HSN Code 03063600: Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish

HSN Code 03063600 represents Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish under GST classification. This code helps businesses identify Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish correctly for billing, taxation, and trade. With HSN Code 03063600, companies can avoid errors in invoices, simplify compliance, and enable hassle-free import/export of Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish.

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Description of Goods for Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish

HSN Code 03063600 relates to the following description:

Chapter Number Chapter Name Sub Chapter Number Sub Chapter Name Description of Goods CGST
(%)
SGST
(%)
IGST
(%)
CESS
(%)
03 Fish and crustaceans,molluscs and other acquatic invertibrates 0306 Crustaceans, 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; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption Other shrimps and prawns 2.5% 2.5% 5% 0%

Description of goods

Other shrimps and prawns

Chapter

03 – Fish and crustaceans,molluscs and other acquatic invertibrates

Sub Chapter

0306 – Crustaceans, 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; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption

CGST 2.5%
SGST 2.5%
IGST 5%
CESS 0%

What does HSN Code 03063600 not include?

Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish does not include products with the following descriptions:

HSN Code Description
Frozen: Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen: Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
Frozen : Lobsters (Homarus spp.) : Whole, cooked [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Lobsters (Homarus spp.) : Whole, cooked
Frozen : Lobsters (Homarus spp.) : Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Lobsters (Homarus spp.) : Other
Frozen : Crabs [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Crabs
Frozen : Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
Frozen : Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD)
Frozen : Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Other
Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.) : Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.) : Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD)
Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.) : Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.) : Other
Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus)
Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)
Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Flower shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Flower shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus)
Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Other
Frozen: Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Frozen: Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, saltedor in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cookedby steaming or by boiling in water,whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,salted or in brine; flours, meals andpellets, of crustaceans, fit for humanconsumptionnot frozen : rock lobster and other sea craw fish(palinurus spp., panulirus spp., jasus spp.)
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, saltedor in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cookedby steaming or by boiling in water,whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,salted or in brine; flours, meals andpellets, of crustaceans, fit for humanconsumptionnot frozen : lobsters (homarus spp.)
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, saltedor in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cookedby steaming or by boiling in water,whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,salted or in brine; flours, meals andpellets, of crustaceans, fit for humanconsumptionnot frozen : crabs
Norway lobsters(nephops norvegicus)
Cold-water shrimps and prawns (pandalus spp, crangon crangon)
Powdered
Other
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, saltedor in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cookedby steaming or by boiling in water,whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,salted or in brine; flours, meals andpellets, of crustaceans, fit for humanconsumptionnot frozen : other, including flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption
Live, fresh or chilled: Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Live, fresh or chilled: Lobsters (Homarus spp.)
Live, fresh or chilled: Crabs
Live, fresh or chilled: Norway lobsters ( Nephrops norvegicus )
Live, fresh or chilled: Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon)
Scampi (Macrobachium spp.)
Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus)
Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)
Flower Shrimp(Penaeus semisulcatus)
Artemia
Other
Live, fresh or chilled: Other
Other: Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Jasus spp.)
Other: Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Jasus spp.)
Other: Lobsters ( Homarus spp.)[ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Other: Lobsters ( Homarus spp.)
Other: Crabs[ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Other: Crabs
Other: Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Other: Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)
Other: Shrimps and prawns [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Other: Shrimps and prawns
Other: Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]
Other: Other

Frozen: Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen: Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)

Frozen : Lobsters (Homarus spp.) : Whole, cooked [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Lobsters (Homarus spp.) : Whole, cooked

Frozen : Lobsters (Homarus spp.) : Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Lobsters (Homarus spp.) : Other

Frozen : Crabs [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Crabs

Frozen : Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)

Frozen : Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD)

Frozen : Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Other

Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.) : Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.) : Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD)

Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.) : Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.) : Other

Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus)

Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)

Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Flower shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen : Other shrimps and prawns : Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.): Flower shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus)

Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen: Other shrimps and prawns : Other

Frozen: Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Frozen: Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption

Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, saltedor in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cookedby steaming or by boiling in water,whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,salted or in brine; flours, meals andpellets, of crustaceans, fit for humanconsumptionnot frozen : rock lobster and other sea craw fish(palinurus spp., panulirus spp., jasus spp.)

Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, saltedor in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cookedby steaming or by boiling in water,whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,salted or in brine; flours, meals andpellets, of crustaceans, fit for humanconsumptionnot frozen : lobsters (homarus spp.)

Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, saltedor in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cookedby steaming or by boiling in water,whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,salted or in brine; flours, meals andpellets, of crustaceans, fit for humanconsumptionnot frozen : crabs

Norway lobsters(nephops norvegicus)

Cold-water shrimps and prawns (pandalus spp, crangon crangon)

Crustaceans, whether in shell or not,live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, saltedor in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cookedby steaming or by boiling in water,whether or not chilled, frozen, dried,salted or in brine; flours, meals andpellets, of crustaceans, fit for humanconsumptionnot frozen : other, including flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption

Live, fresh or chilled: Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Live, fresh or chilled: Lobsters (Homarus spp.)

Live, fresh or chilled: Crabs

Live, fresh or chilled: Norway lobsters ( Nephrops norvegicus )

Live, fresh or chilled: Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon)

Scampi (Macrobachium spp.)

Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus)

Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)

Flower Shrimp(Penaeus semisulcatus)

Live, fresh or chilled: Other

Other: Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Jasus spp.)

Other: Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Jasus spp.)

Other: Lobsters ( Homarus spp.)[ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Other: Lobsters ( Homarus spp.)

Other: Crabs[ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Other: Crabs

Other: Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Other: Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)

Other: Shrimps and prawns [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Other: Shrimps and prawns

Other: Other [ other than fresh or chilled and other than pre-packaged and labelled unit container]

Other: Other

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FAQs for HSN Code 03063600

What products are classified under HSN 3063600 ?

It includes Mosses and Lichens

Any watch‑outs when classifying Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish?

Use the exact HSN and form. Don’t charge GST on exempt items; apply 5%/12%/18% only where the entry requires it.

Does e‑invoicing apply when I sell Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish?

e‑Invoicing depends on turnover, not the item’s rate. If AATO exceeds the notified threshold (presently ₹5 crore), B2B invoices must be reported.

Do I need an e‑way bill while moving Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish?

An e‑way bill may be required if the consignment value exceeds ₹50,000, subject to notified exemptions for such goods.

Any example to understand GST on Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish?

Example: Fresh/chilled produce in open packs is Nil. If it is not fresh/chilled and sold as pre‑packaged & labelled, 5% may apply for food items.

Is ITC available on expenses for supplying Live/Fresh/Chilled Cuttle Fish?

No. ITC attributable to exempt/Nil supplies is not available. If you also make taxable supplies, apportion and reverse credit under Rule 42.

Important Disclaimer

The above does not constitute professional advice or a formal recommendation. We recommend consulting a professional tax consultant before acting on the information contained in this piece of content.

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