Analysis
HTS 0306.17.00 covers frozen: other shrimps and prawns under heading 0306 (crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 20 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 7.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 0306.93.20 (crabs: crabmeat) at 7.5%, a difference of 7.5 points on the customs value.
The ten-digit suffixes separate count size, count size, count size, count size, count size and count size and 14 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 86% of the 272 tariff lines in chapter 03 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 112512 (Shellfish Farming), the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0306.17.00.04 | Count size (headless weight) less than 33 per kg (15s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.05 | Count size (headless weight) 33-45 per kg (15-20s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.07 | Count size (headless weight) 46-55 per kg (21-25s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.08 | Count size (headless weight) 56-66 per kg (26-30s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.10 | Count size (headless weight) 67-88 per kg (31-40s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.11 | Count size (headless weight) 89-110 per kg (41-50s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.13 | Count size (headless weight) 111-132 per kg (51-60s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.14 | Count size (headless weight) 133-154 per kg (61-70s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.16 | Count size (headless weight) more than 154 per kg (70s) | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.17 | Count size (headless weight) less than 33 per kg (15s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.19 | Count size (headless weight) 33-45 per kg (15-20s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.20 | Count size (headless weight) 46-55 per kg (21-25s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.22 | Count size (headless weight) 56-66 per kg (26-30s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.23 | Count size (headless weight) 67-88 per kg (31-40s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.25 | Count size (headless weight) 89-110 per kg (41-50s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.26 | Count size (headless weight) 111-132 per kg (51-60s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.28 | Count size (headless weight) 133-154 per kg (61-70s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.29 | Count size (headless weight) more than 154 per kg (70s) | kg | 114112 |
| 0306.17.00.41 | Farmed | kg | 112512 |
| 0306.17.00.42 | Not farmed | kg | 114112 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0306.11.00 | Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) | Free |
| 0306.12.00 | Lobsters (Homarus spp.) | Free |
| 0306.14.20 | Crabs: crabmeat | 7.5% |
| 0306.14.40 | Crabs: other | Free |
| 0306.15.00 | Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) | Free |
| 0306.16.00 | Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) | Free |
| 0306.19.01 | Frozen: other | Free |
| 0306.31.00 | Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) | Free |
| 0306.32.00 | Lobsters (Homarus spp.) | Free |
| 0306.33.20 | Crabs: crabmeat | 7.5% |
| 0306.33.40 | Crabs: other | Free |
| 0306.34.00 | Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) | Free |
| 0306.35.00 | Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) | Free |
| 0306.36.00 | Live, fresh or chilled: other shrimps and prawns | Free |
| 0306.39.01 | Live, fresh or chilled: other | Free |
| 0306.91.00 | Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) | Free |
| 0306.92.00 | Lobsters (Homarus spp.) | Free |
| 0306.93.20 | Crabs: crabmeat | 7.5% |
| 0306.93.40 | Crabs: other | Free |
| 0306.94.00 | Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) | Free |
| 0306.95.00 | Shrimps and prawns | Free |
| 0306.99.01 | Other: other | Free |