Chapter 05 at a glance
- HS chapter
- 05
- Section
- I — Live animals; animal products
- Tariff headings
- 9 (15 subheadings)
As at 2026-08-06. Source: SARS Tariff Book, Schedule 1 Part 1.
HS Chapter 05 covers other products of animal origin. Every tariff heading in the chapter is listed below, with its subheadings. Headings we have researched carry a duty page link showing the South African customs duty, a worked landed-cost example and any anti-dumping or ITAC permit exposure.
All 9 tariff headings in Chapter 05
Harmonised System HS 2022 nomenclature — the same headings and subheadings the SARS Tariff Book is built on. South Africa classifies to 8 digits, so confirm the last two digits of your line in the Tariff Book before you clear.
0501 Human hair; unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair
- 0501.00 Animal products; hair, human, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured, and waste of human hair
0502 Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; and waste thereof
- 0502.10 Animal products; hair and bristles, of pigs, hogs or boars, and waste thereof
- 0502.90 Animal products; badger hair and other brush making hair and waste of such bristles or hair, n.e.c. in heading no. 0502 (excluding horsehair)
0504 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish); whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
- 0504.00 Animal products; guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
0505 Skins and other parts of birds with feathers, down; feathers, down and parts thereof; not further worked than cleaned, disinfected, treated for preservation; powder, waste and parts of feathers
- 0505.10 Animal products; feathers and down used for stuffing, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation
- 0505.90 Animal products; skins and other parts of birds, feathers and down (not for stuffing), powder and waste of such, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation
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
- 0506.10 Animal products; ossein and bones treated with acid
- 0506.90 Animal products; bones and horn-cores and powder or waste of such, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (not cut to shape), or treated with acid or degelatinised, n.e.c. in heading no. 0506
0507 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks unworked or simply prepared, not cut to shape; waste and powder of these products
- 0507.10 Animal products; ivory, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, ivory powder and waste
- 0507.90 Animal products; tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, waste and powder of these products
0508 Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared, shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, not cut to shape powder and waste thereof
- 0508.00 Animal products; coral and similar materials, shells of molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof
0510 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, dried or not glands, other animal products used in preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved
- 0510.00 Animal products; ambergris, castoreum, civet, musk, cantharides, bile (dried or not) glands and other animal products, for pharmaceutical purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved
0511 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption
- 0511.10 Animal products; bovine semen
- 0511.91 Animal products; of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of chapter 03, unfit for human consumption
- 0511.99 Animal products; n.e.c. in chapter 5