0511.99.30.60/Dried Chicken Meal for Pet Food/China

Dried Chicken Meal for Pet Food from China

Dried chicken meal is a rendered product made from poultry by-products, primarily used as a high-protein ingredient in dog and cat food formulations. It falls under HTS 0511.99.30.60 as an animal product not elsewhere specified, chiefly employed as feed for pets. This classification applies to by-products unfit for human consumption but valuable for animal nutrition.

Duty Rate — China → United States

35%

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
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)
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Import Tips

• Verify the product is derived from animals unfit for human consumption and primarily for animal feed to qualify under this code; provide processing certificates

• Ensure compliance with FDA pet food regulations and include lab tests for pathogens like Salmonella during customs clearance

• Avoid misclassification as meat meal (2309) by documenting it's not a complete feed but an ingredient