CSMS #54241684
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Import Restrictions on Certain New Zealand Fish and Fish Products

CSMS # 54241684 - Import Restrictions on Certain New Zealand Fish and Fish Products U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 12/05/2022 03:37 PM EST CSMS # 54241684 - Import Restrictions on Certain New Zealand Fish and Fish Products **REMINDER: As this is only a courtesy message, please remember to include a link/reference to the primary location of this information (e.g. cbp.gov)** In response to the United States Court of International Trade order (Slip Op. 22-130) and in cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is imposing immediate import restrictions on fish and fish products from the New Zealand inshore set net and trawl fisheries deployed in the range of the Maui dolphin, a marine mammal species endemic to the on the west coast of the North Island. This action prohibits the importation into the United States from New Zealand of all snapper, tarakihi, spotted dogfish, trevally, warehou, hoki, barracouta, mullet, and gurnard fish and fish products harvested by set nets and trawls in the inshore fisheries of the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island within the Maui dolphin’s geographic range. To effectuate the court order, snapper, tarakihi, spotted dogfish, trevally, warehou, hoki, barracouta, mullet, and gurnard fish and fish products imported into the United States under the HTS codes listed below, caught with a set net or trawl within the Maui dolphin range, are prohibited from entry into the United States. NMFS is working with Government of New Zealand to establish Certificate of Admissibility procedures and additional details will be published when available. More information will be is available online: HTTPS://WWW.FISHERIES.NOAA.GOV/FOREIGN/MARINE-MAMMAL-PROTECTION/SEAFOOD-IMPORT-RESTRICTIONS Contact information for questions should be sent to trademonitoring.support@noaa.gov . HTS Codes prohibited entry into the United States from New Zealand: 0302490000 0302591100 0302595090 0302810011 0302810091 0302891140 0302895058 0302895077 0302920000 0302990000 0303590000 0303660000 0303690000 0303810011 0303810091 0303890049 0303890067 0303890080 0303920000 0303990000 0304440030 0304440090 0304470000 0304530030 0304530090 0304560000 0304590091 0304741000 0304745000 0304791090 0304795000 0304880000 0304895050 0304895091 0304951005 0304951015 0304951090 0304959000 0304960000 0305320090 0305396180 0305494045 0305530000 0305540000 0305590001 0305691021 0305691041 0305695001 0305696001 0305710000 0305790000 1604174000 1604175000 1604176000 1604178000 1604181000 1604189000 1604192200 1604193200 1604194100 1604195100 1604196100 1604198200 1604201000 1604201500 1604202000 1604202500 1604203000 1604204000 1604205010 1604205090 1604206010 1604206090 1605200510

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PGAs Affected:
NMFS