HS code 0301: Live fish
Heading 0301 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 03, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
0301Live fish
Place in the nomenclature: 03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates > 0301
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 8
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 14
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 0301
- 0301 11Ornamental fish | Freshwater fish
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live ornamental freshwater fish
- 0301 11 00 Freshwater fish
- 0301 19Ornamental fish | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live ornamental fish (excl. freshwater)
- 0301 19 00 Other
- 0301 91Other live fish | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live trout "Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster"
- 0301 91 10 Of the species Oncorhynchus apache or Oncorhynchus chrysogaster
- 0301 91 90 Other
- 0301 92Other live fish | Eels (Anguilla spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live eels "Anguilla spp."
- 0301 92 10 Of a length of less than 12 cm
- 0301 92 30 Of a length of 12 cm or more but less than 20 cm
- 0301 92 90 Of a length of 20 cm or more
- 0301 93Other live fish | Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live carp "Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp."
- 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.)
- 0301 94Other live fish | Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis)
- 0301 94 10 Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
- 0301 94 90 Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
- 0301 95Other live fish | Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii"
- 0301 95 00 Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
- 0301 99Other live fish | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Live fish (excl. ornamental fish, trout [Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster], eels [Anguilla spp.], carp [Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.], Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna [Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis] and southern bluefin tuna [Thunnus maccoyii])
- 0301 99 11 Freshwater fish | 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)
- 0301 99 17 Freshwater fish | Other
- 0301 99 85 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.