Brazil NCM · 8-digit subitem

NCM 0302.72.10 – Fresh or chilled channel catfish

NCM 0302.72.10 (also written 03027210) is Brazil's code for fresh or chilled channel catfish. Its first 6 digits are HS code 0302.72.

Official description of NCM 0302.72.10

PortuguêsOfficial
Bagre americano (Ictalurus punctatus)
EnglishUnofficial translation

Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

Nomenclatura Comum do Mercosul (Siscomex). Updated Oct 2026 · In force since Apr 2022 (Res Gecex 272/2021).

How to read NCM 0302.72.10

03Chapter 02Heading 72Subheading

HS code 0302.72
Same in every country

1Item 0Subitem

Added by Mercosur
Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

The first 6 digits are the international HS code, so their meaning is the same in every country; Brazil publishes the text in Portuguese. Digits 7 and 8 are Brazil's own split of that HS code. The full 8-digit code is used on import declarations (DUIMP), invoices (NF-e) and tax filings.

Full classification path

  1. Chapter 03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates Peixes e crustáceos, moluscos e outros invertebrados aquáticos.
  2. Heading 03.02 Fish; fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 Peixes frescos ou refrigerados, exceto os filés (filetes) de peixes e outra carne de peixes da posição 03.04.
  3. Group 0302.7 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 Tilápias (Oreochromis spp.), bagres (peixes-gato*) (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carpas (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), enguias (Anguilla spp.), perca-do-nilo (Lates niloticus) e peixes cabeça-de-serpente (Channa spp.), exceto subprodutos comestíveis de peixes das subposições 0302.91 a 0302.99:
  4. Subheading 0302.72 Fish; fresh or chilled, catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 Bagres (Peixes-gato*) (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.)
  5. Subitem 0302.72.10 Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Bagre americano (Ictalurus punctatus)

Other NCM codes under HS 0302.72

0302.72.90 Other fresh or chilled catfishOutros

Questions about NCM 0302.72.10

What is NCM 0302.72.10?

NCM 0302.72.10 (03027210) is the Brazilian (Mercosur) code for fresh or chilled channel catfish. Its official Portuguese description is “Bagre americano (Ictalurus punctatus)”.

What is the HS code for NCM 0302.72.10?

HS 0302.72 (Fish; fresh or chilled, catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99). The first 6 digits of an NCM code are its international HS code; the last 2 digits are Brazil's own split.

Is an NCM code the same as an HS code?

The first 6 digits are the same in every country. NCM adds an item digit (7th) and a subitem digit (8th). A code ending in 00 means Brazil does not split that HS code further.

Which countries use NCM 0302.72.10?

All Mercosur members use the same NCM codes: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Source: Siscomex Classif NCM table, updated Oct 2026 (Resolução Gecex nº 926/2026). The Portuguese text is the official one; the English is our translation.