Subheading · Chapter 01 · Heading 0105
0105.11: Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
Live chicks (up to 185 g)
0105.11 is the HS subheading for live chicks (up to 185 g), under heading 0105 in chapter 01.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 0105 11 00 00 Fowls of the species gallus domesticus p/st
- Grandparent and parent female chicks p/st
- 0105 11 11 00 Laying stocks 43 GBP / 1000 p/stp/st
- 0105 11 19 00 Other 43 GBP / 1000 p/stp/st
- Other p/st
- 0105 11 91 00 Laying stocks 43 GBP / 1000 p/stp/st
- 0105 11 99 00 Other 43 GBP / 1000 p/stp/st
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 3
- Import controlVeterinary control
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2017/625
- Documents
- C640 Common Health Entry Document for Animals (CHED-A) (as set out in Part 2, Section A of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control of organic products
- Applies to goods from
- all countries except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/693
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | — |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 France | £3.3m | 55.2% | -0.8% |
 Ireland | £1.6m | 26.6% | +5.1% |
 United States | £694k | 11.6% | +75.2% |
 Belgium | £150k | 2.5% | +241.1% |
 Czechia | £92k | 1.5% | +28.7% |
 Netherlands | £66k | 1.1% | — |
 Spain | £51k | 0.9% | -90.9% |
 Sweden | £33k | 0.6% | — |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU specific or compound duty Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free – 49% Third-country duty 11 tariff lines · average 26.7% USA specific or compound duty General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · 2× specific or compound duty 
Mexico Free – 10% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 1.7% 
Brazil Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Argentina Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free – 4% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2% 
GCC Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway 327% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia Free – 10% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 5% 
Nigeria 5% – 10% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 7.5% World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1mUS$1m+US$10m+US$49m+> US$193m
Exports: 96
- United States: US$333m
- United Kingdom: US$239m
- Netherlands: US$193m
- France: US$173m
- Germany: US$156m
- Hungary: US$134m
- Brazil: US$114m
- Spain: US$114m
- Denmark: US$70m
- Belgium: US$49m
- New Zealand: US$48m
- Czechia: US$48m
- Türkiye: US$39m
- Poland: US$23m
- Canada: US$21m
- Colombia: US$18m
- Sweden: US$17m
- Portugal: US$16m
- Zambia: US$13m
- Saudi Arabia: US$12m
- Russia: US$12m
- Malaysia: US$12m
- Bulgaria: US$12m
- Costa Rica: US$10m
- Austria: US$8m
- Italy: US$7m
- Thailand: US$7m
- El Salvador: US$7m
- Georgia: US$5m
- Finland: US$5m
- Slovakia: US$5m
- Tanzania: US$4m
- Kenya: US$4m
- Uganda: US$4m
- Uzbekistan: US$4m
- Guatemala: US$4m
- Croatia: US$3m
- Zimbabwe: US$3m
- China: US$3m
- Jordan: US$3m
- Tajikistan: US$3m
- Greece: US$2m
- Argentina: US$2m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Australia: US$2m
- Barbados: US$2m
- Nigeria: US$2m
- Egypt: US$1m
- Serbia: US$1m
- Eswatini: US$1m
- Morocco: US$1m
- Malawi: US$1m
- South Africa: US$968k
- India: US$805k
- Slovenia: US$788k
- Romania: US$759k
- Indonesia: US$703k
- Lithuania: US$651k
- Peru: US$620k
- Sri Lanka: US$586k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$3mUS$3m+US$11m+US$27m+> US$69m
Imports: 192
- Netherlands: US$127m
- Poland: US$114m
- Germany: US$112m
- Romania: US$75m
- Canada: US$73m
- Ukraine: US$69m
- Hungary: US$56m
- China: US$53m
- Spain: US$51m
- Algeria: US$42m
- France: US$41m
- Indonesia: US$39m
- Mexico: US$39m
- Italy: US$39m
- Belgium: US$35m
- Saudi Arabia: US$35m
- Thailand: US$31m
- Slovakia: US$31m
- Bangladesh: US$28m
- Morocco: US$27m
- Syria: US$27m
- Guatemala: US$25m
- Denmark: US$24m
- Ecuador: US$22m
- Portugal: US$22m
- Malaysia: US$22m
- Egypt: US$21m
- Argentina: US$21m
- Vietnam: US$20m
- Peru: US$19m
- Sweden: US$19m
- South Korea: US$18m
- Uzbekistan: US$18m
- Colombia: US$18m
- Türkiye: US$18m
- Czechia: US$17m
- Bolivia: US$16m
- Venezuela: US$15m
- Nicaragua: US$14m
- South Africa: US$13m
- Paraguay: US$13m
- Azerbaijan: US$13m
- El Salvador: US$12m
- Kazakhstan: US$12m
- Honduras: US$12m
- Jordan: US$11m
- United States: US$11m
- Belarus: US$11m
- Panama: US$11m
- Kenya: US$10m
- Bulgaria: US$10m
- Oman: US$10m
- Costa Rica: US$10m
- Ghana: US$9m
- Uganda: US$9m
- Japan: US$9m
- Lithuania: US$9m
- Pakistan: US$9m
- Russia: US$9m
- Taiwan: US$9m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$333m | 16.8% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | US$239m | 12.1% |
| 3 | Netherlands | US$193m | 9.8% |
| 4 | France | US$173m | 8.8% |
| 5 |  Germany | US$156m | 7.9% |
| 6 |  Hungary | US$134m | 6.8% |
| 7 | Brazil | US$114m | 5.8% |
| 8 | Spain | US$114m | 5.7% |
| 9 |  Denmark | US$70m | 3.5% |
| 10 | Belgium | US$49m | 2.5% |
Import duty on this product around the world 161
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 2%median duty
- 71number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 327%highest: Norway, Barbados, India
161
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | |
 Albania | 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 |
 Algeria | 5% | 2023 | |
 Angola | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Anguilla | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Antigua & Barbuda | 20% | 0% – 40% | 2021 · HS 2007 |
| Argentina | 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Armenia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Aruba | 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Australia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Azerbaijan | 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Bahrain | 0% | 2023 | |
 Bangladesh | 13% | 0% – 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Barbados | 75% | 0% – 184% | 2022 · HS 2017 |
 Belarus | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Belize | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 |
 Benin | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Bermuda | 0% | 2023 | |
 Bhutan | 0% | 2022 | |
 Bolivia | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 5.4%* | 0.4% – 10% | 2022 |
 Botswana | 0% | 2023 | |
| Brazil | 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Brunei | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Burkina Faso | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Burundi | 0% | 2023 | |
 Cambodia | 3.5% | 0% – 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Cameroon | 5% | 2023 | |
| Canada | 0% | 2023 | |
 Cape Verde | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Cayman Islands | 0% | 2021 · HS 2002 | |
 Central African Republic | 5% | 2023 | |
 Chad | 5% | 2023 | |
 Chile | 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 China | 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 |
 Colombia | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Comoros | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Congo - Brazzaville | 5% | 2023 | |
 Cook Islands | 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Costa Rica | 0% | 2023 | |
 Côte d’Ivoire | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Cuba | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominica | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Dominican Republic | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ecuador | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Egypt | 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 El Salvador | 0% | 2022 | |
 Equatorial Guinea | 5% | 2023 | |
 Eswatini | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ethiopia | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Fiji | 0% | 2023 | |
 Gabon | 5% | 2023 | |
 Gambia | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Georgia | 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Ghana | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Gibraltar | 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Grenada | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 |
 Guatemala | 0% | 2023 | |
 Guinea | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Guinea-Bissau | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Guyana | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Haiti | 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Honduras | 0% | 2023 | |
 Hong Kong SAR China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Iceland | 0% | 2023 | |
 India | 30% | 2023 | |
 Indonesia | 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 |
 Iran | 7.1% | 5% – 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 |
 Israel | 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Jamaica | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 |
| Japan | 0% | 2023 | |
 Jordan | 5% | 2023 | |
 Kazakhstan | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kenya | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kiribati | 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | |
 Kuwait | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Laos | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Lebanon | 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Lesotho | 0% | 2023 | |
 Liberia | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Libya | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Liechtenstein | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Macao SAR China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Madagascar | 0% | 2023 | |
 Malawi | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Malaysia | 10% | 0% – 20% | 2023 |
 Maldives | 0% | 2023 | |
 Mali | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Mauritania | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Mauritius | 0% | 2023 | |
| Mexico | 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Micronesia | 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Moldova | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Mongolia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Montserrat | 13% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Morocco | 6.3% | 2.5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Mozambique | 1.3% | 0% – 2.5% | 2023 |
 Myanmar (Burma) | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Namibia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nauru | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Nepal | 10% | 2023 | |
| New Zealand | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nicaragua | 0% | 2023 | |
 Niger | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
| Nigeria | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
| North Macedonia | 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 |
| Norway | 327% | 2023 | |
 Oman | 0% | 2023 | |
 Pakistan | 3% | 2023 | |
 Palau | 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
 Palestinian Territories | 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Panama | 0% | 2023 | |
 Papua New Guinea | 0% | 2023 | |
 Paraguay | 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
| Peru | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Philippines | 18% | 0% – 35% | 2023 |
 Qatar | 0% | 2023 | |
 Russia | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Rwanda | 0% | 2023 | |
 Samoa | 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 São Tomé & Príncipe | 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Senegal | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Seychelles | 0% | 2023 | |
 Sierra Leone | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Singapore | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Solomon Islands | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Somalia | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 South Africa | 0% | 2023 | |
 South Korea | 9% | 2023 | |
 Sri Lanka | 0% | 2023 | |
 St Kitts & Nevis | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 |
 St Lucia | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 |
 St Pierre & Miquelon | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 St Vincent & the Grenadines | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 |
 Sudan | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Suriname | 20% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2007 |
| Switzerland | 0% | 2023 | |
 Syria | 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | |
 Tajikistan | 3.8% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 |
 Tanzania | 0% | 2023 | |
 Thailand | 15% | 0% – 30% | 2023 |
 Togo | 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 |
 Tonga | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Trinidad & Tobago | 27% | 0% – 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 |
| Türkiye | 25% | 0% – 49% | 2023 |
 Tuvalu | 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Uganda | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ukraine | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 United Arab Emirates | 0% | 2023 | |
| United States | 0.7%* | 2023 | |
 Uruguay | 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Uzbekistan | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Vanuatu | 0% | 2023 | |
 Venezuela | 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Vietnam | 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 |
 Wallis & Futuna | 2% | 0% – 4% | 2021 · HS 2012 |
 Yemen | 10% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Zambia | 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 |
 Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 00141 Poultry, live weight < 185 grams
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 1111
- CPC 2.1 product
- 02151 Chickens
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 0146 Raising of poultry
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0105.11 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 0105.11 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 0105.11 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 0105.11 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 0105.11 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 0105.11 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
- Tariff change · Applies from:
CELEX 32026R2163 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
- Quota · Applies from:
CELEX 32026R0524 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
In the UK Global Tariff all 4 lines under subheading 0105.11 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature all 4 lines under subheading 0105.11 carry a specific or compound duty rather than a percentage.
Imports of live chicks (up to 185 g) into the UK came to £6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 1% on the year before); France supplied 55%, followed by Ireland.
In 2024, countries exported live chicks (up to 185 g) worth US$2bn (+6% year on year).
The largest exporter was the United States (US$333m), followed by the United Kingdom.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for fowls of the species Gallus domesticus?
Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus fall under HS subheading 0105.11, part of heading 0105, in section I of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on fowls of the species Gallus domesticus in Türkiye?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 0105.11 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 49%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on fowls of the species Gallus domesticus in Canada?
Under the Customs Tariff of Canada, imports under 0105.11 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most fowls of the species Gallus domesticus?
The United States, with US$333m in 2024 (16.8% of world exports).
Where does the UK import live chicks (up to 185 g) from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were France (55%), Ireland (27%) and United States (12%), out of total imports of £6m.