% |
| 0301 94 00 | Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) | 30% |
| 0301 95 00 | Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) | 30% |
| 0301 99 00 | Other | 30% |
| 0302 11 00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhyncus mykiss, Oncorhyncus clarkii, Oncorhyncus aguabonita, Oncorhyncus gilae, Oncorhyncus apache and Oncorhyncus chrysogaster) | 30% |
| 0302 13 00 | Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha,Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus) | 30% |
| 0302 14 00 | Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) | 30% |
| 0302 19 00 | Other | 30% |
| 0302 21 00 | Halibut (Rheinhardtius hippoglossidae, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis) | 30% |
| 0302 22 00 | Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) | 30% |
| 0302 23 00 | Sole (Solea spp.) | 30% |
| 0302 24 00 | Turbots (Psetta maxima) | 30% |
| 0302 29 00 | Other | 30% |
| 0302 31 00 | Albacore or long finned tunas (Thunnus alalunga) | 30% |
| 0302 32 00 | Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) | 30% |
| 0302 33 00 | Skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonuspelamis) | 30% |
| 0302 34 00 | Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus) | 30% |
| 0302 35 00 | Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) | 30% |
| 0302 36 00 | Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) | 30% |
| 0302 39 00 | Other | 30% |
| 0302 41 00 | Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) | 30% |
| 0302 42 00 | Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) | 30% |
| 0302 43 00 | Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), Sardinella (Sardinella spp.) brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus) | 30% |
| 0302 44 00 | Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) | 30% |
| 0302 45 00 | Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) | 30% |
| 0302 46 00 | Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) | 30% |
| 0302 47 00 | Swordfish (Xiphiasgladius) | 30% |
| 0302 49 00 | Other | 30% |
| 0302 51 00 | Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | 30% |
| 0302 52 00 | Haddock (Melangrammus aegllefinus) | 30% |
| 0302 53 00 | Coal fish (Pollachinus virens) | 30% |
| 0302 54 00 | Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) | 30% |
| 0302 55 00 | Alaska Pollock (Theragrachalcogramma) | 30% |
| 0302 56 00 | Blue whittings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis) | 30% |
| 0302 59 00 | Other | 30% |
| 0302 71 00 | Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), | 30% |