Analysis
HTS 1605.51.40 covers other: smoked under heading 1605 (crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 1605.51.50 (other: other) at 4.7%, a difference of 4.7 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 46% of the 108 tariff lines in chapter 16 that are also free. 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 1605.51.05 (products containing fish meat; prepared meals, duty-free) and 1605.51.50 (other: other, 4.7%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311710 (Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging), an industry of 516 US establishments employing 29,132 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 7.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 7.5% duty.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1605.51.05 | Products containing fish meat; prepared meals | Free |
| 1605.51.50 | Other: other | 4.7% |