Chilled Periwinkles from Japan
Small whelks/periwinkles (Littorina spp.), chilled live for picking and eating in European-style seafood boils. HTS 0307.91.03.90 captures these as 'other' chilled molluscs.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Use ventilated packaging to keep live; provide harvest area vibrio testing; small size increases misclassification risk as bait