Analysis
HTS 0306.92.00 covers lobsters (Homarus spp.) under heading 0306 (crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 7.5%. Compared with 0306.93.20 (crabs: crabmeat), which pays 7.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 7.5 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 86% of the 272 tariff lines in chapter 03, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 114112 (Shellfish Fishing), an industry of 940 US establishments employing 1,604 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
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 |
| 0306.17.00 | Frozen: other shrimps and prawns | 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 |
| 0306.93.20 | 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 |