0309.90.40.30/Fresh Queen Conch Meat/China

Fresh Queen Conch Meat from China

Freshly harvested meat from the queen conch (Lobatus gigas), a large sea snail, processed into a meal-like form suitable for direct human consumption in dishes like conch fritters or ceviche. Classified under HTS 0309.90.40.30 as a flour, meal, or pellet of molluscs (conch) that is live, fresh, or chilled and fit for human consumption. It meets chapter definitions by being an agglomerated product intended for food use, excluding flours under headings 0305-0308.

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)
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Import Tips

• Verify compliance with Section 609 of Public Law 101-162 if sourced from regions with sea turtle protection concerns; obtain CITES permits for queen conch as it's regulated

• Ensure temperature logs for fresh/chilled status to avoid reclassification as frozen

• Label accurately as 'conch meal' to confirm fitness for human consumption