Chicken Feather Meal from China

Chicken feather meal is a powdered byproduct made from cleaned, disinfected, and steam-hydrolyzed chicken feathers, used primarily as a high-protein animal feed ingredient. It falls under HTS 0505.90.20 as feather meal and waste, not further worked beyond preservation treatments like disinfection. This classification applies to feather-derived powders intended for agricultural or feed use.

Duty Rate — China → United States

39.8%

Rate breakdown

9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)

9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China

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Import Tips

• Verify supplier certificates confirming feathers are from cleaned, disinfected sources and meet feed safety standards like FDA or equivalent to avoid biosecurity rejections

• Include detailed composition analysis in documentation, specifying protein content and hydrolysis process, as misdeclaration as meat meal can lead to reclassification

• Check country-specific restrictions on poultry byproducts due to disease risks (e.g

• avian flu); obtain veterinary health certificates for all shipments