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    HS Definition – 4 Digit level

    HS Code Product Definition Fish and Crustaceans, Molluscs and Other Aquatic Invertebrates
    H.0302 -Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates  
    --Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
    H.0303 -Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates  
    --Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
    H.0304 -Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates  
    --Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh,chilled or frozen
    H.0305 -Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates  
    --Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption
    H.0306 -Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates  
    --Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption.
    H.0307 -Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates  
    --Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption
    H.0308 -Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates  
    --Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, fit for human consumption

    Seafood Exports and its Main Markets (2018-2021)

    HS No. Total Exports in US$ Mn. Main Destinations (Top 10 importing markets)
    2018 2019 2020 2021
    H.0303 80.90 86.15 62.62 86.32 Netherlands, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, Switzerland, Taiwan, Province of China, Canada, Belgium
    H.0306 48.09 39.19 29.77 58.33 Japan, United States, United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Singapore
    H.0304 44.96 51.76 40.40 55.05 Italy,France, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, United Kingdom, Australia, Viet Nam, Spain
    H.0302 56.81 53.85 34.87 45.33 France, Israel, United States, Italy, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Spain, United Kingdom, Switzerland
    H.0307 20.85 12.78 7.62 11.16 China, United States, Canada, Japan, Spain, Taiwan, Province of China, United Kingdom, Malaysi, Maldives,Hong Kong
    H.0308 8.29 11.82 8.35 9.83 Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Viet Nam, United States, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Taiwan, Province of China, Maldives
    H.0305 5.94 6.90 6.17 8.05 Hong Kong, Australia, Korea South (Korea, Republic of, United States, Singapore, United Kingdom, Qatar, Japan, Canada, Jordan
    Total 265.84 262.45 189.81 274.07

Fish & Fisheries Products

Sri Lanka’s seafood product sector has emerged as a quality exporter of a wide variety of fish, with the most popular of them being tuna. Sri Lanka’s rich and relished seafood of different varieties are available through an extensive network of exporters.

Product Varieties & Suppliers