Pasteurized Frozen Tanner Crab from China

Frozen Tanner crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi), a snow crab relative from Alaska/Bering Sea, pasteurized lightly but remaining raw-frozen. Classifies in HTS 0306.93.40.00 for other frozen crabs, not cooked per legal notes.

Duty Rate — China → United States

35%

Rate breakdown

9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)

Import Tips

Differentiate pasteurization from cooking via time/temp records to avoid 0306.17 reclassification

Comply with section 609 if any shrimp bycatch noted in processing facility

Use ISF filings early for frozen seafood to prevent holds at ports

Pasteurized Frozen Tanner Crab from China — Import Duty Rate | HTS 0306.93.40.00