Chapter
Chapter 05: Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
9 headings make up chapter 05, part of section I, live animals; animal products.
Duty rates compared
UK Free Third-country duty 26 tariff lines 
EU Free – 5.1% Third-country duty 21 tariff lines · average 0.2% 
Türkiye Free – 20% Third-country duty 36 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
USA Free – 5.1% General (MFN) 21 tariff lines · average 0.6% · 1× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free General (MFN) 26 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 20% General (MFN) 24 tariff lines · average 8.8% 
Brazil Free – 7.2% General (MFN) 28 tariff lines · average 5.3% 
Argentina Free – 7.2% General (MFN) 112 tariff lines · average 5.2% 
Peru Free – 6% General (MFN) 24 tariff lines · average 0.5% 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 54 tariff lines 
Japan Free – 3.5% General (MFN) 32 tariff lines · average 0.3% 
Taiwan Free – 500% General (MFN) 126 tariff lines · average 8.4% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 63 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 27 tariff lines · 9× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free General (MFN) 32 tariff lines · 8× specific or compound duty 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 21 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 16 tariff lines Headings 9
- 0501Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair
- 0502Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brush making hair; waste of such bristles or hair
- 0504Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
- 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
- 0506Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products
- 0507Ivory, tortoiseshell, 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
- 0508Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof
- 0510Ambergris, 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
- 0511Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption
EU: imports by month
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1mUS$1m+US$30m+US$142m+> US$486m
Exports: 187
- China: US$1.7bn
- United States: US$1.4bn
- Brazil: US$901m
- Germany: US$838m
- Netherlands: US$605m
- Poland: US$486m
- Spain: US$464m
- New Zealand: US$401m
- Australia: US$392m
- Canada: US$361m
- France: US$310m
- India: US$302m
- Denmark: US$268m
- Italy: US$216m
- Taiwan: US$195m
- Belgium: US$171m
- United Kingdom: US$155m
- Hungary: US$155m
- Vietnam: US$142m
- Argentina: US$132m
- Thailand: US$128m
- Russia: US$119m
- Morocco: US$110m
- Ireland: US$106m
- Mexico: US$98m
- Türkiye: US$95m
- Austria: US$88m
- Egypt: US$81m
- Norway: US$80m
- South Korea: US$80m
- Portugal: US$77m
- Paraguay: US$77m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$74m
- Uruguay: US$68m
- Pakistan: US$67m
- Czechia: US$63m
- Kazakhstan: US$59m
- Colombia: US$57m
- Iran: US$55m
- Indonesia: US$52m
- Chile: US$47m
- Sweden: US$46m
- Japan: US$41m
- Romania: US$38m
- Switzerland: US$30m
- Ukraine: US$30m
- South Africa: US$29m
- Slovakia: US$28m
- Uzbekistan: US$28m
- Lebanon: US$28m
- Iceland: US$28m
- Bulgaria: US$27m
- Singapore: US$27m
- Cambodia: US$22m
- Mongolia: US$20m
- Lithuania: US$19m
- Nicaragua: US$19m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$17m
- Bolivia: US$15m
- Finland: US$14m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2mUS$2m+US$28m+US$141m+> US$465m
Imports: 212
- China: US$1.3bn
- United States: US$1.1bn
- Germany: US$1.1bn
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$677m
- Vietnam: US$637m
- Netherlands: US$492m
- France: US$465m
- Japan: US$464m
- Poland: US$357m
- Mexico: US$346m
- South Korea: US$315m
- Italy: US$309m
- Spain: US$271m
- Canada: US$231m
- Brazil: US$230m
- United Kingdom: US$225m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$221m
- Denmark: US$203m
- Taiwan: US$155m
- Austria: US$145m
- Belgium: US$141m
- South Africa: US$138m
- Morocco: US$124m
- Czechia: US$118m
- Hungary: US$108m
- Indonesia: US$107m
- Türkiye: US$106m
- Switzerland: US$104m
- Romania: US$94m
- Bangladesh: US$90m
- Portugal: US$81m
- Australia: US$80m
- Russia: US$78m
- Thailand: US$76m
- Norway: US$71m
- Paraguay: US$62m
- India: US$53m
- Egypt: US$53m
- Ecuador: US$51m
- Lithuania: US$47m
- Philippines: US$43m
- Slovakia: US$42m
- Ireland: US$40m
- Sweden: US$40m
- Iceland: US$39m
- Greece: US$38m
- New Zealand: US$36m
- Singapore: US$36m
- Peru: US$34m
- Chile: US$34m
- Argentina: US$31m
- Malaysia: US$28m
- Ukraine: US$28m
- Bulgaria: US$28m
- Cambodia: US$26m
- Finland: US$26m
- Ghana: US$25m
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$21m
- Armenia: US$15m
- Colombia: US$15m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | US$1.7bn | 14.5% |
| 2 | United States | US$1.4bn | 11.4% |
| 3 | Brazil | US$901m | 7.5% |
| 4 |  Germany | US$838m | 7% |
| 5 |  Netherlands | US$605m | 5% |
| 6 |  Poland | US$486m | 4.1% |
| 7 |  Spain | US$464m | 3.9% |
| 8 | New Zealand | US$401m | 3.3% |
| 9 |  Australia | US$392m | 3.3% |
| 10 | Canada | US$361m | 3% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | US$1.3bn | 10.5% |
| 2 | United States | US$1.1bn | 9.6% |
| 3 | Germany | US$1.1bn | 9% |
| 4 |  Hong Kong SAR China | US$677m | 5.6% |
| 5 |  Vietnam | US$637m | 5.3% |
| 6 | Netherlands | US$492m | 4.1% |
| 7 |  France | US$465m | 3.9% |
| 8 | Japan | US$464m | 3.9% |
| 9 | Poland | US$357m | 3% |
| 10 | Mexico | US$346m | 2.9% |
In the UK Global Tariff, chapter 05 covers 26 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free. 24 of them are duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides chapter 05 into 21 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 5.1% (average 0.2%). 20 of them are duty-free.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, chapter 05 covers 36 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 20%. 29 of them are duty-free.
World trade in chapter 05 goods reached US$12bn in 2024, down 1.5% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 14.5% of the total, ahead of the United States.
China imported the most (US$1.3bn).
Chapter 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.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included?
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included make up HS chapter 05, in section I of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on products of animal origin in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 05 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on products of animal origin in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 05 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 5.1%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most products of animal origin?
China, with US$1.7bn in 2024 (14.5% of world exports).