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1605 30 900 0 — Lobster, prepared or preserved (excl. merely smoked; lobster meat, cooked, for the manufacture of lobster butter or of lobster pastes, pâtés, soups or sauces)

Lobster, prepared or preserved (excl. merely smoked; lobster meat, cooked, for the manufacture of lobster butter or of lobster pastes, pâtés, soups or sauces)

Names come in English where the EU Combined Nomenclature publishes them — chapters, headings and subheadings, whose first six digits are the same Harmonized System; deeper EAEU detail is a machine translation, marked as such. Official texts — tariff notes, measures, lists and classification rulings — are the original: customs and your broker go by that wording. Where we show a machine translation of them, it is marked; where our quality check rejected one, the Russian stays.

Duty rate
5%, but not less than EUR 0.9/kg

This is the base rate. A tariff quota, a preference for the country of origin and a tariff exemption lower it; anti-dumping and special duties are paid on top of it

EEC Council Decision No. 80 of 14.09.2021

Supplementary unit
Not applicable
Requirements and measures
7

None: dual use, EAEU non-tariff regulation, trade defence measures — duty on top of the tariff, tariff quota.

Whether a measure applies to your goods depends on their characteristics and the shipping documents

VAT
22% or 10%

10% if the product matches the line of List No. 908: “Готовые или консервированные ракообразные, моллюски и прочие водные беспозвоночные”. Otherwise 22%.

Where it sits in the nomenclature

Section IV. Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

  1. 16Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
  2. 1605Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked)
  3. 1605 30Lobster, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked)
  4. 1605 30 90Lobster, prepared or preserved (excl. merely smoked; lobster meat, cooked, for the manufacture of lobster butter or of lobster pastes, pâtés, soups or sauces)
  5. 1605 30 900 0you are here

Explanatory notes to heading 1605 2 paragraphs

Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.

1605 Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved: 1605 10 – Crab – Shrimps: 1605 21 – – Not in airtight container 1605 29 – – Other 1605 30 – Lobster 1605 40 – Other crustaceans – Molluscs: 1605 51 – – Oysters 1605 52 – – Scallops, including queen scallops 1605 53 – – Mussels 1605 54 – – Cuttle fish and squid 1605 55 – – Octopus 1605 56 – – Clams, cockles and arkshells 1605 57 – – Abalone 1605 58 – – Snails, other than sea snails 1605 59 – – Other – Other aquatic invertebrates: 1605 61 – – Sea cucumbers 1605 62 – – Sea urchins 1605 63 – – Jellyfish 1605 69 – – Other

The Explanatory Note to heading 1604 concerning the various states in which the products of this heading may be presented applies, mutatis mutandis, to crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. Prepared or preserved crustaceans and molluscs most commonly include crabs, shrimps, lobsters, crawfish, crayfish, mussels, octopus, squid and snails. Other prepared or preserved aquatic invertebrates classified in this heading are mainly sea urchins, sea cucumbers (Fr. bêches-de-mer) and jellyfish. However, the heading excludes crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (whether or not with the addition of small quantities of chemical food preservatives) (heading 0306), and molluscs which have been subjected only to scalding or other types of heat shock (which do not entail cooking as such) necessary to open the shell or to stabilise the mollusc before transport or freezing (heading 0307).

Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board

Notes to chapter 16 — Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 6 items

Notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. This Chapter excludes meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, and insects prepared or preserved by the methods specified in Chapter 02 or 03, in Note 6 to Chapter 04 or in heading 0504.

2. Prepared foodstuffs are included in this Chapter provided they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. Where finished products contain two or more of the components mentioned above, they are classified in the headings of Chapter 16 for the component or components predominant by weight. These provisions do not apply to products stuffed with heading 1902 or to finished products of heading 2103 or 2104.

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheading 1602 10, the expression ‘homogenised preparations’ means preparations of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat, meat offal or insects. This subheading takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 1602.

2. The fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates specified in the subheadings of heading 1604 or 1605 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same name.

Additional notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. For the purposes of subheadings 1602 31 110 0, 1602 32 110 0, 1602 39 210 0, 1602 50 100 0 and 1602 90 610 0, the term “raw” is to be applied to products which have not been subjected to any heat treatment or which have been subjected to heat treatment not sufficient to coagulate the meat proteins in the whole product, and consequently, in the case of subheadings 1602 50 100 0 and 1602 90 610 0, traces of pinkish liquid are found on the surface of the cut when the product is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.

2. For the purposes of subheadings 1602 41 100 0, 1602 42 100 0 and 1602 49 110 0 to 1602 49 150 0, the term “cut” refers only to finished or canned meat which, by the size and properties of the connective muscle tissue, can be identified as derived from the hams, scapula, fillet or neck parts of the carcasses of domestic pigs.

What import requires

Russian bans and restrictions

May apply

Whether a measure applies to your goods is determined by the provisos in the “code” column. Measures are taken from the register as of the date the act was published; the act is named on every line

  • 1605Into RussiaProhibited

    Сельскохозяйственная продукция, сырьё и продовольствие

    Готовые или консервированные ракообразные, моллюски и прочие водные беспозвоночные

    Countries: США, страны ЕС, Канада, Австралия, Норвегия, Украина, Албания, Черногория, Исландия, Лихтенштейн, Великобритания, Новая Зеландия

    Указ Президента РФ от 06.08.2014 № 560 (продлён указом от 17.09.2026 № 665); Постановление Правительства РФ от 07.08.2014 № 778 — until Dec 31, 2028

  • 1605Into RussiaProhibited

    Товары происхождения либо отправления Украины

    Готовые или консервированные ракообразные, моллюски и прочие водные беспозвоночные

    Countries: Украина

    Указ Президента РФ от 22.10.2018 № 592; Постановление Правительства РФ от 29.12.2018 № 1716-83

Veterinary and sanitary control

Goods fall under supervision by their type and characteristics

  • Sanitary and epidemiological supervision (control)

    rule for the whole chapter 16
    Пищевые продукты (продукты в натуральном или переработанном виде, употребляемые человеком в пищу), в том числе полученные с использованием генно-инженерно-модифицированных (трансгенных) организмов; Иная продукция (товары), в отношении которой одним из государств – членов Евразийского экономического союза введены временные санитарные меры

    Решение Коллегии Евразийской экономической комиссии от 17.09.2019 № 154

  • Veterinary control (supervision)

    Готовые или консервированные ракообразные, моллюски и прочие водные беспозвоночные*

    Such goods need a veterinary certificate, and the manufacturing plant must be on the register of third-country establishments. Check the supplier in the register →

    Решение Коллегии Евразийской экономической комиссии от 20.01.2020 № 13

Conformity assessment

May apply

Whether the goods fall under a regulation depends on their name and characteristics. Check them against the list

  • ТР ЕАЭС 040/2016Safety of fish and fish products
    • Варено-мороженые (охлажденные) водные беспозвоночные — declaration of conformity
    • Пищевая рыбная продукция вяленая, сушеная, сушено-вяленая, маринованная, соленая, горячего копчения, холодного копчения, провесная — declaration of conformity
    • Рыбные консервы, натуральные рыбные консервы, натуральные рыбные консервы с добавлением масла, полуконсервы рыбные, пресервы, рыбное кулинарное изделие, рыбный кулинарный полуфабрикат (прошедший переработку (обработку)) — declaration of conformity

Checked: the consolidated list of Government Decree No. 2425 and the lists of 42 technical regulations out of 52 adopted. The others have no list by HS code, so see the full list of regulations.

How it is done in practice

Valid documents in the EAEU unified register for subheading 1605 30: certificates 0, declarations 49.

By technical regulation
ТР ЕАЭС 040/201649ТР ТС 021/201149ТР ТС 022/201149ТР ТС 029/201239ТР ТС 024/201119
Schemes
3д384д86д3The letter after the scheme number shows the form: certification or declaration of conformity.
Most active certification bodies
ООО «Центр Сертификации Стандарт»РУП «Брестский центр стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации»
Manufacturers outside the EAEU
China14Chile3Canada2India2Vietnam2France1

Manufacturers of these goods →Check a supplier’s document by its number →

Tariff preferences

The code is on the EAEU list of preferential goods: for goods originating in a beneficiary country the duty is lower

Developing countries75% of the common tariff rate
33 countries

Algeria, Egypt, Venezuela, São Tomé & Príncipe, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea, Bhutan, Morocco, Eswatini, Lebanon, Bolivia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu, Ghana, Honduras, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Kenya, Congo - Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Namibia, Nicaragua, Philippines, Tunisia, Nigeria, Micronesia

Least developed countrieszero rate
46 countries

Burkina Faso, Guinea, Eritrea, Congo - Kinshasa, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Mauritania, Yemen, Cambodia, Lesotho, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tanzania, Palestinian Territories, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Haiti, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Djibouti, Zambia, Kiribati, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Myanmar (Burma), Sudan, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Chad, South Sudan, Syria, Solomon Islands, Comoros, Togo, Tuvalu, Ethiopia, Somalia, Central African Republic

The preference requires a document of origin and compliance with the direct consignment rule; customs checks the right to it at declaration. The rate is compound: work out the reduced rate from each of its parts.

Payments on import

Duty for this code: 5%, but not less than EUR 0.9/kg. On top of the duty, on import into Russia you pay VAT of 22% or 10% of the customs value including the duty (Article 160 of the Tax Code) and the customs processing fee — a fixed amount by value band. Customs value: the price of the goods, delivery to the border, local costs.

Import VAT in EAEU countries

  • Russia22%
  • Kazakhstan16%
  • Belarus20%
  • Armenia20%
  • Kyrgyzstan12%

Standard rate; each country has reduced rates and exemptions for some goods. The duty for the code above is the union one, the same for all

OKPD2 code

The match is set for the whole subheading, by the first six digits of the code

  • 10.20.34 — Ракообразные, приготовленные или консервированные другим способом; моллюски и прочие беспозвоночные водные, приготовленные или консервированные другим способом
  • 10.85.12 — Продукты пищевые готовые и блюда на основе рыбы, ракообразных и моллюсков

Correspondence keys of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, edition of 20.07.2023. The ministry’s caveat: Ключи отражают возможные соответствия между кодами на уровне первых шести знаков ТН ВЭД ЕАЭС (основанной на ГС) и кодами ОКПД 2 (основанного на КПЕС) по состоянию на 1 января 2022 года. Предлагаемые соответствия не являются исчерпывающими и предназначены для использования в качестве вспомогательного материала для облегчения работы по установлению возможных вариантов корреляции кодов классификаторов в отношении соответствующих категорий товаров.

Настоящие переходные ключи (сопоставительные таблицы) разработаны на основе данных агентства Евростат Комиссии Европейского союза по корреляции кодов Гармонизированной системы описания и кодирования товаров (ГС) 2022 года и Статистической классификации продукции по видам экономической деятельности в Европейском союзе (КПЕС) 2008 года. Ключи отражают возможные соответствия между кодами на уровне первых шести знаков ТН ВЭД ЕАЭС (основанной на ГС) и кодами ОКПД 2 (основанного на КПЕС) по состоянию на 1 января 2022 года. Предлагаемые соответствия не являются исчерпывающими и предназначены для использования в качестве вспомогательного материала для облегчения работы по установлению возможных вариантов корреляции кодов классификаторов в отношении соответствующих категорий товаров. Услуги не являются объектом классификации в ТН ВЭД ЕАЭС и не включены в переходные ключи. По мере внесения изменений в ОКПД 2 и ТН ВЭД ЕАЭС переходные ключи при необходимости подлежат актуализации.

The right code is in the HS code search.