0505.10
Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down
Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers
Where this code sits
- Section I · Chapter05 — PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDEDLIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
- Heading0505 — Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers
- Subheading0505.10 — Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down
Six digits is as far as the international nomenclature goes, and it is the same six digits in every country that applies the Harmonized System. Your destination adds further digits of its own, and the rate lives on that national line — which is why the US lines below run to eight and ten digits, and why the lookups go to each authority's own tariff.
Duty rate
USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Revision 18 (2026) · retrieved 13/09/2026
Measures in force on top of this rate
- Antidumping/countervailing duties not checked — they are administered separately, keyed to the exporter, and can exceed the tariff rate. Check for an order in force before relying on this total.
Paste 0505.10 into the lookup and follow it down to your national line.
US national lines under 0505.10
The United States subdivides this subheading into 5 lines. They share a duty rate, so the classification below the subheading affects reporting rather than the amount.
| Line | Description | General | Preferential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0505.10.00 | Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down | Free | — |
| 0505.10.00.50 | Feathers | Free stated on 05051000 | — |
| 0505.10.00.55 | Down | Free stated on 05051000 | — |
| 0505.10.00.60 | Feathers | Free stated on 05051000 | — |
| 0505.10.00.65 | Down | Free stated on 05051000 | — |
A blank General cell means the line states no rate of its own and takes the one above it — the line it is stated on is named, so the figure can be checked where it actually appears. Preferential rates are listed with the programme codes that grant them; the schedule offering a rate is not the same as your goods qualifying for it.
Preferential rates for 0505.10
No preference programme applies to these lines for any origin — the general rate is the rate, wherever the goods come from. That is worth knowing: there is nothing to claim here, so no certificate of origin will reduce the duty.
Legal notes that govern this code
Reproduced from the published tariff schedule. Section and chapter notes are binding and are part of the nomenclature itself; statistical notes are US reporting rules and are not classification law.
Section I notes LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
1. Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species.
2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the tariff schedule any reference to "dried" products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried.
Notes are reproduced from the published tariff schedule. They govern classification, but reading them is not the same as applying them to your goods — that is what a broker or a binding ruling is for.
Other chapters that mention heading 0505
An exclusion pointing into this heading from another chapter is as decisive as one in your own, and it is the one nobody finds by reading their own chapter.
(b) Birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down, of heading 0505 or 6701; or
(a) Birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down (heading 0505 or 6701);
Other subheadings under 0505
Elsewhere in chapter 05
Importing 0505.10 into
Each guide covers how duty and tax are assessed there, the authority with jurisdiction, and what catches importers out.
Common questions
What is HS code 0505.10?
0505.10 covers Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down. It sits under heading 0505 (Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers) in chapter 05, products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.
What is the US duty rate for 0505.10?
The Column 1 General rate is Free, from US national line 0505.10.00. That is the rate before any preference you can claim, and it does not include antidumping or countervailing duties, which are administered separately and can exceed it.