Chapter · Chapter 05 · Section I, Live animals
HS 05Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
- Customs duty
- 5% to 30%
- 69 tariff items
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Prohibited: 21 items, Restricted: 8 items
- Export policy
- Mostly Free
- Prohibited: 6 items, Restricted: 3 items
- Unit
- kg
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this chapter
9 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0501 | Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair | 30% | 0% | kg |
| 0502 | Pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair; badger hair and other brush making hair; waste of such bristles or hair | 30% | 5% | kg |
| 0504 | Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 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 | 30% | 5% | kg |
| 0506 | Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products | 30% | 0% | kg |
| 0507 | Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products | 30% | 5% | kg |
| 0508 | Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof | 30% | 5% | kg |
| 0510 | Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved | 30% | 5% | kg |
| 0511 | Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption | 5% to 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
Importing into India
Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 69 tariff items: 5% to 30%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty
None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 40 tariff items
- Prohibited: 21 tariff items
- Restricted: 8 tariff items
Exporting from India
Export duty
Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 60 tariff items
- Prohibited: 6 tariff items
- Restricted: 3 tariff items
Nearby codes
Sources
- GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
- DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
- GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
- BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
- Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.