CHAPTER 5
PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
NOTES
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 0505 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43);
(c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or
(d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).
2. For the purposes of heading 0501, 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. Throughout this Schedule, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as "ivory".
4. Throughout this Schedule, the expression "horsehair" means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE
In this Chapter, the expressions "wild animal" and "wild life" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (36) and (3 7) of section 2 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972); and the expression "wild bird" means any bird specified in Schedules to that Act.
| Tariff Item | Description of goods | Unit | Rate of duty |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 0501 | HUMAN HAIR, UNWORKED, WHETHER OR NOT WASHED OR SCOURED; WASTE OF HUMAN HAIR | ||
| 0501 00 | Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; Waste of human hair: | ||
| 0501 00 10- -- | Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured | kg. | Nil |
| 0501 00 20- -- | Waste of human hair | kg. | Nil |
| 0502 | PIGS', HOGS' OR BOARS' BRISTLES AND HAIR; BADGER HAIR AND OTHER BRUSH MAKING HAIR; WASTE OF SUCH BRISTLES OR HAIR | ||
| 0502 10 | Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof: | ||
| 0502 10 10- -- | Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair | kg. | Nil |
| 0502 10 20- -- | Waste of pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair | kg. | Nil |
| 0502 90 | Other: | ||
| 0502 90 10 --- | Badger hair and other brush making hair | kg. | Nil |
| 0502 90 20 --- | Yak tail hair | kg. | Nil |
| 0502 90 90 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 0503 00 00 | HORSEHAIR AND HORSEHAIR WASTE, WHETHER OR NOT PUT UP AS A LAYER WITH OR WITHOUT SUPPORTING MATERIAL | kg. | Nil |
| 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 | Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked: | ||
| 0504 00 10 --- | Guts of cattle for natural food casings | kg. | Nil |
| 0504 00 20- -- | Guts of sheep and goats for natural food casings | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Guts of other animals for natural food casings: | ||
| 0504 00 31 | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0504 00 39 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| ... | Guts other than for natural food casings: | ||
| 0504 00 41 | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0504 00 49 | Other | kg. | Nil |
| ... | Bladders and stomachs: | ||
| 0504 00 51 --- | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0504 00 59 | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 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 | ||
| 0505 10 | Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down: | ||
| 0505 10 10 --- | Of wild birds | kg. | Nil |
| 0505 10 90 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 0505 90 | Other: | ||
| 0505 90 10 --- | Peacock tail and wing feather (trimmed or not) | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Other feather (excluding for stuffing purpose): | ||
| 0505 90 21 --- | Of wild birds | kg. | Nil |
| 0505 90 29 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers: | ||
| 0505 90 31 | Of wild birds | kg. | Nil |
| 0505 90 39 | Other | kg. | Nil |
| ... | Skins and other parts: | ||
| 0505 90 91 -- | Of wild birds | kg. | Nil |
| 0505 90 99 | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 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 | Ossein and bones treated with acid: | ||
| ... | Bones, including horn-cores, crushed: | ||
| 0506 10 11 --- | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0506 10 19 | Other | kg. | Nil |
| ... | Bone grist: | ||
| 0506 10 21 | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0506 10 29 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Ossein: | ||
| 0506 10 31 --- | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0506 10 39 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Bones, horn-cones and parts thereof, not crushed: | ||
| 0506 10 41 | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0506 10 49 | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 0506 90 | Other: | ||
| ... | Bone meal: | ||
| 0506 90 11 | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0506 90 19 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Other: | ||
| 0506 90 91 --- | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0506 90 99 | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 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 | ||
| 0507 10 | Ivory; ivory powder and waste: | ||
| 0507 10 10 --- | Ivory | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 10 20- -- | Ivory powder and waste | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 90 | Other: | ||
| 0507 90 10- -- | Hoof meal | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 90 20 --- | Horn meal | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 90 30- -- | Hooves, claws, nails and beaks | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 90 40 --- | Antlers | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 90 50- -- | Buffalo horns | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 90 60- -- | Tortoise-shell | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 90 70 --- | Claws and waste of tortoise shell | kg. | Nil |
| 0507 90 90- -- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 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 | ||
| 0508 00 | 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: | ||
| 0508 00 10- -- | Coral | kg. | Nil |
| 0508 00 20 --- | Chanks | kg. | Nil |
| 0508 00 30- -- | Cowries | kg. | Nil |
| 0508 00 40 --- | Cuttlefish bones | kg. | Nil |
| 0508 00 50- -- | Shells | kg. | Nil |
| 0508 00 90 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 0509 | NATURAL SPONGES OF ANIMAL ORIGIN | ||
| 0509 00 | Natural sponges of animal origin: | ||
| 0509 00 10- -- | Of wild life | kg. | Nil |
| 0509 00 90- -- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 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 | ||
| 0510 00 | 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: | ||
| 0510 00 10 -- | Bezoar, cow (goolochan) | kg. | Nil |
| 0510 00 20 --- | Ox Gallstone | kg. | Nil |
| 0510 00 30 --- | Placenta, frozen | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Other: | ||
| 0510 00 91 | Of wild animals | kg. | Nil |
| 0510 00 99 | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 | ANIMAL PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; DEAD ANIMALS OF CHAPTER 1 OR 3, UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION | ||
| 0511 10 00 | Bovine semen | kg. | Nil |
| - | Other: | ||
| 0511 91 | Products offish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3: | ||
| 0511 91 10 --- | Fish nails | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 91 20 --- | Fish tails | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 91 30 --- | Other fish waste | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 91 90 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 99 | Other: | ||
| ... | Silkworm pupae: | ||
| 0511 99 11 | Artemia | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 99 19 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Sinews and tendons: | ||
| 0511 99 21 | Of wild life | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 99 29 --- | Other | kg. | Nil |
| -- | Other: | ||
| 0511 99 91 | Frozen semen, other than bovine; bovine embryo | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 99 92 | Of wild life | kg. | Nil |
| 0511 99 99 | Other | kg. | Nil |