1605

Analysis

Heading 1605 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved. It divides into 18 six-digit subheadings and 39 eight-digit tariff lines, with 64 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

The spread of 10 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 10%, applies to 1605.10.05 (products containing fish meat; prepared meals) and 1605.30.05 (products containing fish meat; prepared meals).

31 of its 39 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (79%) and 8 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 10%. The median line pays duty-free.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 23rd percentile of the headings in chapter 16.

The largest subheadings are 1605.56 (clams, cockles and arkshells, 6 lines), 1605.10 (crab, 4 lines), 1605.51 (oysters, 3 lines) and 1605.21 (not in airtight containers, 2 lines).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (311710) and Shellfish Fishing (114112). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.