Code 1605 10 · Heading 1605

Prepared or preserved crab

This code covers crab that has been prepared or preserved. It does not cover prepared or preserved shrimp, lobster, other crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates listed separately.

For example

Prepared crab
Preserved crab

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Official tariff text

Crab, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked)

How we got to this code

IV
16
1605
1605 10

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Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
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Step 2 · Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, moll… 1 of 9 chapters in section IV
Which type of product is it: a sausage or similar product; another prepared or preserved product of meat, meat by-products, blood or insects; a meat, fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate extract or juice; prepared or preserved fish or fish roe; or prepared or preserved crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates?
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Step 3 · Heading 1605 Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrat… 5 of 5 headings under chapter 16
Which named type is the prepared or preserved product: crab, prawn, lobster, another crustacean, oyster, scallop, mussel, squid, octopus, clam, abalone, snail, another mollusc, sea cucumber, sea urchin, jellyfish or another aquatic invertebrate?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1605 10 Crab, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked) 1 of 18 subheadings under heading 1605
Is the product prepared or preserved crab?

Pick the 8-digit code

Import duty on the codes below: 8.0%

Only one code below

1605 10 00

Crab, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked)

8.0%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 26.0%.

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

16.05.1000 Crabs

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

8.0%

Their lines5 British lines
EU originDuty free

1605 10 00 05 Crab balls made of wheat starch, salt, sugar, compound condiments, crab meat and filling

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines19 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

1605.10.05.10 Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

16.05.1000

Crabs

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

All 5 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

8.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

1605.10.05.10

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Products containing fish meat; prepared meals, In airtight containers

General rate

10%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.05.90

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Products containing fish meat; prepared meals, Other

General rate

10%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.20.10

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, In airtight containers, King crab

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.20.22

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, In airtight containers, Snow crab (Chionoecetes bairdi, C. opilio, C. tanneri and C. angulatus), C. opilio (small)

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.20.25

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, In airtight containers, Snow crab (Chionoecetes bairdi, C. opilio, C. tanneri and C. angulatus), Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.20.30

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, In airtight containers, Dungeness

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.20.51

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, In airtight containers, Swimming crabs (Portunidae), Callinectes spp., including blue crabs (C. sapidus)

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.20.59

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, In airtight containers, Swimming crabs (Portunidae), Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

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1605.10.20.90

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, In airtight containers, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.40.02

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, Other, Frozen, King crab

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.40.05

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, Other, Frozen, Snow crab (Chionoecetes bairdi, C. opilio, C. tanneri and C. angulatus), C. opilio (small)

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.40.10

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, Other, Frozen, Snow crab (Chionoecetes bairdi, C. opilio, C. tanneri and C. angulatus), Other

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.40.15

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, Other, Frozen, Dungeness

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.40.25

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, Other, Frozen, Swimming crabs (Portunidae), Callinectes spp., including blue crabs (C. sapidus)

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.40.30

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, Other, Frozen, Swimming crabs (Portunidae), Other

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.40.35

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, Other, Frozen, Other

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.40.40

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, Crabmeat, Other

General rate

5%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.60.10

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other, In airtight containers

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
1605.10.60.90

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, Crab, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

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.