Frozen Cocktail Crab Meat from Mexico
Small claw meat from various crab species, cooked, frozen, and marketed for salads/cocktails, classified in HTS 1605.10.40.35 as other frozen crabmeat. This residual category captures miscellaneous frozen crabmeat.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
15%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
Import Tips
• Batch-code traceability required; retain processing logs for 2 years per FDA
• Declare as 'crabmeat' not 'crab' to avoid Chapter 3 shift