HS 0306 · Fish and seafood
Shrimp, prawns and other crustaceans
Data last updated 18 October 2026 · schedule data 2026.10.2
In short
The EU's duty on Mercosur shrimp and other crustaceans is up to 10.9% today and reaches zero by 2036 (on most lines by 2030); Brazil's duty on EU shrimp and other crustaceans is up to 7.2% today and reaches zero by 2030.
Rates at a glance
Into the EU from Mercosur
46 tariff linesPreferential duty 2026
0–10.9%
Duty-free on all phased lines by
2036
Agreement base rate
6–20%
Applied MFN rate today
0–18%
Into Brazil from the EU
19 tariff linesPreferential duty 2026
0–7.2%
Duty-free on all phased lines by
2030
Agreement base rate
10%
Applied MFN rate today
9%
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About this product
Shrimp and prawns are a meaningful export for some Mercosur countries, and most EU lines here are free as soon as the agreement applies. A few lines get a short phase-out and one a long one. Mercosur's duties on European crustaceans are almost all removed from the start.
How the duty falls, year by year
Highest and lowest ad valorem duty each year over the lines on a path to zero. Excluded and quota-only lines keep their duty and aren't included.
Into the EU from Mercosur
| Year | Ad valorem duty | Lines duty-free |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–10.9% | 40 / 46 |
| 2027 | 0–9.8% | 40 / 46 |
| 2028 | 0–8.7% | 40 / 46 |
| 2029 | 0–7.6% | 40 / 46 |
| 2030 | 0–6.5% | 45 / 46 |
| 2031 | 0–5.4% | 45 / 46 |
| 2032 | 0–4.3% | 45 / 46 |
| 2033 | 0–3.2% | 45 / 46 |
| 2034 | 0–2.1% | 45 / 46 |
| 2035 | 0–1% | 45 / 46 |
| 2036 | 0% | 46 / 46 |
Into Brazil from the EU
| Year | Ad valorem duty | Lines duty-free |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–7.2% | 18 / 19 |
| 2027 | 0–5.4% | 18 / 19 |
| 2028 | 0–3.6% | 18 / 19 |
| 2029 | 0–1.8% | 18 / 19 |
| 2030 | 0% | 19 / 19 |
Lines by staging category
The staging category sets the speed of the cut: 0 is duty-free from entry into force, 4 to 15 are the years to zero, E is excluded and letter codes are quotas or special treatments.
Mercosur → EU
- 0× 39
- 4× 6
- 10× 1
EU → Mercosur
- 0× 18
- 4× 1
Tariff-rate quotas
No tariff-rate quota applies to this heading.
Rates in each Mercosur country
Each member has its own base rate and applied MFN rate. The preference is cut from the base rate, or from the applied rate where that's lower (Art. 2.4(7) of the agreement), so the current rate can differ by country.
| Country | Base rate | Applied MFN | Preferential 2026 | Zero by | Applied-rate source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10% | 9%8 lines have no single published rate | 0–7.2% | 2030 | Brazil applied import duty, Res. Gecex 272/2021 Annexes II, V, VI, IX (MDIC), as of 5 October 2026 |
| Argentina | 10% | 9%8 lines have no single published rate | 0–7.2% | 2030 | Argentina applied import duty (DIE), ARCA Arancel Integrado, as of 18 October 2026 |
| Uruguay | 10% | 9%8 lines have no single published rate | 0–7.2% | 2030 | Uruguay applied import duty (Arancel Nacional, MEF), as of 10 February 2025Manual snapshotOlder than 180 days |
| Paraguay | 10% | 9%8 lines have no single published rate | 0–7.2% | 2030 | Paraguay applied import duty (Arancel Nacional Vigente, MEF), as of 4 November 2025Manual snapshotOlder than 180 days |
All tariff lines
Line descriptions are the English text of the schedules (CN 2013 for the EU, NCM 2012 for Mercosur).
Into the EU from Mercosur: 46 lines
| Code | Description | Staging | Base | Applied MFN | 2026 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0306 11 05 | Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish " Palinurus spp.", " Panulirus spp." and " Jasus spp.", smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 11 10 | Frozen crawfish tails " Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.", even in shell, incl. crawfish tails in their shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 4 | 12.5% | 12.5% | 10% | Freefrom 2030 |
| 0306 11 90 | Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish " Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", even in shell, incl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. crawfish tails and smoked) | 4 | 12.5% | Free | Free | Freefrom 2030 |
| 0306 12 05 | Frozen lobsters " Homarus spp.", smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 12 10 | Frozen lobsters " Homarus spp.", whole, even cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 6% | Free | Free | Free |
| 0306 12 90 | Frozen lobsters " Homarus spp." (excl. whole and smoked) | 0 | 16% | Free | Free | Free |
| 0306 14 05 | Frozen crabs, smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared | 0 | 8% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 14 10 | Frozen crabs " Paralithodes camchaticus , Chionoecetes spp. and Callinectes sapidus ", even in shell, incl. crabs in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 7.5% | 7.5% | Free | Free |
| 0306 14 30 | Frozen crabs " Cancer pagurus ", even in shell, incl. crabs in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 7.5% | 7.5% | Free | Free |
| 0306 14 90 | Frozen crabs, even in shell, incl. crabs in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked and " Paralithodes camchaticus ", " Chionoecetes spp.", " Callinectes sapidus " and " Cancer pagurus ") | 4 | 7.5% | 7.5% | 6% | Freefrom 2030 |
| 0306 15 10 | Frozen Norway lobsters " Nephrops norvegicus ", smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared | 0 | 20% | 12% | Free | Free |
| 0306 15 90 | Frozen Norway lobsters " Nephrops norvegicus ", even in shell, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 12% | 12% | Free | Free |
| 0306 16 10 | Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns " Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon ", smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 16 91 | Frozen cold-water shrimps " Crangon crangon ", even in shell, incl. shrimps in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl smoked) | 0 | 18% | 18% | Free | Free |
| 0306 16 99 | Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns " Pandalus spp.", even in shell, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 12% | 12% | Free | Free |
| 0306 17 10 | Frozen shrimps and prawns, smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns) | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 17 91 | Frozen deepwater rose shrimps " Parapenaeus longirostris ", even in shell, incl. shrimps in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 12% | 12% | Free | Free |
| 0306 17 92 | Frozen shrimps of the genus "Penaeus", even in shell, incl. shrimps in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 4 | 12% | 12% | 9.6% | Freefrom 2030 |
| 0306 17 93 | Frozen shrimps of the family Pandalidae, even in shell, incl. shrimps in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked and Pandalus ) | 4 | 12% | 12% | 9.6% | Freefrom 2030 |
| 0306 17 94 | Frozen shrimps of the genus Crangon, even in shell, incl. shrimps in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked and Crangon crangon ) | 10 | 18% | 12% | 10.9% | Freefrom 2036 |
| 0306 17 99 | Frozen shrimps and prawns, even in shell, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked and "Pandalidae", "Crangon", deepwater rose shrimps " Parapenaeus longirostris " and shrimps of the genus "Penaeus") | 4 | 12% | 12% | 9.6% | Freefrom 2030 |
| 0306 19 05 | Frozen crustaceans, fit for human consumption, smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans smoked, fit for human consumption | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 19 10 | Frozen freshwater crayfish, even in shell, incl. crayfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 7.5% | 7.5% | Free | Free |
| 0306 19 90 | Frozen crustaceans, fit for human consumption, even in shell, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked and rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, crabs, freshwater crayfish and Norway lobsters " Nephrops norvegicus "); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption (excl. smoked) | 0 | 12% | 12% | Free | Free |
| 0306 21 10 | Rock lobster and other sea crawfish " Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared (excl. frozen) | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 21 90 | Rock lobster and other sea crawfish " Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", even in shell, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 12.5% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 22 10 | Live lobsters " Homarus spp." | 0 | 8% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 22 30 | Lobsters " Homarus spp.", smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 22 91 | Whole lobsters " Homarus spp.", fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 8% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 22 99 | Parts of lobsters " Homarus spp.", fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. parts in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 24 10 | Crabs, smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared (excl. frozen) | 0 | 8% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 24 30 | Crabs " Cancer pagurus ", even in shell, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crabs in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 7.5% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 24 80 | Crabs, even in shell, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crabs in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked and " Cancer pagurus ") | 0 | 7.5% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 25 10 | Norway lobsters " Nephrops norvegicus ", smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared (excl. frozen) | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 25 90 | Norway lobsters " Nephrops norvegicus ", even in shell, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 12% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 26 10 | Cold-water shrimps and prawns " Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon ", smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared (excl. frozen) | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 26 31 | Shrimps " Crangon crangon ", even in shell, fresh or chilled, or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 18% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 26 39 | Shrimps " Crangon crangon ", live, dried, salted or in brine (excl. smoked) | 0 | 18% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 26 90 | Cold-water shrimps and prawns " Pandalus spp.", even in shell, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked) | 0 | 12% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 27 10 | Shrimps and prawns, smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared (excl. frozen and cold-water shrimps and prawns) | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 27 91 | Shrimps of the family Pandalidae, even in shell, incl. shrimps in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked, frozen and Pandalus ) | 0 | 12% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 27 95 | Shrimps of the genus Crangon, even in shell, incl. shrimps in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked, frozen and Crangon crangon ) | 0 | 18% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 27 99 | Shrimps and prawns, even in shell, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked, frozen and "Pandalidae" and "Crangon") | 0 | 12% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 29 05 | Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, smoked, even in shell, even cooked but not otherwise prepared (excl. frozen and rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, smoked, fit for human consumption (excluding frozen) | 0 | 20% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 29 10 | Freshwater crayfish, even in shell, incl. crayfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked and frozen) | 0 | 7.5% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 29 90 | Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, even in shell, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. smoked, frozen and rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, crabs, freshwater crayfish and Norway lobsters " nephrops norvegicus "); flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption (excl. smoked and frozen) | 0 | 12% | – | Free | Free |
Into Brazil from the EU: 19 lines
| Code | Description | Staging | Base | Applied MFN | 2026 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0306 11 10 | Whole lobsters, frozen | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 11 90 | Other frozen rock lobster, except whole | 4 | 10% | 9% | 7.2% | Freefrom 2030 |
| 0306 12 00 | Frozen lobster (homards) ( Homarus spp.) | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 14 00 | Frozen crabs | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 15 00 | Norwegian lobster ( Nephros norvegicus ) | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 16 10 | Shrimp of cold water ( Pandalus spp.), whole, frozen | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 16 90 | Shrimp of cold water, not whole, frozen | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 17 10 | Other whole prawns, frozen | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 17 90 | Other prawns, not whole, frozen | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 19 10 | Krill ( Euphasia superba ), frozen | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 19 90 | Other frozen crustaceans, including flours, for human consumption | 0 | 10% | 9% | Free | Free |
| 0306 21 00 | Not frozen rock lobster ( Palinurus, panulirus , Jasus ) | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 22 00 | Not frozen lobster ("homards") ( Homarus spp.) | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 24 00 | Crabs, not frozen | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 25 00 | Norwegian lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus ), not frozen | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 26 00 | Shrimp of cold water, not frozen | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 27 00 | Other prawns, not frozen | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 29 10 | Fresh water lobsters, not frozen | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
| 0306 29 90 | Other not frozen crustaceans, including flours, etc. for human consumption | 0 | 10% | – | Free | Free |
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Data and method
Worked out with the calculator's engine from the agreement schedules (Annex 2-A) and the applied-rate files, for agreement year 2026. Mercosur → EU figures assume Brazilian origin, which only matters for the few origin-specific quotas; EU → Mercosur figures are for Brazil unless the country table says otherwise.
- EU TARIC via Swedish Customs Tariff File Distribution (TF), 16 October 2026
- Brazil applied import duty, Res. Gecex 272/2021 Annexes II, V, VI, IX (MDIC), 5 October 2026
- Argentina applied import duty (DIE), ARCA Arancel Integrado, 18 October 2026
- Uruguay applied import duty (Arancel Nacional, MEF), 10 February 2025 · Manual snapshot · Older than 180 days
- Paraguay applied import duty (Arancel Nacional Vigente, MEF), 4 November 2025 · Manual snapshot · Older than 180 days
Estimates only, not legal or customs advice. Check the official schedules before relying on a rate.