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    0306.32.00

    Lobsters (Homarus spp.)

    This code covers live, fresh, or chilled lobsters (Homarus spp.). Use this code when importing these crustaceans, as the general duty treatment is free for standard trade partners, falling within Chapter 3 dedicated to fish and crustaceans.

    Lobsters (Homarus spp.)

    Detailed information for HTS Code 0306.32.00

    This entry falls within Chapter 3, which covers fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates. Specifically, code 0306.32.00 covers live, fresh, or chilled lobsters (Homarus spp.). This code is further divided into 0306.32.00.10 for live lobsters and 0306.32.00.90 for all other lobsters in this condition; use the appropriate suffix to specify whether the lobsters are live or categorized as “other”. Imports of lobsters under this code are generally duty-free for standard trade partners or those eligible for free trade agreements.

    ChapterChapter 3 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    SectionSection I - Live Animals; Animal Products

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    General Duty

    Free

    Standard trade partners (NTR)

    Special Duty

    N/A

    Eligible FTA or preference programs

    The general duty rate for HTS code 0306.32.00 (Lobsters) is free, applying to all imports from standard trade partners (NTR). Special rates are not specified, but may be available for eligible FTA or preference programs. This duty schedule applies to both subdivisions: 0306.32.00.10 (Live Lobsters) and 0306.32.00.90 (Other Lobsters). Reporting units for this HTS code and its subdivisions are kilograms (kg).

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): Free

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    Code subdivisions

    0306.32.00.10

    Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine: > Live, fresh or chilled: > Lobsters (Homarus spp.) > Live

    0306.32.00.90

    Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine: > Live, fresh or chilled: > Lobsters (Homarus spp.) > Other

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    Chapter & section notes

    Chapter notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 3 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES I 3-1 Note 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Mammals of heading 0106; (b) Meat of mammals of heading 0106 (heading 0208 or 0210); (c) Fish (including livers, roes and milt thereof) or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition (chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption (heading 2301); or (d) Caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604). 2. In this chapter the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a small quantity of binder. 3. Headings 0305 to 0308 do not cover flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption (heading 0309). Additional U.S. Note 1. Certain fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates are provided for in chapter 98. Statistical Note 1. Imports of shrimp or products of shrimp are subject to the provisions of section 609 of Public Law 101-162 of November 21, 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1537 note). Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes I 3-2

    Section notes

    SECTION I LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS I-1 Notes 1. Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species. 2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the tariff schedule any reference to "dried" products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes I-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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