Code 0511 99 · Heading 0511

Other animal products and dead animals, not fit for human consumption, excluding aquatic animals

This code covers animal products not named elsewhere here and dead animals that are not fit for human consumption. It excludes fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, including those that are dead and unfit for human consumption.

For example

A dead non-aquatic animal unfit for human consumption

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Official tariff text

Products of animal origin, n.e.s., dead animals, unfit for human consumption (excl. fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates)

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Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

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 0511 Animal products n.e.s.; dead animals of all types, … 9 of 9 headings under chapter 05
Is it bull semen; a product of, or a dead, not-human-consumption aquatic animal; or another animal product or dead animal not fit for human consumption?
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Step 4 · Subheading 0511 99 Products of animal origin, n.e.s., dead animals, un… 3 of 3 subheadings under heading 0511
Is it bull semen; a product from fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or a dead aquatic animal; tendons or nerves of animals or scraps and similar waste of raw hides and skins; a raw or processed natural animal sponge; or none of these?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–5.1%

4 codes below this one

This is the catch-all under 0511: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Inside the parent group, this is for the other animal products and dead animals unfit for human consumption that are not bull semen and are not products of, or dead animals among, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

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0511 10 Bovine semen 0.0%
0511 91 Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption 0.0%
0511 99 Products of animal origin, n.e.s., dead animals, unfit for human consumption (excl. fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates) you are here 0.0–5.1%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines12 Norwegian lines

05.11.9911 For feed purpose

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines6 British lines

0511 99 10 00 Sinews or tendons; parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

From 0.0% to 10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines10 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

0511.99.20.00 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 12 Norwegian lines

Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

05.11.9911

For feed purpose

Ordinary duty

3,53 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
05.11.9921

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9930

For feed purpose

Ordinary duty

3,53 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
05.11.9940

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9950

Natural sponges of animal origin

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9980

For feed purpose

Ordinary duty

3,53 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
05.11.9991

Semen of sheep or goats

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9992

Semen of swine

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9993

Semen of other animals, except of bovine animals

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9994

Embryos of bovine animals

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9995

Embryos of other animals

Ordinary duty

Duty free
05.11.9998

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

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

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

All 6 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

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

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 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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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

0511.99.20.00

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins; glue stock not elsewhere specified or included

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0511.99.30.30

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Products chiefly used as food for animals or as ingredients in such food, Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba)

General rate

Free

From the EU

0.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.86 U.S. note 52(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.86, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 shall not apply to articles classifiable in the listed provisions
0511.99.30.60

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Products chiefly used as food for animals or as ingredients in such food, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

0.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.86 U.S. note 52(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.86, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 shall not apply to articles classifiable in the listed provisions
0511.99.33.00

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0511.99.36.00

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Natural sponges of animal origin

General rate

3%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0511.99.40.24

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Cattle embryos, Dairy cattle

General rate

1.1%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0511.99.40.28

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Cattle embryos, Other cattle

General rate

1.1%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0511.99.40.30

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Dried blood

General rate

1.1%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

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0511.99.40.40

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other, Other animal semen

General rate

1.1%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
0511.99.40.70

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption, Other

General rate

1.1%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, 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.