Analysis
HTS 1605.10.60 covers other: other 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.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 10%. Compared with 1605.10.05 (products containing fish meat; prepared meals), which pays 10%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 10 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 1605.10.60.10 for in airtight containers and 1605.10.60.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 46% of the 108 tariff lines in chapter 16, 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.
The other lines in the same group are 1605.10.05 (products containing fish meat; prepared meals, 10%), 1605.10.20 (in airtight containers, duty-free) and 1605.10.40 (crabmeat: other, 5%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311710 (Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging), an industry of 516 US establishments employing 29,132 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1605.10.05 | Products containing fish meat; prepared meals | 10% |
| 1605.10.20 | In airtight containers | Free |
| 1605.10.40 | Crabmeat: other | 5% |