Dried Chicken Meal from China
Dried chicken meal is a rendered product made from poultry carcasses, feathers, and offal, ground into a powder form. It is chiefly used as a high-protein ingredient in animal feeds for dogs, cats, and livestock. Classified under HTS 0511.99.30 as it falls within animal products unfit for human consumption, specifically for animal food use.
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)
Import Tips
• Verify rendering process documentation to confirm unfit for human consumption and primarily for animal feed
• Ensure compliance with FDA feed safety regulations and provide certificates of analysis for protein content
• Avoid misclassification as meat meal by specifying exclusive animal feed end-use in import declarations