Live, fresh or chilled
Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption: > Other: > Of molluscs: > Live, fresh or chilled
Duty Rate (from China)
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
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)
Subheadings
Products classified under HTS 0309.90.40
Fresh Chilled Oyster Flour
Finely ground flour made from fresh chilled oysters, processed to be fit for human consumption as a seafood supplement or ingredient in gourmet dishes. Classified under HTS 0309.90.40 because it is a flour of molluscs that is live, fresh, or chilled and suitable for direct human use. This distinguishes it from preserved or frozen forms in other subheadings.
Live Clam Meal Paste
A fresh meal in paste form derived from live clams, ground while fresh for use in sushi or seafood spreads, fit for human consumption. Falls under HTS 0309.90.40 as a live, fresh, or chilled meal of molluscs intended for direct eating. The 'live' aspect refers to the starting material before minimal processing into meal.
Fresh Chilled Scallop Pellets
Agglomerated pellets from fresh chilled scallops, bound with minimal binders for use as high-protein seafood snacks or supplements fit for humans. HTS 0309.90.40 applies to these live/fresh/chilled pellets of molluscs per chapter definition of 'pellets'. They are not covered by headings 0305-0308 due to human consumption fitness.
Fresh Mussel Flour Blend
Ultra-fine flour blended from fresh mussels, chilled for preservation, used in protein shakes or baking for human diets. Classified in 0309.90.40 as fresh/chilled flour of molluscs fit for human consumption, excluding flours under prior headings. Ideal for nutrient-dense culinary applications.
Chilled Abalone Meal Powder
Powdered meal from chilled abalone, a premium mollusc, ground fresh for soups or supplements consumable by humans. HTS 0309.90.40 covers this as chilled meal of molluscs fit for eating, per chapter exclusions. High in unique nutrients like taurine.
Fresh Squid Pellet Mix
Note: Squid is cephalopod mollusc. Pellets agglomerated from fresh squid, chilled, for human food like fish cakes. Under 0309.90.40 as fresh/chilled pellets of molluscs (cephalopods included), fit for humans per chapter scope.
Chilled Octopus Flour
Fine flour from chilled octopus mantle, fit for human use in Asian cuisines or powders. HTS 0309.90.40 for chilled flours of molluscs (octopus as cephalopod). Minimal processing keeps it fresh.
Fresh Chilled Cuttlefish Meal
Coarse meal from fresh cuttlefish, chilled for human consumption in stews or patties. Classified 0309.90.40 as fresh/chilled meal of cephalopod molluscs. Chapter notes confirm human-fit exclusion from 0305-08.
Chilled Nautilus Flour
Specialty flour from chilled nautilus (rare mollusc), for exotic human foods. HTS 0309.90.40 as chilled flour of other molluscs fit for consumption.
Fresh Chilled Snail Meal Pellets
Pellets of fresh land/sea snail meal, human-fit for escargot mixes. 0309.90.40 for chilled mollusc pellets.
Chilled Conch Flour
Flour from chilled queen conch, for Caribbean foods. 0309.90.40 chilled mollusc flour.
Fresh Whelk Meal
Meal from fresh whelk gastropods, human food. 0309.90.40.
Chilled Periwinkle Pellets
Pellets of chilled periwinkle snails for snacks. 0309.90.40.
Fresh Chilled Limpet Flour
Flour from fresh limpets, niche mollusc food. 0309.90.40.
Chilled Cockle Meal
Meal from chilled cockles, bivalve molluscs for chowders. 0309.90.40.