1605.10.05

Analysis

HTS 1605.10.05 covers products containing fish meat; prepared meals under heading 1605 (crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 1605.10.60 (other: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 10 percentage points.

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 10%. 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.

The general duty rate is 10% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 16 (93rd percentile of 108 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,000 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

For statistics it divides in two: 1605.10.05.10 for in airtight containers and 1605.10.05.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.