HS code 0508: Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared, shells of…

Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared, shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, not cut to shape powder and waste thereof — heading 0508 of the Harmonized System (HS 2022).

SectionI

Chapter05

Subheadings (6 digits)1

Chapter 05: Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included

6-digit code for 0508

Animal products; coral and similar materials, shells of molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof

Heading 0508 is not split further at the 6-digit level, so the international code is 0508.00. Click a code to copy it.

Confirm the full code and the duty rate

The first 6 digits are the same in every country that uses HS 2022. Each country adds 2–4 more digits and sets the duty in its own tariff, and the section and chapter notes can include or exclude products, so check the destination’s official tariff before you put the code on the invoice.

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Other headings in chapter 05

0501 Human hair; unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair
0502 Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; and waste thereof
0504 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish); whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen…
0505 Skins and other parts of birds with feathers, down; feathers, down and parts thereof; not further worked than…
0506 Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or…
0507 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks unworked…
0510 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, dried or not glands, other animal products used in…
0511 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human…

← 0507 Chapter 05 0510 →

Source: HS 2022 nomenclature, 6-digit level (UN Comtrade). Descriptions are in English, as in the official nomenclature. Digits after the 6th differ by country.

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Common questions

What is HS code 0508?

0508 is the HS 2022 heading for Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared, shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, not cut to shape powder and waste thereof. It is in chapter 05 (Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included), section I, and is not split further: the 6-digit code is 0508.00.

Can I write 0508 on a commercial invoice?

Customs usually need at least the 6-digit subheading (for example 0508.00), and the import declaration uses the destination country’s full code of 8 to 10 digits. Use the subheading that matches your product, and confirm the national digits with the buyer, the customs broker or the official tariff.

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