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16.05 Crustaceans, moUuscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved. 1605.10 - Crab - Shrimps and prawns : 1605.21 - - Not in airtight container 1605.51 - - Other - Lobster - Other crustaceans - Molluscs : - - Oysters 1605.52 -- 1605.53 - - Mussels 1605.54 - - Cuttle fish and squid 1605.56 - - Clams, cockles and arkshells 1605.57 - - Abalone 1605.29 1605.30 1605.40 Scallops, including queen scallops 1605.58 - - Snails, other than sea snails 1605.59 - - Other - Other aquatic invertebrates : 1605.6 1 - - Sea cucumbers 1605.62 - - Sea urchins 1605.63 - - Jellyfish 1605.69 - - Other The Explanatory Note to heading 16.04 applies, mutatis rnutandis, to crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, except that crustaceans, in shell, which have been cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (whether or not with small quantities of provisional chemical preserving agents) fall in heading 03.06. The crustaceans and molluscs most commonly prepared or preserved include crab, shim s and prawns, lobster, crawfish, cra tsh, mussels, octopus, s uid and snails, The principa other aquatic invertebrates, re are or preserved, of this hea ing are sea-urchins, sea cucumbers (beches-de-rner) and e f g s h . F P
1.- This Chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 05.04. 2.- Food preparations fall in this Chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above, it is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components which predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 19.02 or to the preparations of heading 21.03 or 21.04. Subheading Notes. 1.- For the purposes of subheading 1602.10, the expression “homogenised preparations” means preparations of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat, meat offal or insects. This subheading takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 16.02. 2.- The fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates specified in the subheadings of heading 16.04 or 16.05 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same name.