01.05 Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section I, Live Animals & Animal Products — live animals, meat, fish, dairy and other products of animal origin.
- 01 Chapter Animals; live
- 05 Heading Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 7 six-digit codes below
Chapter 1 covers live animals of every kind: cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses, poultry and other live animals shipped for breeding, dairy, meat production or as pets. Once an animal is slaughtered or processed, it moves to chapter 2 (meat) or chapter 16 (preparations), so this chapter is strictly for live shipments. Classification tip: Breeding animals with pedigree certificates are classified separately from ordinary livestock and usually carry a lower or zero duty rate: keep the pedigree documentation with the shipment.
All of chapter 01The 7 six-digit codes under 01.05
One of these is the number you declare.
- 0105.11 Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more than 185g
- 0105.12 Poultry; live, turkeys, weighing not more than 185g
- 0105.13 Poultry; live, ducks, weighing not more than 185g
- 0105.14 Poultry; live, geese, weighing not more than 185g
- 0105.15 Poultry; live, guinea fowls, weighing not more than 185g
- 0105.94 Poultry; live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing more than 185g
- 0105.99 Poultry; live, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, weighing more than 185g
Other headings in chapter 01
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 01.05? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment01.05 FAQ
Heading 01.05 covers poultry; live, fowls of the species gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls. It is part of chapter 01 (animals; live), and it is subdivided into 7 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 7 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section I and to chapter 01. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.