Chicken Feather Meal from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
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