Heading 0306 · Chapter 03

Crustaceans, with or without shell—live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted, in brine or smoked

This heading covers crustaceans with or without shell in these forms: live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted, in brine or smoked. It also includes crustaceans with shell that have been boiled or steam-cooked in water.

For example

Frozen shrimp
Live lobster
Dried crab

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Official tariff text

Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, incl. crustaceans in shell cooked by steaming or by boiling in water

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Step 1 · Section I Live animals; animal products
Is it a live animal; meat or edible offal; a fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate; milk, a dairy product, bird egg, natural honey or another edible animal-origin product; or another product of animal origin?
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Step 2 · Chapter 03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic in… 3 of 5 chapters in section I
What is the product: live fish; edible fish that is fresh, chilled or frozen; fish fillets or other fish meat; preserved fish; a crustacean; a mollusc; another aquatic invertebrate; or meal, powder or pellets suitable for human consumption?
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Step 3 · Heading 0306 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, … 6 of 9 headings under chapter 03
Which crustacean is it—spiny lobster, lobster, crab, Norway lobster, cold-water shrimp, other shrimp or another crustacean—and is it frozen, live/fresh/chilled, or dried, salted, smoked or in brine?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–18.0%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 11.0%.

0301 Live fish 0.0–16.0%
0302 Fish, fresh or chilled (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304) 0.0–23.0%
0303 Frozen fish (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304) 0.0–23.0%
0304 Fish fillets and other fish meat, whether or not minced, fresh, chilled or frozen 2.0–18.0%
0305 Fish, fit for human consumption, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, fit for human consumption, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process 10.0–20.0%
0306 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, incl. crustaceans in shell cooked by steaming or by boiling in water you are here 0.0–18.0%
0307 Molluscs, fit for human consumption, even smoked, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine 0.0–11.0%
0308 Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked 0.0–11.0%
0309 Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption 11.0–13.0%

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Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.