Analysis
HTS 0307.29.01 covers scallops and other molluscs of the family Pectinidae: other under heading 0307 (molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5%. Compared with 0307.60.00 (snails, other than sea snails), which pays 5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0307.11.00 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0307.12.00 | Oysters: frozen | 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 |
| 0307.31.00 | 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 |