Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 0511.99
0511.99.30: Products chiefly used as food for animals or as ingredients in such food
Other animal products n.e.s.
Not declarable on its own: use one of its 2 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026
- 0511 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption:
- Other:
- 0511.99 Other:
- 0511.99.30 Products chiefly used as food for animals or as ingredients in such food
What you pay
Importing into USA
US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 1
- Additional dutySection 301 — China — technology transfer, IP and innovation (2018 actions and 2024 four-year review) 25%
- Applies to goods from
- China
- In force
- from 24 September 2018
- Legal act
- HTSUS 9903.88.03
Subdivisions
- 0511.99.30 Products chiefly used as food for animals or as ingredients in such food Free
- 0511.99.30.30 Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba) kg
- 0511.99.30.60 Other kg
Same subheading in other tariffs
0511.99 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included: other, other
USA lines: 0511.99
- 0511.99.20Parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins; glue stock not elsewhere specified or included
- 0511.99.30Products chiefly used as food for animals or as ingredients in such food
- 0511.99.33Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material
- 0511.99.36Natural sponges of animal origin
- 0511.99.40Animal products not elsewhere specified or included: other, other, other
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.
- N338410 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Frozen Whole Rats and Mice from China
- N279933 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Dog Treats from Thailand
- N280067 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Dog Treats from Thailand
- N279350 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Mealworm Powder and Cricket Powder from China
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.
HTS code 0511.99.30 is a line of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under HS subheading 0511.99 (animal products not elsewhere specified or included: other, other).
The general duty is free.
2 statistical sub-lines below it are used in the declaration.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 0%–5.1%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–20%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–20%, the Brazil duty is 0%–7.2%, the Argentina duty is 0%–7.2%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–3.5%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–9%, 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%.
The United States imported goods of subheading 0511.99 worth US$694m in 2024; the largest supplier was Brazil.
Questions and answers
What is the USA import duty for HTS code 0511.99.30?
The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is free. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the United States import these goods from?
For subheading 0511.99 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Brazil (US$130m), followed by China.
Typical products
- animals, dead (unfit for human consumption)
- cochineal
- dog chews (beef tails)
- dog treat, trachea, buffalo wrapped
- dried dog food (rabbit skin)
- embryos animal
- sinews
- skins - waste
- sponges, natural
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.