Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 0511.99

0511.99.40

0511.99.40: Animal products not elsewhere specified or included: other, other, other

Other animal products n.e.s.

Not declarable on its own: use one of its 5 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 0511 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption:
  2. Other:
  3. 0511.99 Other:
  4. 0511.99.40 Other

What you pay

Importing into USA

Customs duty 1.1% standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures
VAT no federal VAT; a Merchandise Processing Fee of 0.3464 % is charged on formal entries
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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 2

  • Additional dutySection 338 — Canada — discrimination against US alcoholic beverages, dairy, motor vehicles (Proclamations 11046–11048, as modified) 50%
    Applies to goods from
    Canada
    In force
    from 22 August 2026
    Legal act
    HTSUS 9903.03.14
  • 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

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
General (MFN)—1.1%
US–Australia FTA AUAustraliaFree
US–Bahrain FTA BHBahrainFree
US–Chile FTA CLChileFree
US–Colombia TPA COColombiaFree
US–Israel FTA ILIsraelFree
US–Jordan FTA JOJordanFree
US–Korea FTA KRSouth KoreaFree
US–Morocco FTA MAMoroccoFree
US–Oman FTA OMOmanFree
CAFTA-DR PCosta Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaFree
US–Panama TPA PAPanamaFree
US–Peru TPA PEPeruFree
USMCA SCanada, MexicoFree
US–Singapore FTA SGSingaporeFree
Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus10%

Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).

Subdivisions

  1. 0511.99.40 Other 1.1%
  2. 0511.99.40.24 Dairy cattle No.
  3. 0511.99.40.28 Other cattle No.
  4. 0511.99.40.30 Dried blood kg
  5. 0511.99.40.40 Other animal semen doses
  6. 0511.99.40.70 Other kg

Same subheading in other tariffs

0511.99 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included: other, other

UK Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines EU Free – 5.1% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 1.3% Türkiye Free – 20% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · average 7.2% Canada Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Mexico Free – 20% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 6.3% Brazil Free – 7.2% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 2.9% Argentina Free – 7.2% Third-country duty 24 tariff lines · average 5.7% Peru Free Third-country duty 5 tariff lines New Zealand Free Third-country duty 14 tariff lines Japan Free – 3.5% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 0.8% Taiwan Free – 9% Third-country duty 19 tariff lines · average 1.1% GCC 5% Third-country duty 15 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · 2× specific or compound duty Norway Free Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · 3× specific or compound duty North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

USA lines: 0511.99

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.

  • N352937 U.S. CBP 17 September 2025 · 0511.99.40.70

    The tariff classification of Human Fecal Specimens from Various Countries

  • N347004 U.S. CBP 1 April 2025 · 0511.99.40.40

    The tariff classification, marking, and status under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) of horse semen from Canada

  • N345805 U.S. CBP 27 February 2025 · 0511.99.40.70

    The tariff classification of Human Tissue Specimens from the United Kingdom

  • N342202 U.S. CBP 11 September 2024 · 0511.99.40.70

    The tariff classification of Human Buccal and Saliva from the United Kingdom

  • N339746 U.S. CBP 2 May 2024 · 0511.99.40.70

    The tariff classification of Canine Skin Tissue from Australia

  • H317142 U.S. CBP 23 January 2024 · 0511.99.40

    Revocation of NY R03338, NY N283432; NY C80101, NY B80750, and NY B82258; Modification of NY 870664 and NY R03056; tariff classification of human tissue samples and other human bodily specimens not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses

  • H304055 U.S. CBP 31 March 2021 · 0511.99.40.70

    Request for Reconsideration of NY N287866; tariff classification of human tissue samples

  • N307928 U.S. CBP 19 December 2019 · 0511.99.40.70

    The tariff classification of Mice Fecal Pellets from various countries

Legal notes

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

  1. (a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);

  2. (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);

  3. (c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or

  4. (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.

Chapter notes: Chapter 05 →

In the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 0511.99.40 is one of 5 lines under subheading 0511.99, animal products not elsewhere specified or included: other, other.

The general duty is 1.1%.

5 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 0511.99.40?

The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 1.1%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Is there a lower rate for 0511.99.40 under US trade agreements?

Yes. The Special column reads “Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO,D,E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM,P, PA, PE,S, SG)”: the letters in brackets name the agreements and programmes that grant it.

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.

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