Frozen Cooked Octopus Tentacles from Mexico
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 — 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
• 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