HSN code list by chapter
HSN Code List Chapter 05: Other products of animal origin
Most items in this chapter, such as bones, horns and animal hair, are exempt or taxed at 5%. Some processed products attract 18%.
HSN headings in this chapter
0501
Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured
0502
Pigs, hogs or boars bristles and hair
0503
Horsehair and horsehair waste
0504
Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish)
0505
Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down
0506
Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared
0507
Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whale-bone hair, horns
0508
Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but
0509
Natural sponges of animal origin
0510
Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk
0511
Animal products
How to read an HSN code
An HSN code is read from left to right. The first 2 digits are the chapter, the first 4 digits are the heading, 6 digits are the subheading and the full 8 digits are the tariff item used in India for customs and GST. Open a heading to see every 8-digit code under it.
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