Analysis
HTS 0307.52.00 covers octopus (Octopus spp.): frozen under heading 0307 (molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in…).
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 0307.29.01 | 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 |
| 0307.59.01 | 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 |