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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 1604: Prepared or preserved fish

Heading 1604 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 16, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

1604Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs

Place in the nomenclature: 16 Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects > 1604

Subheadings (6 digits)
12
CN codes (8 digits)
42

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 1604

  • 1604 11Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Salmon

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved salmon, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

    • 1604 11 00 Salmon
  • 1604 12Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Herring

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved herrings, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

    • 1604 12 10 Fillets, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, frozen
    • 1604 12 91 Other | In airtight containers
    • 1604 12 99 Other | Other
  • 1604 13Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

    • 1604 13 11 Sardines | In olive oil
    • 1604 13 19 Sardines | Other
    • 1604 13 90 Other
  • 1604 14Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.)

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

    • 1604 14 21 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Skipjack tuna | In vegetable oil
    • 1604 14 26 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Skipjack tuna | Other | Fillets known as loins
    • 1604 14 28 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Skipjack tuna | Other | Other
    • 1604 14 31 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) | In vegetable oil
    • 1604 14 36 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) | Other | Fillets known as loins
    • 1604 14 38 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) | Other | Other
    • 1604 14 41 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Other | In vegetable oil
    • 1604 14 46 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Other | Other | Fillets known as loins
    • 1604 14 48 Tunas and skipjack tuna | Other | Other | Other
    • 1604 14 90 Bonito (Sarda spp.)
  • 1604 15Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Mackerel

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved mackerel, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

    • 1604 15 11 Of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus | Fillets
    • 1604 15 19 Of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus | Other
    • 1604 15 90 Of the species Scomber australasicus
  • 1604 16Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Anchovies

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved anchovies, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

    • 1604 16 00 Anchovies
  • 1604 17Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Eels

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved eels, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

    • 1604 17 00 Eels
  • 1604 18Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Shark fins

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved shark fins, whole or in pieces (excl. minced)

    • 1604 18 00 Shark fins
  • 1604 19Fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins)

    • 1604 19 10 Salmonidae, other than salmon
    • 1604 19 31 Fish of the genus Euthynnus, other than skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) | Fillets known as loins
    • 1604 19 39 Fish of the genus Euthynnus, other than skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) | Other
    • 1604 19 50 Fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor
    • 1604 19 91 Other | Fillets, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not pre-fried in oil, frozen
    • 1604 19 92 Other | Other | Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus)
    • 1604 19 93 Other | Other | Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
    • 1604 19 94 Other | Other | Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.)
    • 1604 19 95 Other | Other | Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and pollack (Pollachius pollachius)
    • 1604 19 97 Other | Other | Other
  • 1604 20Other prepared or preserved fish

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Prepared or preserved fish (excl. whole or in pieces)

    • 1604 20 05 Preparations of surimi
    • 1604 20 10 Other | Of salmon
    • 1604 20 30 Other | Of Salmonidae, other than salmon
    • 1604 20 40 Other | Of anchovies
    • 1604 20 50 Other | Of sardines, bonito, mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor
    • 1604 20 70 Other | Of tuna, skipjack tuna or other fish of the genus Euthynnus
    • 1604 20 90 Other | Of other fish
  • 1604 31Caviar and caviar substitutes | Caviar

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Caviar

    • 1604 31 00 Caviar
  • 1604 32Caviar and caviar substitutes | Caviar substitutes

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs

    • 1604 32 00 Caviar substitutes

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.