HSN Codes · Chapter 03: Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates
HSN Code 030554
Herrings (clupea harengus, clupea pallasii),anchovies (engraulis spp.), sardines (sardinapilchardus, sardinops spp.), sardinella (sardinellaspp.), brisling or sprats (sprattus sprattus), mackerel (scomber scombrus, scomber australasicus, scomber japonicus), indian mackerels (rastrelliger spp.), seerfishes (scomberomorus spp.), jack and horse mackerel (trachurus spp.), jacks, crevalles (caranx spp.), cobia (rachycentron canadum), silver pomfrets (pampus spp.), pacific saury (cololabis saira), sca
Typical GST rate
Varies
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Type
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HSN classification
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Sub-heading
Reading code 030554
The first two digits (03) place this code in chapter 03 — Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates. Heading 0305 groups the product family, and the remaining digits pin down this specific 6-digit classification. Remember: you can never invent a shorter code by truncating a longer one — only codes that exist in the official tariff are valid.
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates — fresh, chilled, frozen, or processed. Fresh fish is typically exempt; processed forms are taxed.
Parent heading
0305 — Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process
More specific codes under 030554
- 03055400 — Herrings (clupea harengus, clupea pallasii),anchovies (engraulis spp.), sardines (sardinapilchardus, sardinops spp.), sardinella (sardinellaspp.), brisling or sprats (sprattus sprattus), mackerel (scomber scombrus, scomber australasicus, scomber japonicus), indian mackerels (rastrelliger spp.), seerfishes (scomberomorus spp.), jack and horse mackerel (trachurus spp.), jacks, crevalles (caranx spp.), cobia (rachycentron canadum), silver pomfrets (pampus spp.), pacific saury (cololabis saira), sca
Related codes in heading 0305
- 030520 — Livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine
- 030531 — Tilapias (oreochromis spp.), catfish (pangasius spp., silurus spp., clarias spp., ictalurus spp.),carp (cyprinus spp.,carassius spp., cteno- pharyngodon idellus, hypophthalmichthys spp., cirrhinus spp., mylopharyngodon piceus, catla catla, labeo spp., osteochilus hasselti, leptobarbus hoeveni, megalobrama spp.), eels (anguilla spp.), nile perch (lates niloticus) and snakeheads (channa spp.)
- 030532 — Fish of the familes bregmacerotidae, euclichthyidae, gadidae,macrouridae, melanonidae, merlucciidae, moridae and muraenolepididae
- 030539 — Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process — other
- 030541 — Pacific salmon (oncorhynchus nerka, oncorhynchus gorbuscha, oncorhynchus keta, oncorhynchus tschawytscha, oncorhynchus kisutch, oncorhynchus masou and oncorhynchus rhodurus),atlantic salmon (salmo salar) and danube salmon (hucho hucho)
- 030542 — Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process — herrings (clupea harengus, clupea pallasii)
- 030543 — Trout (salmo trutta, oncorhynchus mykiss, oncorhynchus clarki, oncorhynchus aguabonita, oncorhynchus gilae, oncorhynchus apache and oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
- 030544 — Tilapias (oreochromis spp.), catfish (pangasius spp., silurus spp., clarias spp., ictalurus spp.), carp (cyprinus spp.,carassius spp., ctenopharyngodon idellus, hypophthalmichthys spp.,cirrhinus spp., mylopharyngodon piceus, catlacatla, labeo spp., osteochilus hasselti, lepto-barbus hoeveni, megalobrama spp.), eels(anguilla spp.), nile perch (lates niloticus) and snakeheads (channa spp.)
- 030549 — Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process — other
- 030551 — Cod (gadus morhua, gadus ogac, gadusmacrocephalus)
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