Agriculture commodity
Catfish
Clarias spp. — DRC, Uganda, Chad, Cameroon. Dried and smoked forms for regional trade.
At a glance
- Family
- Fish & Aquaculture
- Sector
- Agriculture
- HS code
- 0302.72
- Forms
- 1
Traded forms
- SmokedHS 0305.44
- Smoked catfish, whole or filleted — the form most of the regional catfish trade actually takes.
Frequently asked
- What is Catfish?
- Clarias spp. — DRC, Uganda, Chad, Cameroon. Dried and smoked forms for regional trade.
- Which forms is Catfish traded in?
- Catfish is traded as: Smoked.
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