# HS heading 05.01: Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair

> HS heading 05.01 covers human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair. It is in chapter 05 (products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included). It is not split further: its only subheading is 0501.00. National tariff lines under heading 05.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/0501
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/05) / [05.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0501)

## Key facts

- Heading: 05.01
- Description: Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair
- Chapter: 05: Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
- Subheadings: 1
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 05.01 covers human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair.

It is not split further: its only subheading is 0501.00.

- [0501.00](https://border.bot/hs-codes/050100) Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 05 are classified in its other 8 headings, listed below.

- [05.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0502) Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brush making hair; waste of such bristles or hair
- [05.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0504) Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
- [05.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0505) 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
- [05.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0506) Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products
- [05.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0507) Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products
- [05.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0508) Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof
- [05.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0510) Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved
- [05.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0511) Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption

## How it is structured

Heading 05.01 is one of 9 headings in chapter 05. Its first two digits, 05, are the chapter; the next two, 01, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (0501.00).

## In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 05.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/050100): 1 line, used by 1 other country

- Previous heading: [04.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0410) Insects and other edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
- Next heading: [05.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/0502) Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brush making hair; waste of such bristles or hair

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 05.01 cover?

HS heading 05.01 covers human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair.

### Which chapter is HS heading 05.01 in?

HS heading 05.01 is in chapter 05 (products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 05.01 have?

HS heading 05.01 has one subheading, 0501.00.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 05.01?

National tariff lines under heading 05.01 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/0501.json