HTS heading · chapter 05
0505
Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers
Analysis
Heading 0505 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder…. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 3 eight-digit tariff lines, with 7 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
2 of its 3 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (67%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.3%. The median line pays duty-free.
The largest subheadings are 0505.90 (other, 2 lines) and 0505.10 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 38th percentile of the headings in chapter 05.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339999) and Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing (311613). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0505.10.00 | Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down | Free |
| 0505.90.20 | Feather meal and waste | 2.3% |
| 0505.90.60 | Other: other | Free |