Analysis
HTS 0309.90.20 covers live, fresh, or chilled under heading 0309 (flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates…).
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.
All 6 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0309.90.10 | Of crustaceans: frozen | Free |
| 0309.90.30 | Of crustaceans: other | Free |
| 0309.90.40 | Live, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0309.90.50 | Of molluscs: frozen | Free |
| 0309.90.60 | Of molluscs: other | Free |
| 0309.90.90 | Other: other | Free |