1605.55.60.00/Frozen Cooked Octopus Tentacles/Japan

Frozen Cooked Octopus Tentacles from Japan

Pre-cooked and peeled octopus tentacles from Dosidicus gigas, frozen for convenience in salads or hot pots. This enters HTS 1605.55.60.00 as 'other' preserved octopus, as cooking constitutes preparation beyond simple freezing. It is not in airtight containers or specified elsewhere.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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Import Tips

• Provide cooking process details and blast-freezing certificates; ensure country-of-origin labeling

• Pitfall: classifying cooked-frozen as merely frozen under 0307, leading to audits