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HTS tariff line · chapter 03

0309.90.90

Other: other

Analysis

HTS 0309.90.90 covers other: other under heading 0309 (flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates…).

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.

All 6 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.

Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
0309.90.10Of crustaceans: frozenFree
0309.90.20Live, fresh, or chilledFree
0309.90.30Of crustaceans: otherFree
0309.90.40Live, fresh or chilledFree
0309.90.50Of molluscs: frozenFree
0309.90.60Of molluscs: otherFree