HTS heading · chapter 05
0506
Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinized; powder and waste of these products
Analysis
Heading 0506 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinized; powder and waste of these products. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 2 eight-digit tariff lines, with 3 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 2 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 0506.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 0506.90 (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 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (311611). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0506.10.00 | Ossein and bones treated with acid | Free |
| 0506.90.00 | Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinized; powder and waste of these products: other | Free |