Chapter 05 Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
9 headings · 15 six-digit codes · World Customs Organization Harmonized System
HS code 05 animal originated products are raw animal materials such as hair, bone and feathers. The chapter is also called products of animal origin not elsewhere specified or included.
Chapter 05 is a compact chapter: 15 six-digit codes across 9 headings, 0501 to 0511. 5 of those headings subdivide below four digits, so the whole chapter fits on one screen. The chapter sits in Section I, Live Animals; Animal Products, alongside 4 other chapters.
Headings in this chapter
What HS Code 05 covers: products of animal origin n.e.s.
Chapter 05 collects animal material that has no home in the other animal chapters. Think of hair, bristles, feathers, bones, horns, shells and glands. Most of it is raw or only lightly prepared. It is cleaned, dried, salted or treated to keep it from spoiling.
People search for it in different ways. You may see it written as HS chapter 5, HTS chapter 5 or HSN code 05. The first six digits of the code are shared by most countries, so the same product is easy to match across borders.
The word n.e.s. means not elsewhere specified. If an animal product has its own heading in another chapter, it goes there. If not, it may end up here.
HS Code 05 animal originated products list by heading
Each heading below has its own page with the full six-digit codes. Pick the one that fits your goods.
- 0502 pig bristles and hair: also badger hair and other brush-making hair.
- Fish are left out.
- 0511 animal products n.e.s.: bovine semen, dead aquatic animals unfit to eat, and a residual code for the rest.
How to choose the right Chapter 05 code
Look-alike codes are the usual cause of mistakes. Read the last words of each description before you decide.
050690 covers other bones and horn-cores, including defatted or degelatinised ones. For ivory, 050710 is ivory only.
051199 is the last-resort code. It means not elsewhere specified in Chapter 05, so use it only after you have ruled out every other heading. Heading 0511 also holds 051191, which is for dead fish, crustaceans and other aquatic animals of Chapter 03 that are unfit for human consumption. Bovine semen has its own code, 051110.
If you are still unsure, try the [HS code classifier](/hs-classifier).
Chapter 05 vs related animal chapters
The neighbouring chapters are close, so the border matters. Chapter 01 is for live animals.
Guts, bladders and stomachs show the line well. Heading 0504 takes them here, but fish guts do not belong in it, because the heading says other than fish.
HS code 05 import and export data: importers and exporters
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Use the import data and export data pages to start. To find HS 05 buyers and suppliers, open the buyer data and supplier data pages. Search by the heading or code you picked above.
Related
- HS 0501 human hair
- HS 0502 pig bristles and hair
- HS 0504 animal guts, bladders and stomachs
- HS 0505 feathers and down
- HS 0506 bones and horn-cores
- HS 0507 ivory, horns and antlers
- HS 0508 coral and shells
- HS 0510 ambergris, musk and glands
- HS 0511 animal products n.e.s. and bovine semen
- Chapter 01 live animals
- Chapter 02 meat and edible offal
- Chapter 03 fish and crustaceans
- Chapter 04 dairy, eggs and honey
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Other chapters in Section I
Live Animals; Animal Products covers chapters 01–05.
- 01Animals; live6 headings · 34 codes
- 02Meat and edible meat offal10 headings · 66 codes
- 03Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates9 headings · 225 codes
- 04Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included10 headings · 33 codes
These codes carry real shipments.
EximDataX shows the live import–export records filed under Chapter 05: named buyers, suppliers, quantities and values from official customs feeds.
HS Chapter 05: common questions
What is HS code 05?
It is the part of the Harmonized System for animal materials that have no place in the other animal chapters. Hair, bones, horns and shells are typical examples.
What is the HS code for human hair?
Unworked human hair, washed or not, and human hair waste fall under heading 0501. That heading has a single six-digit code.
What is the HS code for feathers and down?
They are in heading 0505. Which code applies depends on whether the goods are for stuffing, as the code guide above explains.
What is the HS code for bovine semen?
Bovine semen is in heading 0511, under its own six-digit code.
What is the difference between Chapter 05 and Chapter 02?
Chapter 02 is about food meat and its offal. Chapter 05 covers non-fish guts, bladders and stomachs in heading 0504, plus hair, bones and feathers.
Which code covers animal products not elsewhere specified?
Heading 0511 is the catch-all. Check every other heading first, then use its residual code.
Where can I find import and export data for HS code 05?
Open the import data and export data pages and search by the HS code you need.
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