Crab Processing Factory Vessel from Japan
A factory vessel specialized in live crab storage, cooking, and freezing for king and snow crab fisheries. It is equipped with brine tanks and blast freezers, making it a vessel for processing or preserving fishery products. With a registered length exceeding 30.5 m, it falls under tariff item 8902.00.20.
Duty Rate — Japan → Canada
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Import Tips
• Ensure the vessel's registered length exceeds 30.5 m and have documentation such as the certificate of registry ready for CBSA
• Verify that the vessel's processing equipment (e.g
• brine tanks, blast freezers) is integral to its classification as a factory ship
• Consider the vessel's intended use in Canadian waters and any fisheries regulations that may apply