U.S. imports of Fresh or Chilled Mahi-Mahi (Whole or Dressed, Excluding Fillets, Livers & Roes) (HS 0302895072) totaled $2.5M in August 2026, imported from 15 countries.
Importers of Fresh or Chilled Mahi-Mahi (Whole or Dressed, Excluding Fillets, Livers & Roes) paid $156K in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 6.35% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule. Fresh or Chilled Mahi-Mahi (Whole or Dressed, Excluding Fillets, Livers & Roes) imports of $2.5M in August 2026 ran 26% below the year-to-date monthly average of $3.3M.
Last updated: August 2026 dataMahi-mahi (Coryphaena spp.), also widely known as dolphin fish in international trade documentation, is a warm-water pelagic species with strong demand in US restaurant and retail channels. This tariff line covers the fish in whole or dressed form — not fillets, which move under heading 0304 — and applies to fresh or chilled shipments that require FDA prior notice and HACCP compliance. Scombrotoxin (histamine) formation is a well-documented risk for mahi-mahi given its rapid post-harvest temperature sensitivity, making cold-chain documentation a key element of FDA admissibility review.
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Average import price $7.43/kg · 270 import shipments a month
Mahi-mahi is a scombrotoxin-forming species, meaning histamine can accumulate rapidly if the fish is not kept at proper temperatures post-harvest. FDA's seafood HACCP regulations require importers and their foreign suppliers to have critical control points addressing time-temperature control throughout the cold chain.
The official HTS long description uses 'dolphin fish (mahi mahi)' because Coryphaena spp. is called dolphin fish in many international markets and in the Harmonized System nomenclature. To avoid consumer confusion with marine mammals, US retail and foodservice markets standardized on 'mahi-mahi,' but both names refer to the same species and are acceptable in trade documentation.
Statistical number 4 of 22 in subheading 030289
Statistical number 0302895072 · $2.5M of $24.8M
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Imports
Imports
$2.5MYoY · free account
Low of 8 reported months · imports
Low · free accountThrough August 2026 · imports 8 of 12 months reported. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Imports · August 2026
origin
Ecuador and Nicaragua together supply 86% of it.
customs district
None recorded for this period.
destination
Census publishes state breakdowns to the 6-digit level only. See HS 030289 for those.
entry
Census publishes port breakdowns to the 6-digit level only. See HS 030289 for those.
rate provision · imports
None recorded for this period.