Treatment of shrimp from India

(a) Phase-In of duty increase (1) Calendar year 2026 Effective on January 1, 2026, subheadings 0306.16.00, 0306.17.00, 0306.35, 0306.36, 0306.95, 1605.21, and 1605.29 of the HTS shall be applied and administered with respect to imports from India— (A) in the column 1 general rate of duty column, by substituting 10% for the rate of duty otherwise applicable; and (B) in the column 2 rate of duty column, by substituting 25¢/kg for the rate of duty otherwise applicable. (2) Calendar year 2027 Effective on January 1, 2027, subheadings 0306.16.00, 0306.17.00, 0306.35, 0306.36, 0306.95, 1605.21, and 1605.29 of the HTS shall be applied and administered with respect to imports from India— (A) in the column 1 general rate of duty column, by substituting 20% for the rate of duty otherwise applicable; and (B) in the column 2 rate of duty column, by substituting 50¢/kg for the rate of duty otherwise applicable. (3) Calendar year 2028 and thereafter Effective on January 1, 2028, subheadings 0306.16.00, 0306.17.00, 0306.35, 0306.36, 0306.95, 1605.21, and 1605.29 of the HTS shall be applied and administered with respect to imports from India— (A) in the column 1 general rate of duty column, by substituting 40% for the rate of duty otherwise applicable; and (B) in the column 2 rate of duty column, by substituting $1/kg for the rate of duty otherwise applicable. (b) Customs valuation Notwithstanding section 402 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1401a), or any other provision of law, shrimp imported into the United States from India shall be appraised, for purposes of that Act, as not less than the average of United States ex-vessel shrimp prices as of the date of exportation.