Chicken Feather Meal from Canada
Chicken feather meal is a high-protein feed ingredient produced by hydrolyzing, drying, and grinding cleaned and disinfected chicken feathers. It falls under HTS 0505.90.20.20 as feather meal derived from poultry feathers, not further worked beyond cleaning, disinfection, and preservation treatment for use primarily in animal nutrition.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
12.3%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify supplier certificates confirming feathers are from cleaned, disinfected sources free of pathogens to meet FDA animal feed safety standards
• Include lab analysis reports on protein content (typically 80-85%) and digestibility for customs valuation and import compliance
• Avoid misclassification as meat meal; ensure documentation specifies feather origin to prevent reclassification under Chapter 23