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Heading · Chapter 03 · Section I, Live animals

HS 0307Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

Customs duty
15% to 30%
37 tariff items
GST now
0% or 5%
depending on the goods
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg
Duty in China
0% to 14%
On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this heading

28 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.

Codes under this code
CodeDescriptionCustoms dutyGST nowUnit
0307 11 00Live, fresh or chilled30%0% or 5%kg
0307 12 00Frozen30%0% or 5%kg
0307 19 00Other30%0% or 5%kg
0307 21 00Live, fresh or chilled30%0% or 5%kg
0307 22 00Frozen30%0% or 5%kg
0307 29 00Other30%0% or 5%kg
0307 31 00Live, fresh or chilled30%0% or 5%kg
0307 32 00Frozen15%0% or 5%kg
0307 39Other30%0% or 5%kg
0307 42Live, fresh or chilled15% to 30%0% or 5%kg
0307 43Frozen30%0% or 5%kg
0307 49Other30%0% or 5%kg
0307 51 00Live, fresh or chilled30%0% or 5%kg
0307 52 00Frozen30%0% or 5%kg
0307 59 00Other30%0% or 5%kg
0307 60 00Snails, other than sea snails30%0% or 5%kg
0307 71 00Live, fresh or chilled30%0% or 5%kg
0307 72 00Frozen30%0% or 5%kg
0307 79 00Other30%0% or 5%kg
0307 81 00Live, fresh or chilled abalone (Haliotis spp.)30%0% or 5%kg
0307 82 00Live, fresh or chilled stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.)30%0% or 5%kg
0307 83 00Frozen abalone (Haliotis spp.)30%0% or 5%kg
0307 84 00Frozen stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.)30%0% or 5%kg
0307 87 00Other abalone (Haliotis spp.)30%0% or 5%kg
0307 88 00Other stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.)30%0% or 5%kg
0307 91 00Live, fresh or chilled30%0% or 5%kg
0307 92 00Frozen30%0% or 5%kg
0307 99 00Other30%0% or 5%kg

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 37 tariff items: 15% to 30%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items

  • Free: 37 tariff items

GST

IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.

  • Now 0% or 5%, depending on the goods.
  • Until 21 September 2025 0% or 5%, depending on the goods.
  • Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
10/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule Exempt, S.No. 13All goods, fresh or chilledNil
10/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule Exempt, S.No. 14All goods, other than fresh or chilled, and other than pre - packaged and labelledNil
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 3All goods, other than fresh or chilled, pre-packaged and labelled5%
10/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule Exempt, S.No. 10Fish seeds, prawn / shrimp seeds whether or not processed, cured or in frozen state [other than goods falling under Chapter 3 and attracting 5%]Nil

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 20250% or 5%2/2017-Central Tax (Rate); 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 20250% or 5%10/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate); 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)

Exporting from India

Export duty

Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.

Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback itemGoodsRateCap
0307Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process——
030701In chilled or frozen form4.5%Rs. 29.5 per Kg
030799Others0.15%—

Drawback items follow the 4-digit heading, not the 8-digit code: claim the one that describes your goods. Rates of notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) as amended, in force on 19 Oct 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

  • Free: 37 tariff items

China: the same goods (0307)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 56 in force and 38 expired under 0307. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.

China's tariff for these goods
China codeGoodsDuty on Indian goodsMFNImport VATExport rebateLicences
0307.11.10.00Oyster spat牡蛎种苗0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABPQ
0307.11.90.00Other live, fresh or chilled oysters其他活、鲜、冷的牡蛎7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.12.00.00Frozen oysters冻的牡蛎10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.19.00.00Other oysters, dried, salted or in brine其他干、盐腌或盐渍牡蛎10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.21.91.00Live, fresh or chilled scallops活、鲜、冷的扇贝10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.21.99.00Other live, fresh or chilled scallops, including queen scallops, of the family Pectinidae其他活、鲜、冷的扇贝科的软体动物7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.22.10.00Frozen scallops冻的扇贝10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.22.90.00Other frozen scallops其他冻的扇贝科的软体动物7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.29.10.00Scallops, dried, salted or in brine干、盐腌或盐渍的扇贝10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.29.90.00Other scallops & other molluscs of the family Pectinidae, dried, salted or in brine其他干、盐腌或盐渍的扇贝科的软体动物7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.31.10.00Mussel spat贻贝种苗0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABPQ
0307.31.90.01Fresh or chilled mussels鲜、冷贻贝10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.31.90.90Other live mussels其他活贻贝10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.32.00.00Frozen mussels冻贻贝7%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.39.00.00Other dried, salted or in brine mussels其他干、盐腌或盐渍的贻贝7%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.42.10.00Cuttlefish and squid fry墨鱼及鱿鱼种苗0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABPQ
0307.42.91.00Other live, fresh or chilled cuttle fish (Sepia, Sepiola, Rossia) and squid (Ommastrephes, Loligo, Nototodarus, Sepioteuthis)其他活、鲜、冷的墨鱼(乌贼属、巨粒僧头乌贼、耳乌贼属)及鱿鱼(柔鱼属、枪乌贼属、双柔鱼属、拟乌贼属)12%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)12%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.42.99.00Other live, fresh or chilled cuttle fish and squid其他活、鲜、冷的墨鱼及鱿鱼14%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)14%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.43.10.00Cuttle fish and squid, frozen冻的墨鱼及鱿鱼10%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.43.90.00Other frozen cuttle fish and squid其他冻的墨鱼及鱿鱼10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.49.10.00Other dried or salted cuttle fish (Sepia, Sepiola, Rossia) and squid (Ommastrephes, Loligo, Nototodarus, Sepioteuthis)其他干、盐制的墨鱼(乌贼属、巨粒僧头乌贼、耳乌贼属)及鱿鱼(柔鱼属、枪乌贼属、双柔鱼属、拟乌贼属)10%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.49.90.00Other dried or salted cuttle fish and squid其他干、盐制的墨鱼及鱿鱼10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.51.00.00Octopus, live, fresh or chilled活、鲜、冷章鱼7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.52.00.00Frozen octopuses冻的章鱼7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.59.00.00Other dried, salted octopus其他干、盐制的章鱼7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.60.10.10Spat of endangered snails and conches, excluding marine conches濒危蜗牛及螺种苗,海螺除外0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%0%ABFEPQ
0307.60.10.90Snails and slugs, live, excluding sea snails蜗牛及螺种苗,海螺除外0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABPQ
0307.60.90.10Other endangered snails and slugs, excluding sea snails其他濒危蜗牛及螺,海螺除外7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%0%ABFERSPQ
0307.60.90.90Other live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine snails and slugs, excluding sea snails其他活、鲜、冷、冻、干、盐腌或盐渍的蜗牛及螺,海螺除外7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.71.10.10Tridacna clam spat砗磲的种苗0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABEFPQ
0307.71.10.90Clam, cockle and ark shell spat蛤、鸟蛤及舟贝种苗0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABPQ
0307.71.91.00Live, fresh or chilled clams活、鲜、冷蛤10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.71.99.10Live, fresh or chilled giant clams活、鲜、冷砗磲10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABEFRSPQ
0307.71.99.20Live, fresh or chilled ark shells (Anadara granosa)活、鲜、冷的粗饰蚶10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABURSPQ
0307.71.99.90Live, fresh or chilled cockles and ark shells活、鲜、冷鸟蛤及舟贝10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.72.00.10Frozen giant clams冻的砗磲10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABEFRSPQ
0307.72.00.20Ark shells, frozen冻的粗饰蚶10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABURSPQ
0307.72.00.90Frozen other clams, cockles and ark shells冻的其他蛤、鸟蛤及舟贝10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.79.00.10Dried, salted giant clams干、盐渍的砗磲10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABEFRSPQ
0307.79.00.20Ark shells, dried or salted干、盐制的粗饰蚶10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABURSPQ
0307.79.00.90Other clams, cockles and ark shells, dried or salted干、盐制其他蛤、鸟蛤及舟贝10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.81.10.00Abalone spat鲍鱼种苗0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABPQ
0307.81.90.00Abalone, live, fresh or chilled活、鲜、冷的鲍鱼10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.82.10.00Babylonia areolata spat凤螺种苗0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABPQ
0307.82.90.00Other live, fresh or chilled babylon snails活、鲜或冷的其他凤螺10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.83.00.00Abalone, frozen冻的鲍鱼10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.84.00.00Babylon snails, frozen冻的凤螺10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.87.00.00Dried, salted or in brine abalone干、盐腌或盐渍的鲍鱼10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.88.00.00Dried, salted or in brine whelks干、盐腌或盐渍的凤螺10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.91.10.90Other mollusc spat其他软体动物的种苗0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%9%9%ABPQ
0307.91.90.20Clams (Corbicula spp.), live, fresh or chilled活、鲜、冷蚬属7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABURSPQ
0307.91.90.90Other live, fresh or chilled molluscs其他活、鲜、冷的软体动物7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.92.00.20Frozen clams of the genus Corbicula冻的蚬属7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABURSPQ
0307.92.00.90Other frozen molluscs其他冻的软体动物7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
0307.99.00.20Dried, salted or in brine clams of the genus Corbicula干、盐腌或盐渍蚬属7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABURSPQ
0307.99.00.90Other dried, salted or in brine molluscs其他干、盐腌或盐渍软体动物7%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)7%9%9%ABRSPQ
  • India is a member of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). With an APTA certificate of origin, Indian goods pay China's APTA rate where the line has one; China applies the lower of that and its provisional rate.
  • The export VAT rebate is what China refunds its own exporters. When China cuts it, Chinese export prices tend to rise.

China's tariff as compiled by HS编码网 from China Customs, the State Council Tariff Commission and the State Taxation Administration. The Chinese is the original.

Nearby codes

Sources

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