Other shrimps and prawns

This code covers imports of other shrimp and prawns, whether live, fresh, chilled, frozen, or processed. Use this code when classifying these crustaceans for duty assessment – generally these imports are free of duty with standard trade partner status, as defined within Chapter 3 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

Detailed information for HTS Code 0306.36.00

This code falls within Chapter 3, which covers fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates. Specifically, 0306.36.00 covers other shrimps and prawns, whether live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted, or in brine. This code has two subdivisions: 0306.36.00.20 for shell-on shrimp imported according to statistical note 1, and 0306.36.00.40 for peeled shrimp also imported in accordance with statistical note 1, so be sure to select the correct suffix based on whether the shrimp are shell-on or peeled and if they meet the requirements of that statistical note.

Chapter	Chapter 3 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Section	Section 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 0306.36.00 and its subdivisions 0306.36.00.20 (shell-on) and 0306.36.00.40 (peeled) is free, applying to standard trade partners (NTR). Special rates are not specified, but imports may qualify for FTA or preference program benefits if applicable. All imports under this HTS code and its subdivisions must be reported in kilograms (kg), as indicated by the reporting units. Statistical Note 1 applies to imports of shrimp or products of shrimp, per section 609 of Public Law 101-162.

Rate of Duty (Column 2): Free

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Code subdivisions

0306.36.00.20

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: > Other shrimps and prawns > Shell-on, imported in accordance with statistical note 1 to this chapter

0306.36.00.40

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: > Other shrimps and prawns > Peeled, imported in accordance with statistical note 1 to this chapter

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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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