Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan · CCC code · HS 0505.90
0505.90.20.10: Feathers powder
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan, in force from 24 April 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into Taiwan
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
0505.90 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers: other
UK Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA Free – 2.3% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 1.2% 
Canada Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Mexico 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 7.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 7.2% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan lines: 0505.90
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N305880 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of packaged loose feathers from China.
- H297145 U.S. CBP
Classification of Feather Meal Feedstock
- 600016256 HMRC
Feather Meal Feathers from poultry Used for feeding pets, fur animals and aquaculture.
- 600010253 HMRC
Feathers that have been collected for diagnostic purposes. The feathers can be from different species of birds. Normally 4-6 feathers are submitted possibly with blood samples (this is being classified separately). They are for laboratory use only. Each consignment may contain several samples for…
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.
In the Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan, 0505.90.20.10 is one of 4 lines under subheading 0505.90, skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers: other.
The column 1 rate is free, and quantities are declared in KGM.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is 0%–2.3%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 7.2%, the Argentina duty is 7.2%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan 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%.
Taiwan imported goods of subheading 0505.90 worth US$2m in 2024; the largest supplier was Malaysia.
Questions and answers
What is the Taiwan import duty for CCC code 0505.90.20.10?
The column 1 rate in the Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan is free; the supplementary unit is KGM. 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.
Where does Taiwan import these goods from?
For subheading 0505.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Malaysia (US$1m).
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.