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Chapter 05

Products of Animal Origin, Not Elsewhere Specified

56 tariff lines · 38 filing-ready 10-digit codes · codes begin with 05

Chapter 05 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers products of Animal Origin, Not Elsewhere Specified. Every code in this chapter starts with the digits 05. Work down the nested list below: the bold headings are broad categories, and the 10-digit statistical codes underneath them are what you actually declare to US Customs. Duty rates shown are the general (Column 1) rates that apply to most trading partners.

Codes in Chapter 05

0501.00.00.00Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0502Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brushmaking hair; waste of such bristles or hair
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0502.10.00.00Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof10-digit statistical code0.8¢/kg
0502.90.00.00Other10-digit statistical codeFree
0504.00.00Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0504.00.00.20Hog10-digit statistical code
0504.00.00.40Other10-digit statistical code
0504.00.00.60Other10-digit statistical code
0505Skins 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
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0505.10.00Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down8-digit subheadingFree
0505.10.00.50Feathers10-digit statistical code
0505.10.00.55Down10-digit statistical code
0505.10.00.60Feathers10-digit statistical code
0505.10.00.65Down10-digit statistical code
0505.90Other6-digit heading
0505.90.20Feather meal and waste8-digit subheading2.3%
0505.90.20.20Feather meal10-digit statistical code
0505.90.20.40Other10-digit statistical code
0505.90.60.00Other10-digit statistical codeFree
0506Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinized; powder and waste of these products
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0506.10.00.00Ossein and bones treated with acid10-digit statistical codeFree
0506.90.00Other8-digit subheadingFree
0506.90.00.20Bones, crude, steamed or ground10-digit statistical code
0506.90.00.40Other10-digit statistical code
0507Ivory, 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
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0507.10.00.00Ivory; ivory powder and waste10-digit statistical codeFree
0507.90.00Other8-digit subheadingFree
0507.90.00.10Velvet antler10-digit statistical code
0507.90.00.90Other10-digit statistical code
0508.00.00.00Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttlebone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0510.00Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0510.00.20.00Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk10-digit statistical code5.1%
0510.00.40Other8-digit subheadingFree
0510.00.40.10Pancreas glands10-digit statistical code
0510.00.40.20Bile and other animal secretions10-digit statistical code
0510.00.40.40Cantharides; glands (other than pancreas), organs and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products10-digit statistical code
0511Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption
HTS codeDescriptionLevelGeneral duty rate
0511.10.00Bovine semen8-digit subheadingFree
0511.10.00.10Dairy10-digit statistical code
0511.10.00.90Other10-digit statistical code
0511.91.00Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of chapter 38-digit subheadingFree
0511.91.00.10Fertilized fish eggs10-digit statistical code
0511.91.00.90Other10-digit statistical code
0511.99Other6-digit heading
0511.99.20.00Parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins; glue stock not elsewhere specified or included10-digit statistical codeFree
0511.99.30Products chiefly used as food for animals or as ingredients in such food8-digit subheadingFree
0511.99.30.30Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba)10-digit statistical code
0511.99.30.60Other10-digit statistical code
0511.99.33.00Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material10-digit statistical codeFree
0511.99.36.00Natural sponges of animal origin10-digit statistical code3%
0511.99.40Other8-digit subheading1.1%
0511.99.40.24Dairy cattle10-digit statistical code
0511.99.40.28Other cattle10-digit statistical code
0511.99.40.30Dried blood10-digit statistical code
0511.99.40.40Other animal semen10-digit statistical code
0511.99.40.70Other10-digit statistical code

Not sure which line applies?

Classification follows the General Rules of Interpretation: the most specific description wins, and you must use a 10-digit statistical code on the entry. When two lines look equally plausible, a CBP binding ruling is the only way to be certain.

How HTS codes are structuredEstimate duty

Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, 2026 Basic Edition, Revision 16. Rate text is reproduced verbatim from the official export; category paths and duty estimates are derived.

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