0105.99 Poultry; live, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, weighing more than 185g
A full HS code. These six digits are what goes on a customs declaration, and they mean the same thing in every country that uses the Harmonized System.
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
- 99 Subheading Poultry; live, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, weighing more than 185g
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 01Other codes under 01.05
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 0105.99? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment0105.99 FAQ
0105.99 covers poultry; live, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, weighing more than 185g. It sits under heading 01.05 (poultry; live, fowls of the species gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls) in chapter 01, Section I of the Harmonized System.
It is the international part of it. Six digits are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System; the importing country then extends them to eight or ten for its own tariff and statistics. Declare 0105.99 plus whatever national digits the destination’s tariff schedule adds to it.
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.