HS4 subsector intelligence

Fish
HS4 0303 trade overview

A focused view of this HS4 subsector: market scale, momentum, leading routes, countries, and the HS6 classifications inside it.

HS4 03031995-2024 coverageStable
The numbers at a glanceLatest reported year · 2024
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Latest trade

$25.3BGlobal subsector value
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Annual change

+4.9%Latest year on year
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Exporters

174Active reporting countries
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Importers

200Active reporting countries
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HS6 products

44Classifications inside HS4

The subsector read

$25.3B in trade, with +1.4% annualized growth over three years.

Fish is recorded across 5,429 active corridors, with 174 exporters and 200 importers.

Annual trend

Subsector momentum over time

Reported global trade from 1995 to 2024. Read the methodology ↗

Annual subsector tradeReported global trade from 1995 to 2024.1995: $8.1B1996: $8.8B1997: $8.8B1998: $8.2B1999: $8.8B2000: $9.3B2001: $10.0B2002: $10.1B2003: $10.9B2004: $12.1B2005: $13.8B2006: $14.7B2007: $16.1B2008: $17.4B2009: $16.7B2010: $19.2B2011: $23.9B2012: $24.1B2013: $23.8B2014: $24.1B2015: $21.0B2016: $21.9B2017: $24.3B2018: $25.4B2019: $25.1B2020: $22.8B2021: $24.2B2022: $27.3B2023: $25.9B2024: $25.3B
Reported global trade by year.

Top trade corridors

Where the subsector moves

Leading exporter-to-importer relationships by latest reported value. See data sources ↗

Latest reported relationshipsTop 10 by trade value
RankExporterImporterTrade valueGrowthHS6DistanceFTA
1RussiaRUSChinaCHN$1.2B+17.3%196,831 kmNo
2ChileCHLJapanJPN$580.4M-2.4%817,242 kmYes
3USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSAChinaCHN$467.5M+5.9%1911,883 kmNo
4USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSAJapanJPN$409.9M-4.5%1510,872 kmNo
5NorwayNORChinaCHN$390.6M+1.8%148,105 kmNo
6RussiaRUSRepublic of KoreaKOR$315.0M-23.7%176,622 kmNo
7TurkeyTURRussiaRUS$303.5M+31%151,757 kmNo
8IndonesiaIDNChinaCHN$279.6M+17.9%204,425 kmYes
9RussiaRUSJapanJPN$263.2M-21.6%107,497 kmNo
10IndiaINDChinaCHN$258.8M+25%124,252 kmNo

Market structure

Where supply and demand concentrate

Exporter and importer rankings show the two sides of the subsector separately. Check coverage ↗

Top exporters2024 ranking
RankCountryExportsPartnersHS6
1RussiaRUS$2.4B6144
2ChinaCHN$2.0B15844
3ChileCHL$1.9B11340
4NorwayNOR$1.8B10842
5USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA$1.7B14044
6TaiwanTWN$974.5M9243
7SpainESP$907.5M12044
8NetherlandsNLD$737.4M12444
9Republic of KoreaKOR$709.2M9944
10IndonesiaIDN$621.6M9544
Top importers2024 ranking
RankCountryImportsPartnersHS6
1ChinaCHN$4.4B7744
2JapanJPN$2.3B7944
3ThailandTHA$1.8B7943
4Republic of KoreaKOR$1.1B8144
5Viet NamVNM$1.1B6244
6USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin IslandsUSA$1.0B9644
7Côte d\'IvoireCIV$850.9M5537
8SpainESP$749.8M8344
9RussiaRUS$698.1M2944
10NigeriaNGA$626.7M4133

HS6 product coverage

The products inside HS4 0303

Six-digit classifications make the subsector specific. Browse the product workspace ↗

63 classifications shownFish
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Fish: Pacific salmon, (oncorhynchus spp.), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030310
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Fish: Pacific salmon, sockeye salmon, (red salmon), (Oncorhynchus nerka,) frozen, (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030311
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Fish: frozen, Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha/keta/tschawytscha/ kisutch/masou/rhodurus) other than sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030312
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Fish: frozen, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030313
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Fish: frozen, trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030314
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Fish: frozen, salmonidae, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.1, excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030319
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Fish: trout (salmo trutta, oncorhynchus mykiss, oncorhynchus clarki, oncorhynchus aguabonita, oncorhynchus gilae, oncorhynchus apache and oncorhynchus chrysogaster), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030321
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Fish: Atlantic salmon (salmo salar) and Danube salmon (hucho hucho), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030322
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Fish: frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030323
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Fish: frozen, catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030324
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Fish: frozen, carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030325
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Fish: frozen, eels (Anguilla spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030326
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Fish: frozen, Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030329
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Fish: halibut (reinhardtius hippoglossoides, hippoglossus hippoglossus, hippoglossus stenolepis), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030331
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Fish: plaice (pleuronectes platessa), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030332
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Fish: frozen, sole (Solea spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030333
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Fish: frozen, turbots (Psetta maxima, Scophthalmidae), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030334
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Fish: frozen, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.3, excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030339
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Fish: albacore or longfinned tunas (thunnus alalunga), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030341
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Fish: yellowfin tunas (thunnus albacares), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030342
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Fish: frozen, skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030343
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Fish: frozen, bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030344
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Fish: frozen, Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030345
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Fish: frozen, southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030346
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Fish: tuna, frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.4 (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030349
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Fish: herrings (clupea harengus, clupea pallasii), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030350
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Fish: frozen, herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030351
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Fish: cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030352
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Fish: frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030353
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Fish: frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030354
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Fish: frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030355
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Fish: frozen, cobia (Rachycentron canadum), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030356
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Fish: frozen, swordfish (Xiphias gladius), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030357
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Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.5, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030359
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Fish: cod (gadus morhua, gadus ogac, gadus macrocephalus), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030360
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Fish: swordfish (Xiphias gladius), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030361
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Fish: toothfish (Dissostichus spp.), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030362
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Fish: frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030363
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Fish: frozen, haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030364
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Fish: frozen, coalfish (Pollachius virens), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030365
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Fish: frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030366
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Fish: frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030367
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Fish: frozen, blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030368
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Fish: frozen, of Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, Muraenolepididae, other than cod, haddock, coalfish, hake, Alaska pollack, blue whitings, not fillets, meat of 0304, and edible offal of 0303.9HS6 030369
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Fish: sardines (sardina pilchardus, sardinops spp.), sardinella (sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (sprattus sprattus), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030371
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Fish: haddock (melanogrammus aeglefinus), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030372
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Fish: coalfish (pollachius virens), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030373
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Fish: mackerel (scomber scombrus, scomber australasicus, scomber japonicus), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030374
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Fish: dogfish and other sharks, frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030375
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Fish: eels (anguilla spp.), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030376
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Fish: sea bass (dicentrarchus labrax, dicentrarchus punctatus), frozen, (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030377
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Fish: hake (merluccius spp., urophycis spp.), frozen (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030378
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Fish: frozen, n.e.s. in heading no. 0303 (excluding fillets, livers, roes and other fish meat of heading no. 0304)HS6 030379
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Fish: livers and roes, frozenHS6 030380
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Fish: frozen, dogfish and other sharks, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030381
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Fish: frozen, rays and skates (Rajidae), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030382
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Fish: frozen, toothfish (Dissostichus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030383
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Fish: frozen, seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304HS6 030384
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Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99HS6 030389
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Fish: frozen, livers and roesHS6 030390
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Fish: frozen, livers, roes and miltHS6 030391
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Fish: frozen, shark finsHS6 030392
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Fish: frozen, fish fins (other than shark fins), heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offalHS6 030399

Definitions and coverage

Read the numbers with context

Reported observations and calculated indicators should be read with their coverage period. Responsible AI principles ↗

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Reported values

Trade values describe reported merchandise trade for the HS4 classification, not company-level sales or shipment records.

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Calculated indicators

Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons are calculated from reported observations.

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Missing data

Unavailable observations remain unavailable. They are not filled, interpolated, or presented as forecasts.

Coverage: 1995-2024 · Data refreshed 2026-07-20 09:34:09

Data source

OECD trade statistics with CEPII context

OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.