Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified
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Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified
Common items in this chapter
- —Pig, hog or boar bristles (0502)
- —Bones and horn-cores (0506)
- —Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone, horn (0507)
- —Coral and shells (0508)
- —Animal products n.e.s. (0510-0511)
Headings in this chapter (9)
Official HS 2022 four-digit headings. Each heading page lists its 6-digit subheadings with the official nomenclature texts.
- 0501 — Human hair; unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human…
- 0502 — Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; and waste thereof
- 0504 — Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish); whole and pi…
- 0505 — Skins and other parts of birds with feathers, down; feathers, down and…
- 0506 — Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut…
- 0507 — Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, h…
- 0508 — Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared, shells of mo…
- 0510 — Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, dried or not …
- 0511 — Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of c…
Classification notes
Chapter 05 covers most CITES-relevant items: ivory (0507.10), tortoise-shell (0507.90), coral (0508), whalebone, horn from CITES-listed mammals. Almost every commercial movement requires a CITES export + import permit. Personal-effect heirlooms may qualify under the pre-Convention exemption with notarised provenance.
Frequent misclassification
Worked ivory artwork falls under Chapter 97 (works of art) when crafted, while raw ivory stays in 0507.10. CITES coverage applies regardless of HS chapter.
Binding tariff ruling database
If you need certainty on classification, request a binding tariff ruling from your destination country's customs authority. The link below leads to the relevant ruling database.
Binding tariff ruling database