Code 0505 90 · Heading 0505

Bird skins with feathers, and non-stuffing feathers or feather waste, raw or only cleaned, disinfected or preserved

This code covers bird skins or other bird parts with feathers or down attached, as well as feathers, feather parts, feather powder and feather waste. The material must be raw or only cleaned, disinfected or preserved, and it excludes feathers used for stuffing and down.

For example

Raw bird skins with feathers attached
Raw bird feathers not of the kind used for stuffing
Feather powder or feather waste, only cleaned, disinfected or preserved

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Official tariff text

Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers, whether or not with trimmed edges, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers (excl. feathers used for stuffing and down)

The path to this code

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Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section I Live animals; animal products
Is it a live animal; meat or edible offal; a fish, crustacean, mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate; milk, a dairy product, bird egg, natural honey or another edible animal-origin product; or another product of animal origin?
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Step 2 · Chapter 05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified … 5 of 5 chapters in section I
What kind of animal-origin product is it: human hair; brush-making bristles or hair; animal intestines, bladders or stomachs; bird skins, feathers or down; bones or horn cores; ivory, shells, horns, hooves, claws or beaks; corals or mollusc, crustacean or echinoderm shells; ambergris, glands or other products used to make pharmaceutical products; or another animal product, including a dead animal unfit for human consumption?
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Step 3 · Heading 0505 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers… 4 of 9 headings under chapter 05
Are the goods feathers of the kind used for stuffing, or down, raw or only cleaned, disinfected or preserved?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0505 90 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers… 2 of 2 subheadings under heading 0505
Are these feathers of the kind used for stuffing or down, or are they bird skins or other feathers, feather parts, feather powder or feather waste?

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0505 90 00 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers, whether or not with trimmed edges, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers (excl. feathers used for stuffing and down) Duty free Save

Compare the sibling codes

0505 10 Feathers used for stuffing and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation 0.0%
0505 90 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers, whether or not with trimmed edges, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers (excl. feathers used for stuffing and down) you are here 0.0%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

05.05.9000

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

0505 90 00 00

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.