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HTS tariff line · chapter 03

0307.87.00

Abalone (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.): other abalone (Haliotis spp.)

Analysis

HTS 0307.87.00 covers abalone (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.): other abalone (Haliotis spp.) 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.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
0307.11.00Live, fresh or chilledFree
0307.12.00Oysters: frozenFree
0307.19.01Oysters: otherFree
0307.21.00Live, fresh or chilledFree
0307.22.00Scallops and other molluscs of the family Pectinidae: frozenFree
0307.29.01Scallops and other molluscs of the family Pectinidae: otherFree
0307.31.00Live, fresh or chilledFree
0307.32.00Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.): frozenFree
0307.39.01Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.): otherFree
0307.42.00Live, fresh or chilledFree
0307.43.00Cuttle fish and squid: frozenFree
0307.49.01Cuttle fish and squid: otherFree
0307.51.00Live, fresh or chilledFree
0307.52.00Octopus (Octopus spp.): frozenFree
0307.59.01Octopus (Octopus spp.): otherFree
0307.60.00Snails, other than sea snails5%
0307.71.00Live, fresh or chilledFree
0307.72.00Clams, cockles and ark shells (families Arcidae, Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae, Hiatellidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Myidae, Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Solenidae, Tridacnidae and Veneridae): frozenFree
0307.79.01Clams, cockles and ark shells (families Arcidae, Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae, Hiatellidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Myidae, Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Solenidae, Tridacnidae and Veneridae): otherFree
0307.81.00Live, fresh or chilled abalone (Haliotis spp.)Free
0307.82.00Live, fresh or chilled stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.)Free
0307.83.00Frozen abalone (Haliotis spp.)Free
0307.84.00Frozen stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.)Free
0307.88.00Abalone (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.): other stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.)Free
0307.91.03Live, fresh or chilledFree
0307.92.01Other: frozenFree
0307.99.03Other: otherFree