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    0308.21.00

    Live, fresh or chilled

    This code covers live, fresh, or chilled sea urchins, specifically those of the *Strongylocentrotus*, *Paracentrotus*, *Loxechinus*, and *Echinus* species. Use this code when importing these aquatic invertebrates, as the general duty is free for standard trade partners or potentially eligible for preferential trade agreements, and it falls within the broader category of fish, crustaceans, and molluscs.

    Live, fresh or chilled

    Detailed information for HTS Code 0308.21.00

    This section of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers live, fresh, or chilled aquatic invertebrates, excluding crustaceans and molluscs, as well as smoked versions of these invertebrates. The code 0308.21.00 specifically applies to sea urchins in this condition. This code has two subdivisions: 0308.21.00.21 for sea urchin roe and 0308.21.00.29 for other sea urchin parts, so be sure to select the appropriate suffix based on whether you are reporting roe or other portions of the sea urchin.

    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 0308.21.00 and its subdivisions (0308.21.00.21 and 0308.21.00.29) is free, applying to standard trade partners (NTR). Special rates are not specified, but eligibility for FTA or preference programs may offer reduced or eliminated duties. Reporting units are in kilograms (kg) for all subdivisions. This means that imports under this HTS code, regardless of whether they are sea urchin roe (0308.21.00.21) or other sea urchin parts (0308.21.00.29), generally enter duty-free unless specific restrictions or requirements for preferential trade agreements are not met.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): Free

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    Code subdivisions

    0308.21.00.21

    Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process: > Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus): > Live, fresh or chilled > Roe

    0308.21.00.29

    Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process: > Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus): > Live, fresh or chilled > 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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