Chapter 05
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Section I — Live animals; animal products · 9 headings · 15 subheadings
Duty in chapter 05 at a glance
Counted across the 48 US national lines beneath this chapter's subheadings. It says what kind of chapter this is before you read ninety headings to find out.
- Duty-free lines
- 35 of 48 stating a rate
- Ad valorem range
- 1.1% – 5.1%
- Dutiable per unit, not on value
- 1 line is charged per kilogram, litre or item rather than as a percentage of the customs value. A landed-cost estimate built from value alone will understate the duty on those.
Preference programmes appearing in this chapter
Named from General Note 3(c)(i). A programme appearing here does not mean it applies to your goods — that depends on the line, the origin and the agreement's rules of origin.
Legal notes
Reproduced from the published tariff schedule. Section and chapter notes are binding and part of the nomenclature; 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.
Headings in chapter 05
0502 Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brushmaking hair; waste of such bristles or hair
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
0506 Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinized; powder and waste of these products
0507 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products
0511 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption
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Common questions
What does HS chapter 05 cover?
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. It contains 9 headings and 15 six-digit subheadings, and sits in Section I (live animals; animal products).
Are chapter 05's notes legally binding?
This chapter carries no legal notes of its own. Its section notes and the General Rules of Interpretation still govern.