What import duty does Kuwait charge on fresh sea bass?

Kuwait charges 0% on fresh sea bass of Turkish origin (on the CIF value). The rate was checked at its source on 2 November 2026.

Are Türkiye's exports of fresh sea bass to Kuwait growing?

Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), €19.5m of goods under HS 0302 went from Türkiye to Kuwait: +9% on the 12 months before.

How to export fresh sea bass to Kuwait? GTİP code, documents, customs duty and buyers

Türkiye's exports of heading 0302 to Kuwait came to €19.5m in the last 12 months (September 2025–August 2026). Against the 12 months before: +9%.

Figures are for heading 0302: the official statistics go no deeper. Each figure has its source and date beside it.

Türkiye's exports to Kuwait

Heading 0302 · September 2025 – August 2026

€19.5m+9% on the 12 months before

The 12 months before: €17.9m

Türkiye's own declarations: there are no import statistics for Kuwait we may use, so the market's total imports and Türkiye's share are not shown.

Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.

Licence(opens in a new tab)Dataset DS-059341(opens in a new tab)Updated at the source on 16 October 2026.

The customs watch computed these figures on 2 November 2026.

Customs duty

0%on the CIF value

The market's general (MFN) rateFrom the WTO's tariff data (its Integrated Data Base), WTO 2025, HS 2022No free trade agreement; Türkiye–GCC talks under wayMinistry of Trade, checked 2 November 2026

The rate set for HS 0302.84checked on 2 November 2026Official source(opens in a new tab)

Rules notified to the WTO

Rules for this product in Kuwait as notified to the WTO: draft regulations, emergency measures and their changes, newest first.

G/SPS/N/KWT/150/Add.1Food safety, animal and plant health (SPS)Addendum
Ministerial Decision number 142 of 2025 (Belgium)
Products: Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code(s): 03); Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined (excl. chemically modified) (HS code(s): 1504); Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. (HS code(s): 1603); Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (HS code(s): 1604); Meat, meat products and other animal produce (ICS code(s): 67.120)
Notified on 13 February 2025Origins it names: Belgium
On ePing(opens in a new tab)The notification(opens in a new tab)

1 notification in all; none open for comments. Titles and products as notified, in English.

Source: the World Trade Organization's ePing.

The code

HS subheading (6 digits), the same in every country

GTİP 0302.84

Fish; fresh or chilled, seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99

Official Turkish title: Deniz levreği; taze veya soğutulmuş

Heading 0302Fish; fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304

Türkiye exported €275m of HS 0302.84 in 2025: rank 159 of 5,132 subheadings.

Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.

2 national tariff lines (12 digits)

Declarations in Türkiye use one of these lines; each has its own page.

Its page in the codes guide TÜİK Sınıflama Sunucusu: GTİP 2026(opens in a new tab)UN Statistics Division: HS 2022 (H6)(opens in a new tab)

Frequently asked questions

What import duty does Kuwait charge on fresh sea bass?: Kuwait charges 0% on fresh sea bass of Turkish origin (on the CIF value). The rate was checked at its source on 2 November 2026.
Are Türkiye's exports of fresh sea bass to Kuwait growing?: Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), €19.5m of goods under HS 0302 went from Türkiye to Kuwait: +9% on the 12 months before.