Analysis
HTS 0307.12.00 covers oysters: frozen under heading 0307 (molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5%. The costliest confusion would be with 0307.60.00 (snails, other than sea snails) at 5%, a difference of 5 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 0307.12.00.60 for farmed and 0307.12.00.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0307.11.00 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0307.19.01 | Oysters: other | Free |
| 0307.21.00 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0307.22.00 | Scallops and other molluscs of the family Pectinidae: frozen | Free |
| 0307.29.01 | Scallops and other molluscs of the family Pectinidae: other | Free |
| 0307.31.00 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0307.32.00 | Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.): frozen | Free |
| 0307.39.01 | Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.): other | Free |
| 0307.42.00 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0307.43.00 | Cuttle fish and squid: frozen | Free |
| 0307.49.01 | Cuttle fish and squid: other | Free |
| 0307.51.00 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0307.52.00 | Octopus (Octopus spp.): frozen | Free |
| 0307.59.01 | Octopus (Octopus spp.): other | Free |
| 0307.60.00 | Snails, other than sea snails | 5% |
| 0307.71.00 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0307.72.00 | Clams, cockles and ark shells (families Arcidae, Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae, Hiatellidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Myidae, Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Solenidae, Tridacnidae and Veneridae): frozen | Free |
| 0307.79.01 | Clams, cockles and ark shells (families Arcidae, Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae, Hiatellidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Myidae, Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Solenidae, Tridacnidae and Veneridae): other | Free |
| 0307.81.00 | Live, fresh or chilled abalone (Haliotis spp.) | Free |
| 0307.82.00 | Live, fresh or chilled stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.) | Free |
| 0307.83.00 | Frozen abalone (Haliotis spp.) | Free |
| 0307.84.00 | Frozen stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.) | Free |
| 0307.87.00 | Abalone (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.): other abalone (Haliotis spp.) | Free |
| 0307.88.00 | Abalone (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.): other stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.) | Free |
| 0307.91.03 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0307.92.01 | Other: frozen | Free |
| 0307.99.03 | Other: other | Free |