Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC) · NCM code · HS 0501.00
0501.00.00: Cabelo em bruto, mesmo lavado ou desengordurado; desperdícios de cabelo.
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
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Importing into Brazil
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
0501.00 Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair
UK specific or compound duty Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA 1.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 7.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);
(b) hides or skins (including furskins), other than goods of heading 0505 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43);
(c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or
(d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).
2. For the purposes of heading 0501, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.
3. Throughout the nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ‘ivory’.
4. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘horsehair’ means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals. Heading 0511 covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.
NCM code 0501.00.00 is a line of the Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC) under HS subheading 0501.00 (human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair).
The TEC rate is 7.2%.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is 1.4%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 20%, the Argentina duty is 7.2%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
Brazil imported goods of subheading 0501.00 worth US$110k in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the Brazil import duty for NCM code 0501.00.00?
The TEC rate in the Brazilian Tariff (NCM/TEC) is 7.2%. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.