Shrimp and prawns (other than cold-water), live, fresh or chilled

US trade by year

US imports were $3.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 66% on the 12 months to Aug 2018. US exports were $33.7M, up 104%. This code began with the HS 2017 revision in January 2017, taking goods from 0306.27, so its history starts there. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• Ecuador
• Korea, South
• Mexico
• Thailand
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Landed cost by origin, below, adds freight and duty to the price.

The 3 largest suppliers had 90.5% of US imports over the last 12 months.

Landed cost by origin

What importers paid to land this product at a US port from each main supplier, June–August 2026: the price, freight and insurance to the first US port, and duty, per unit. Suppliers with 3% or more of these imports, cheapest landed first. Small figures under landed cost are the change from the same months a year earlier.

• Price
• Freight and insurance
• Duty

Landed at a US port, Korea, South was cheapest, at $5.65/kg: 44.2% below Ecuador.

Landed cost from Mexico fell 85% on a year earlier, to $15.27/kg, mostly on price: $102.90/kg then, $15.27/kg now.

How the market is shifting

Ecuador gained the most share: 44.5% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 28.9% in the 12 months before. Mexico lost the most: 20.9%, down from 37.0%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• Ecuador
• Korea, South
• Mexico
• Thailand
• All countries

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

1. December 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 11.3% → 5.6%.
2. June 2025 · Duty paid: all countries 0.0% → 10.1%.
   • Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Ecuador: Initiation of Expedited Review of the Countervailing Duty OrderMar 6, 2025 · International Trade Administration
3. August 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 10.6% → 0.0%.
4. March 2020 · Duty paid: all countries 3.2% → 10.6%.
   • Implementation of Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act-Notification of Revocation of Comparability Findings and Implementation of Import Restrictions; Certification of Admissibility for Certain Fish Products From MexicoMar 9, 2020 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 100 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

The biggest market outside the US is Hong Kong, which imported $160.2M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

The US supplies 85.4% of imports into India, but under 10% into Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.

Of these, imports into Malaysia grew fastest: up 55% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 0306: crustaceans. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.