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  "summary": "HS heading 03.08 covers aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process. It is in chapter 03 (fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates). It is split into 8 subheadings: 0308.11 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), live, fresh or chilled), 0308.12 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), frozen), 0308.19 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), other), 0308.21 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), live, fresh or chilled), 0308.22 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), frozen), 0308.29 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), other) and 2 others. National tariff lines under heading 03.08 are live on border.bot for the United States (9 lines, also used by 1 other country).",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-11",
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      "value": "Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process",
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      "value": "03: Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates",
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      "value": "8",
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      "value": "HS2022",
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  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "What does HS heading 03.08 cover?",
      "answer": "HS heading 03.08 covers aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which chapter is HS heading 03.08 in?",
      "answer": "HS heading 03.08 is in chapter 03 (fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates)."
    },
    {
      "question": "How many subheadings does HS heading 03.08 have?",
      "answer": "HS heading 03.08 has 8 subheadings: 0308.11 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), live, fresh or chilled), 0308.12 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), frozen), 0308.19 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), other), 0308.21 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), live, fresh or chilled), 0308.22 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), frozen), 0308.29 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), other) and 2 others."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 03.08?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under heading 03.08 are live on border.bot for the United States (9 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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      "title": "What this code covers",
      "text": [
        "HS heading 03.08 covers aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.",
        "It is split into 8 subheadings: 0308.11 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), live, fresh or chilled), 0308.12 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), frozen), 0308.19 (sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea), other), 0308.21 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), live, fresh or chilled), 0308.22 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), frozen), 0308.29 (sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus), other) and 2 others."
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      "id": "not-covered",
      "title": "What it doesn’t cover",
      "text": [
        "Other goods of chapter 03 are classified in its other 8 headings, listed below."
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      "id": "structure",
      "title": "How it is structured",
      "text": [
        "Heading 03.08 is one of 9 headings in chapter 03. Its first two digits, 03, are the chapter; the next two, 08, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (0308.11, 0308.12, 0308.19)."
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      "id": "other-countries",
      "title": "In other countries",
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        "National tariff lines under heading 03.08 are live on border.bot for the United States (9 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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      "title": "Sources and updates",
      "text": [
        "The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.",
        "This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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