Frozen Cooked Shrimp Tail-On from Mexico
Frozen cooked shrimp with tails intact, prepared by boiling and quick-freezing, classified under HTS 1605.29.10.40 as prepared or preserved crustaceans other than those in airtight containers. This statistical subheading applies to shrimp imports meeting chapter statistical note 1 requirements for specific reporting.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify compliance with Section 609 of Public Law 101-162 requiring certification that shrimp are not harvested by slave labor
• Provide detailed documentation on species (e.g
• Litopenaeus vannamei) and processing method for CBP classification
• Avoid misclassification as raw frozen shrimp under Chapter 3 by confirming cooking/preservation status