1605.30.10

Analysis

HTS 1605.30.10 covers lobster: other under heading 1605 (crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 10%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 1605.56.15 (boiled clams, whether whole, minced or chopped, and whether or not…), at 10%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 10 percentage points.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 46% of the 108 tariff lines in chapter 16. 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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

The ten-digit suffixes separate frozen, not frozen and in airtight containers. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.