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0505 10 Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down

Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers: › Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down:

Duty rate for goods from outside the EU

No duty rate is set for this code.

Other measures can apply depending on the country of origin, for example preferences, quotas or anti-dumping duties. Check the TARIC for your case.

Import VAT, standard rate

  • Netherlands: 21%
  • Germany: 19%
  • France: 20%
  • Belgium: 21%

Standard rate. A reduced rate can apply to some goods.

Codes below this level

Notes of the nomenclature

Section I: Notes

1. Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species.

2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the nomenclature any reference to ‘dried’ products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried.

Chapter 05: Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);

(b) hides or skins (including furskins), other than goods of heading 0505 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43);

(c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or

(d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).

2. For the purposes of heading 0501, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.

3. Throughout the nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ‘ivory’.

4. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘horsehair’ means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals. Heading 0511 covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.

Indicative only. The binding ruling comes from customs.

Data as of 6 October 2026. Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Regulation (EU) 2025/1926).

European Commission data, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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