Live Poultry: Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, and Guineas

USDA APHIS has primary jurisdiction over live poultry imports, setting country-of-origin disease-status requirements and issuing import permits. Shipments may be subject to quarantine or outright prohibition if the source country has active notifiable avian disease outbreaks.

The 185-gram threshold is the key split within HS heading 0105: birds at or below that weight (typically day-old chicks and poults) fall under subheadings 010511–010515, while heavier grow-out or mature birds are classified under 010594 or 010599. Correct weight documentation at entry is essential to avoid misclassification.