HSN chapter guide

Chapter 01Live animals

44 eight-digit tariff lines. Rates below are from the Indian Customs Tariff First Schedule. Use the AI HSN classifier if you only have a product description. Reviewed by the CustomsAI compliance desk · 24 August 2026.

Chapter notes

  • This Chapter covers ali live animals except : (a) Pish, and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading 03.01, 03.06, 03.07 or 03.08; (b) Cultures of micro-organisms and other products of heading 30.02; and (c) Animals of heading 95.08.
  • Animals, including insects, which die during transport are classified in headings 02.01 to 02.05, 02.07, 02.08 or o4.10 if they are edible animals fit for human consumption. In other cases they are classified in heading 05.11.

Sample 8-digit lines

HSNDescriptionBCD
0101 21 00Pure-bred breeding animals0%
0101 29 10Horses for Polo30%
0101 29 90Other30%
0101 30 10Pure-bred breeding animals30%
0101 30 20Livestock30%
0101 30 90Other30%
0101 90 30Mules and hinnies as livestock30%
0101 90 90Other30%
0102 21 10Bulls30%
0102 21 20Cows30%
0102 29 10Bulls30%
0102 29 90Other, including calves30%
0102 31 00Pure-bred breeding animals30%
0102 39 00Other30%
0102 90 10Pure-bred breeding animals30%
0102 90 90Other30%
0103 10 00Pure-bred breeding animals30%
0103 91 00Weighing less than 50 kg.30%
0103 92 00Weighing 50 kg. or more30%
0104 10 10Sheep including lamb for breeding purpose30%
0104 10 90Other30%
0104 20 00Goats30%
0105 11 00Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus30%
0105 12 00Turkeys30%
0105 13 00Ducks30%
0105 14 00Geese30%
0105 15 00Guinea fowls30%
0105 94 00Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus*30%
0105 99 00Other30%
0106 11 00Primates30%
0106 12 00Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the sub-order Pinnipedia)30%
0106 13 00Camels and other camelids (Camelidae)30%
0106 14 00Rabbits and hares30%
0106 19 00Other30%
0106 20 00Reptiles (including snakes and turtles)30%
0106 31 00Birds of prey30%
0106 32 00Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos)30%
0106 33 00Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae)30%
0106 39 00Other30%
0106 41 10Pureline stock30%

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