0306.33.20

Analysis

HTS 0306.33.20 covers crabs: crabmeat under heading 0306 (crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in…).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 7.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 0306.99.01 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 7.5 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 7.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 03 (99th percentile of 272 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $750 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 7.5%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 114112 (Shellfish Fishing), an industry of 940 US establishments employing 1,604 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.