Analysis
HTS 0306.93.40 covers crabs: other 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 0306.93.20 (crabs: crabmeat) at 7.5%, a difference of 7.5 points on the customs value.
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 114112 (Shellfish Fishing), an industry of 940 US establishments employing 1,604 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
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 |
| 0306.92.00 | Lobsters (Homarus spp.) | Free |
| 0306.93.20 | Crabs: crabmeat | 7.5% |
| 0306.94.00 | Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) | Free |
| 0306.95.00 | Shrimps and prawns | Free |
| 0306.99.01 | Other: other | Free |