HTS Chapter 05: Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified
HTS Chapter 05 covers Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified. Browse 5 published headings, then narrow to the active product line that matches the goods.
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Written to help non-specialists understand this page. Rates, dates, and legal facts come from the official records above and on the linked source.
US HTS Chapter 05 covers certain animal-origin materials and products that are generally raw or only simply prepared. Examples include brushmaking bristles and hair, feathers and down, bones and horn-cores, ivory and other specified animal parts, and other animal products not elsewhere specified or included. Some goods are limited by their condition, such as whether they are merely cleaned, disinfected, preserved, defatted, acid-treated, or not cut to shape.
The HTS is organized from broad to specific: a chapter is a two-digit group, a heading is identified by four digits, a subheading by six digits, and the complete US classification is normally a 10-digit code. To classify a product, start with its actual material and physical condition, then compare the relevant heading and subheading descriptions, the section and chapter notes, and any exclusions. Do not choose based only on the product’s intended use; a finished brush, garment, decorative item, food product, or manufactured article may belong elsewhere. Confirm the result against the current official HTS and, when the material or processing is unusual, seek a binding ruling or customs-broker advice.
What to check
- Identify the animal material, species if relevant, and whether it is whole, waste, powder, trimmed, shaped, assembled, or further manufactured.
- Check the legal notes and exclusions for Chapters 01 through 05 and for any chapter covering the finished article or intended use.
- Compare the product’s condition with terms such as unworked, simply prepared, cleaned, disinfected, preserved, defatted, acid-treated, or degelatinized.
- Verify any permits, wildlife-protection rules, sanitary requirements, or other agency controls that may apply in addition to tariff classification.
- Check the current HTS for applicable Chapter 99 provisions and other additional duties or trade measures, separately from the ordinary classification.
How to use this chapter
A chapter is the first classification level, not a duty rate. Choose the heading that describes the product, narrow by material, construction, use, or other legal distinctions, and verify the final line against the official HTS notes.
Heading list
| HTS code | Description | Linked 8-digit entries |
|---|---|---|
| 0502 | Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brushmaking hair; waste of such bristles or hair: | 0 |
| 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: | 1 |
| 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: | 1 |
| 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: | 1 |
| 0511 | Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption: | 1 |
Linked measures
0 linked measure entries in the current snapshot.
Questions about HTS Chapter 05
What does HTS Chapter 05 cover?
HTS Chapter 05 covers Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified. This page groups the chapter’s 4-digit headings; a shipment still needs the most specific active 8- or 10-digit line supported by the product facts.
Is HTS Chapter 05 a final product classification?
No. A chapter is a broad 2-digit category. Narrow it to the applicable heading and the most specific active statistical line before estimating duty or filing an entry.