Canned Escargot with Fish Meat Sauce from China
Canned Helix pomatia snails cooked in a savory fish meat sauce, prepared as a ready-to-heat gourmet dish. This falls under HTS 1605.58.05.00 as a mollusc product (snails) containing fish meat and qualifying as a prepared meal per chapter notes linking to heading 1605. The inclusion of fish meat distinguishes it from pure snail preparations.
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)
Import Tips
• Verify mollusc species matches Chapter 3 definitions (e.g
• Helix pomatia) and document fish meat content for subheading 1605.58.05 compliance
• Obtain health certificates confirming no contaminants; ensure labeling lists fish as an ingredient to avoid reclassification
• Watch for Section 609-like restrictions on aquatic products; common pitfall is mislabeling as pure snails under 1605.58.10