0511.10
Bovine semen
Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption
Where this code sits
- Section I · Chapter05 — PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDEDLIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
- Heading0511 — Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption
- Subheading0511.10 — Bovine semen
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 0511.10 into the lookup and follow it down to your national line.
US national lines under 0511.10
The United States subdivides this subheading into 3 lines. They share a duty rate, so the classification below the subheading affects reporting rather than the amount.
| Line | Description | General | Preferential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0511.10.00 | Bovine semen | Free | — |
| 0511.10.00.10 | Dairy | Free stated on 05111000 | — |
| 0511.10.00.90 | Other | Free stated on 05111000 | — |
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 0511.10
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 0511
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.
(c) Guts, bladders, or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 0511 or 3002); or
(a) Non-living insects, unfit for human consumption (heading 0511);
(a) Animal blood of heading 0511;
(a) Parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 0511);
(c) "Coarse animal hair" means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush-making hair and bristles (heading 0502) and horsehair (heading 0511).
Other subheadings under 0511
Elsewhere in chapter 05
Importing 0511.10 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 0511.10?
0511.10 covers Bovine semen. It sits under heading 0511 (Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption) in chapter 05, products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.
What is the US duty rate for 0511.10?
The Column 1 General rate is Free, from US national line 0511.10.00. 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.