HS code 0306: Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live
Heading 0306 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 03, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
0306Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
Place in the nomenclature: 03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates > 0306
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, incl. crustaceans in shell cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 20
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 46
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 0306
- 0306 11Frozen | Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp.", "Panulirus spp." and "Jasus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 11 10 Crawfish tails
- 0306 11 90 Other
- 0306 12Frozen | Lobsters (Homarus spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen lobsters "Homarus spp.", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 12 10 Whole
- 0306 12 90 Other
- 0306 14Frozen | Crabs
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen crabs, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. crabs in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 14 10 Crabs of the species Paralithodes camchaticus, Chionoecetes spp. or Callinectes sapidus
- 0306 14 30 Crabs of the species Cancer pagurus
- 0306 14 90 Other
- 0306 15Frozen | Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 15 00 Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
- 0306 16Frozen | Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 16 91 Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon
- 0306 16 99 Other
- 0306 17Frozen | Other shrimps and prawns
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns)
- 0306 17 91 Deepwater rose shrimps (Parapenaeus longirostris)
- 0306 17 92 Shrimps of the genus Penaeus
- 0306 17 93 Shrimps of the family Pandalidae, other than of the genus Pandalus
- 0306 17 94 Shrimps of the genus Crangon, other than of the species Crangon crangon
- 0306 17 99 Other
- 0306 19Frozen | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns)
- 0306 19 10 Freshwater crayfish
- 0306 19 90 Other
- 0306 31Live, fresh or chilled | Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled
- 0306 31 00 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
- 0306 32Live, fresh or chilled | Lobsters (Homarus spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled
- 0306 32 10 Live
- 0306 32 91 Other | Whole
- 0306 32 99 Other | Other
- 0306 33Live, fresh or chilled | Crabs
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Crabs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled
- 0306 33 10 Crabs of the species Cancer pagurus
- 0306 33 90 Other
- 0306 34Live, fresh or chilled | Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled
- 0306 34 00 Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
- 0306 35Live, fresh or chilled | Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled
- 0306 35 10 Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon | Fresh or chilled
- 0306 35 50 Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon | Other
- 0306 35 90 Other
- 0306 36Live, fresh or chilled | Other shrimps and prawns
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon")
- 0306 36 10 Shrimps of the family Pandalidae, other than of the genus Pandalus
- 0306 36 50 Shrimps of the genus Crangon, other than of the species Crangon crangon
- 0306 36 90 Other
- 0306 39Live, fresh or chilled | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns)
- 0306 39 10 Freshwater crayfish
- 0306 39 90 Other
- 0306 91Other | Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Rock lobster and other sea crawfish "Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 91 00 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
- 0306 92Other | Lobsters (Homarus spp.)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lobsters "Homarus spp.", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 92 10 Whole
- 0306 92 90 Other
- 0306 93Other | Crabs
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Crabs, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crabs in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 93 10 Crabs of the species Cancer pagurus
- 0306 93 90 Other
- 0306 94Other | Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Norway lobsters "Nephrops norvegicus", whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. lobsters in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 94 00 Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
- 0306 95Other | Shrimps and prawns
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Shrimps and prawns, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. ones in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 95 11 Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) | Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon | Cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
- 0306 95 19 Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) | Shrimps of the species Crangon crangon | Other
- 0306 95 20 Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) | Pandalus spp.
- 0306 95 30 Other shrimps and prawns | Shrimps of the family Pandalidae, other than of the genus Pandalus
- 0306 95 40 Other shrimps and prawns | Shrimps of the genus Crangon, other than of the species Crangon crangon
- 0306 95 90 Other shrimps and prawns | Other
- 0306 99Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns)
- 0306 99 10 Freshwater crayfish
- 0306 99 90 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
Not sure which code fits your product?
Describe the product and the HS code finder suggests a code from the official nomenclature, with its path and up to 2 alternatives.
Not a binding classification
These pages show the official texts for reference. They are not a binding classification: check the code with your customs broker, or ask your customs authority for Binding Tariff Information (BTI).
Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.