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Salted Dried Cocktail Shrimp

Tiny dried salted shrimp used as cocktail garnish, unshelled. Classified HTS 0306.95.00 for dried/salted shrimps not flours/pellets. Common in snack imports.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN RateCh.99 SurchargesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree+35.0%35%
🇲🇽MexicoFree+10.0%10%
🇨🇦CanadaFree+10.0%10%
🇩🇪GermanyFree+10.0%10%
🇯🇵JapanFree+10.0%10%

More Specific Codes

This product may fall under a more specific subheading:

0306.95.00.20Shell-on, imported in accordance with statistical note 1 to this chapter
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0306.95.00.40Peeled, imported in accordance with statistical note 1 to this chapter
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Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

0309Lower: 10% vs 35%

If ground to flour or pelletized

Chapter notes move human-fit flours/meals/pellets from 0306 to 0309.

2008.99Lower: 16% vs 35%

If fruit/nut flavored or sweetened

Prepared crustacean snacks with sugars/additives classify as other prepared foods.

0306Same rate: 35%

If steamed/boiled then salted

Cooked then salted/dried shrimps to 0306.27.

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Import Tips & Compliance

• Confirm particle size >2mm to avoid pellet definition; no binders allowed

• Section 609 docs

• Pitfall: packaging as 'pellets' triggering 0309

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