Subheading · Chapter 03 · Heading 0306

0306.91

0306.91: Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)

0306.91 is a six-digit subheading of heading 0306, crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried…, chapter 03.

What you pay

Importing into UK from Papua New Guinea

Customs duty Free preferential rate · UK–Papua New Guinea agreement
Additional duties and charges — Import requirements: 3
VAT 0.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

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  1. 0306 91 00 00 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (palinurus spp., panulirus spp., jasus spp.) Free12%

Additional duties and import rulesPapua New Guinea

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Import requirements 3

  • Import controlVeterinary control
    Applies to goods from
    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Ceuta & Melilla, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard & McDonald Islands, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao SAR China, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, QP, QQ, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Barthélemy, St Helena, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre & Miquelon, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Outlying Islands, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/782
    Documents
    • N853 Common Health Entry Document for Products (CHED-P) (as set out in Part 2, Section B of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
    • C640 Common Health Entry Document for Animals (CHED-A) (as set out in Part 2, Section A of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
    • Y058 Exemption by virtue of Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122 (Goods which form part of passengers' personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use) or Article 10 (small consignments of goods sent to natural persons which are not intended to be placed on the market) of Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/2122
    • C084 Exemption by virtue of Articles 3 and 4 of regulation 2019/2122 (animals intended for scientific purposes, research and diagnostic samples, and samples for product analysis and quality testing).
  • Import controlControl on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Cambodia, Comoros, St Vincent & the Grenadines
    Documents
    • C673 Importer Declaration or Re-export Certificate, as foreseen in Annex II of Regulation (EC) 1005/2008 or Annex IV of Regulation (EC) 1010/2009
    • Y927 The declared goods are not concerned by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008
  • Import controlImport control of organic products
    Applies to goods from
    all countries except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/693
    Documents
    • C644 Certificate of inspection for organic products
    • Y929 Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£39k-48.8% · previous 12 months
Average import price£11.70 per kg
Jun 2025: £2kJul 2025: £71kAug 2025: £3kOct 2025: £39k
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
Jamaica £39k 100% -37.3%
Ireland £0 0% -100%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 12.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 37.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

0306.91 · US$4m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$9kUS$9k+US$78k+US$395k+> US$738k

Exports: 42
  1. Belgium: US$856k
  2. Pakistan: US$738k
  3. Oman: US$567k
  4. United States: US$396k
  5. Denmark: US$323k
  6. France: US$263k
  7. Ecuador: US$222k
  8. Spain: US$103k
  9. Italy: US$85k
  10. Netherlands: US$78k
  11. Australia: US$66k
  12. Croatia: US$27k
  13. Latvia: US$22k
  14. Brazil: US$16k
  15. Madagascar: US$14k
  16. Venezuela: US$13k
  17. Panama: US$9k
  18. Antigua & Barbuda: US$9k
  19. South Africa: US$9k
  20. Mozambique: US$9k
  21. Mexico: US$7k
  22. Ireland: US$7k
  23. Mauritania: US$7k
  24. South Korea: US$6k
  25. Honduras: US$5k
  26. Nigeria: US$5k
  27. United Kingdom: US$4k
  28. Portugal: US$4k
  29. China: US$3k
  30. Germany: US$3k
  31. Senegal: US$3k
  32. United Arab Emirates: US$2k
  33. Sri Lanka: US$2k
  34. Greece: US$1k
  35. Japan: US$1k
  36. Singapore: US$1k
  37. Thailand: US$400
  38. Zambia: US$400
  39. Kazakhstan: US$200
  40. Romania: US$200
  41. Cambodia: US$0
  42. Myanmar (Burma): US$0

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Belgium US$856k 22%
2 Pakistan US$738k 19%
3 Oman US$567k 14.6%
4 United States US$396k 10.2%
5 Denmark US$323k 8.3%
6 France US$263k 6.8%
7 Ecuador US$222k 5.7%
8 Spain US$103k 2.7%
9 Italy US$85k 2.2%
10 Netherlands US$78k 2%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 Saudi Arabia US$1m 33.8%
2 France US$962k 24.7%
3 Italy US$397k 10.2%
4 Australia US$392k 10.1%
5 United States US$319k 8.2%
6 Switzerland US$148k 3.8%
7 United Arab Emirates US$79k 2%
8 Portugal US$42k 1.1%
9 China US$34k 0.9%
10 Austria US$24k 0.6%

Code history

Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 0306.21.

Subheading 0306.91 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 12%.

The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 0306.91; the duty is 12.5%.

Goods from 169 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 12%; 164 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £39.3k (down 49% on the year before), at an average of £11.70 per kg; Jamaica supplied 100%, followed by Ireland.

World trade in these goods reached US$4m in 2024, down 41.9% on 2023.

Belgium was the largest exporter with 22% of the total, ahead of Pakistan.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)?

Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) fall under HS subheading 0306.91, part of heading 0306, in section I of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on rock lobster and other sea crawfish in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 0306.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on rock lobster and other sea crawfish in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 0306.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 12.5%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most rock lobster and other sea crawfish?

Belgium, with US$856k in 2024 (22% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

164 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 12% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.

Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?

The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Jamaica (100%) and Ireland (0%), out of total imports of £39.3k.