Code 1605 40 · Heading 1605

Other prepared or preserved crustaceans (not crab, shrimp or lobster)

This code covers crustaceans that have been prepared or preserved, but are not crabs, shrimp or lobster. The product must be a crustacean and must be prepared or preserved.

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Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster)

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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?
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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?
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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?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1605 40 Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked, c… 5 of 18 subheadings under heading 1605
Which type is the prepared or preserved aquatic animal: crab; shrimp, including the stated packaging or smoking categories; lobster; oyster; scallop; mussel; squid; octopus; clam; abalone; snail; another mollusc; sea cucumber; sea urchin; jellyfish; another aquatic invertebrate; or another crustacean?

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1605 40 00 Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excl. smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) 20.0% Save

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Export to Norway

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16.05.4000

Other crustaceans

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. 3, 2026.

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

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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. 3, 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).

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