03.06 Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section I, Live Animals & Animal Products — live animals, meat, fish, dairy and other products of animal origin.
- 03 Chapter Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
- 06 Heading Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 20 six-digit codes below
Chapter 3 covers fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, whether live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine. It is one of the largest HS chapters by code count because each species and presentation (whole, fillets, live) gets its own six-digit line. Classification tip: Smoked, canned or otherwise cooked seafood preparations move out of chapter 3 and into chapter 16: only the raw or simply preserved product stays here.
All of chapter 03The 20 six-digit codes under 03.06
One of these is the number you declare.
- 0306.11 Crustaceans; frozen, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306.12 Crustaceans; frozen, lobsters (Homarus spp.), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306.14 Crustaceans; frozen, crabs, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306.15 Crustaceans; frozen, Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306.16 Crustaceans; frozen, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306.17 Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306.19 Crustaceans; frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0306.1, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306.31 Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not
- 0306.32 Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, lobsters (Homarus spp.), whether in shell or not
- 0306.33 Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not
- 0306.34 Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), in shell or not
- 0306.35 Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not
- 0306.36 Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, shrimps and prawns excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not
- 0306.39 Crustaceans; live, fresh or chilled, n.e.c. in item no. 0306.3, in shell or not
- 0306.91 Crustaceans; rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), smoked, cooked or not, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during smoking
- 0306.92 Crustaceans; lobsters (Homarus spp.), smoked, cooked or not, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during smoking
- 0306.93 Crustaceans; crabs, smoked, cooked or not, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during smoking
- 0306.94 Crustaceans; Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus), smoked, cooked or not, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during smoking
- 0306.95 Crustaceans; shrimps and prawns, smoked, cooked or not, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during smoking
- 0306.99 Crustaceans; smoked, whole, cooked or not, n.e.c. in item no. 0306.9, in shell or not
Other headings in chapter 03
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 03.06? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment03.06 FAQ
Heading 03.06 covers crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, steamed or boiled, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine. It is part of chapter 03 (fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates), and it is subdivided into 20 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 20 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section I and to chapter 03. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.