1604.20.05

Analysis

HTS 1604.20.05 covers products containing meat of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; prepared meals under heading 1604 (prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 10%. The costliest confusion would be with 1604.20.60 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 5 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 16 (70th percentile of 108 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.

For statistics it divides in two: 1604.20.05.10 for prepared meals and 1604.20.05.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.