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Heading 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.

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Subheadings

Explanatory Notes

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

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down Products of these subheadings are defined in the HS Explanatory Note to subheading 0505 10 .

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Raw This subheading covers feathers of a kind used for stuffing and down in the condition as plucked from the body of the bird, even if the operation was effected when the feathers were wet. It also covers feathers and down which, after plucking, have been subjected to a dust-removal treatment, have been disinfected, or have undergone a merely preservative treatment. This subheading also...

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Other This subheading covers feathers of a kind used for stuffing and down which have been given a more elaborate cleaning treatment than that referred to in the explanatory note to subheading 0505 10 10 , for example, washing in water or steam and drying with hot air.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Other This subheading includes: 1.  skins and other parts of birds (heads, wings, necks, etc.) with their feathers or down, intended, for example, for the manufacture of head-dress accessories; 2.  skins of birds without tectrices, especially the part of goose skin known as ‘swan skin’, used mainly for the manufacture of pompons; 3.  large feathers from the wing or tail or other parts of the...

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Chapter 5 Notes (4)
1. 1. This Chapter does not cover: • (a) Edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried); • (b) Hides or skins (including furskins) other than goods of heading 05.05 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 05.11 (Chapter 41 or 43); • (b) Animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or • (c) Prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 96.03).
2. 2. For the purpose of heading 05.01, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.
3. 3. Throughout the Nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as "ivory".
4. 4. Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression "horsehair" means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals. Heading 05.11 covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.

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