Code 1605 21 · Heading 1605

Prepared or preserved shrimp in hermetically sealed containers, not smoked

This code covers shrimp that are prepared or preserved and packed in hermetically sealed containers. It does not cover smoked shrimp.

For example

Canned prepared shrimp in a hermetically sealed container, not smoked
Preserved shrimp in a hermetically sealed jar, not smoked

Save Browse the codes below

See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (excl. smoked)

The path to this code

Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar…
What kind of product is it: a prepared food product made from meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, other aquatic invertebrates or insects; sugar or a sugar product; cocoa or a product made from cocoa; a product made from grain, flour, starch or milk, or baked goods; a product made from vegetables, fruit, nuts or other plants or plant parts; another food-industry product; a beverage, ethanol or vinegar; a food-industry residue or waste product or prepared animal feed; tobacco, a manufactured tobacco substitute, a product with or without nicotine intended for inhalation without combustion, or another nicotine-containing product intended for nicotine absorption in the human body?
✓
Step 2 · Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, moll… 1 of 9 chapters in section IV
Which type of product is it: a sausage or similar product; another prepared or preserved product of meat, meat by-products, blood or insects; a meat, fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate extract or juice; prepared or preserved fish or fish roe; or prepared or preserved crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates?
✓
Step 3 · Heading 1605 Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrat… 5 of 5 headings under chapter 16
Which named type is the prepared or preserved product: crab, prawn, lobster, another crustacean, oyster, scallop, mussel, squid, octopus, clam, abalone, snail, another mollusc, sea cucumber, sea urchin, jellyfish or another aquatic invertebrate?
✓
Step 4 · Subheading 1605 21 Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in a… 2 of 18 subheadings under heading 1605
If the shrimp are not in hermetically sealed containers, is the net weight per package no more than 2 kg or over 2 kg?

Full 8-digit codes

Pick the description that best matches your product.

2 codes below this one

Compare the sibling codes

Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 26.0%.

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

16.05.2111

In containers weighing, with contents, exceeding 2 kg

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
16.05.2112

In containers weighing, with contents, 2 kg or less

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
16.05.2120

Shelled, in brine, except those of heading 03.06

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
16.05.2190

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 23 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

20.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

Check the neighbouring codes

The codes just before and after this one, in case a nearby group fits better.

See all 18 codes at this level

Previous code 1605 10

Crab, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked)

you are here 1605 21

Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers…

Next code 1605 29

Shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, in airtight containers (ex…

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.