0309.90.60

Analysis

HTS 0309.90.60 covers of molluscs: other under heading 0309 (flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates…).

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 86% of the 272 tariff lines in chapter 03. 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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

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.