0306.16
Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon)
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 > Frozen
Where this code sits
- Section I · Chapter03 — FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATESLIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
- Heading0306 — 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
- Subheading0306.16 — Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon)
Six digits is as far as the international nomenclature goes, and it is the same six digits in every country that applies the Harmonized System. Your destination adds further digits of its own, and the rate lives on that national line — which is why the US lines below run to eight and ten digits, and why the lookups go to each authority's own tariff.
Duty rate
USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Revision 18 (2026) · retrieved 13/09/2026
Measures in force on top of this rate
- Antidumping/countervailing duties not checked — they are administered separately, keyed to the exporter, and can exceed the tariff rate. Check for an order in force before relying on this total.
Paste 0306.16 into the lookup and follow it down to your national line.
US national lines under 0306.16
The United States subdivides this subheading into 11 lines. They share a duty rate, so the classification below the subheading affects reporting rather than the amount.
| Line | Description | General | Preferential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0306.16.00 | Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) | Free | — |
| 0306.16.00.03 | Count size (headless weight) less than 33 per kg (15s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.06 | Count size (headless weight) 33-45 per kg (15-20s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.09 | Count size (headless weight) 46-55 per kg (21-25s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.12 | Count size (headless weight) 56-66 per kg (26-30s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.15 | Count size (headless weight) 67-88 per kg (31-40s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.18 | Count size (headless weight) 89-110 per kg (41-50s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.21 | Count size (headless weight) 111-132 per kg (51-60s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.24 | Count size (headless weight) 133-154 per kg (61-70s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.27 | Count size (headless weight) more than 154 per kg (70s) | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
| 0306.16.00.40 | Peeled, imported in accordance with statistical note 1 to this chapter | Free stated on 03061600 | — |
A blank General cell means the line states no rate of its own and takes the one above it — the line it is stated on is named, so the figure can be checked where it actually appears. Preferential rates are listed with the programme codes that grant them; the schedule offering a rate is not the same as your goods qualifying for it.
Preferential rates for 0306.16
No preference programme applies to these lines for any origin — the general rate is the rate, wherever the goods come from. That is worth knowing: there is nothing to claim here, so no certificate of origin will reduce the duty.
What chapter 03 excludes
A subheading's wording does not decide a classification — the legal notes do. These are the notes that push goods out of this chapter even when the description seems to fit.
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).
Legal notes that govern this code
Reproduced from the published tariff schedule. Section and chapter notes are binding and are part of the nomenclature itself; statistical notes are US reporting rules and are not classification law.
Section I notes LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
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.
Chapter 03 — Notes
Legal Notes of the Harmonized System. Binding, and part of the international nomenclature.
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).
Chapter 03 — Additional U.S. Notes
Additional U.S. Notes. Binding in the United States; not part of the international HS.
1. Certain fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates are provided for in chapter 98.
Chapter 03 — Statistical Notes
US statistical reporting only. NOT classification law.
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).
Notes are reproduced from the published tariff schedule. They govern classification, but reading them is not the same as applying them to your goods — that is what a broker or a binding ruling is for.
Other chapters that mention heading 0306
An exclusion pointing into this heading from another chapter is as decisive as one in your own, and it is the one nobody finds by reading their own chapter.
(a) Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading 0301, 0306, 0307 or 0308;
Other subheadings under 0306
Elsewhere in chapter 03
Importing 0306.16 into
Each guide covers how duty and tax are assessed there, the authority with jurisdiction, and what catches importers out.
Common questions
What is HS code 0306.16?
0306.16 covers Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon). It sits under heading 0306 (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) in chapter 03, fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates.
What is the US duty rate for 0306.16?
The Column 1 General rate is Free, from US national line 0306.16.00. That is the rate before any preference you can claim, and it does not include antidumping or countervailing duties, which are administered separately and can exceed it.
What is excluded from chapter 03?
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).