Analysis
HTS 0505.90.60 covers other: other under heading 0505 (skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.3%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 0505.90.20 (feather meal and waste), at 2.3%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.3 percentage points.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 75% of the 20 tariff lines in chapter 05. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 0505.10.00 (feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down, duty-free) and 0505.90.20 (feather meal and waste, 2.3%).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311613 (Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing), an industry of 219 US establishments employing 11,297 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring 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% |