# HS heading 23.09: Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

> HS heading 23.09 covers preparations of a kind used in animal feeding. It is in chapter 23 (residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder). It is split into 2 subheadings: 2309.10 (dog or cat food, put up for retail sale) and 2309.90 (other).

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2309
Last updated: 13 October 2026

[HS codes](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 23](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/23) / [23.09](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2309)

## Key facts

- Heading: 23.09
- Description: Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
- Chapter: 23: Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
- Subheadings: 2
- Edition: HS2022

## What this code covers

HS heading 23.09 covers preparations of a kind used in animal feeding.

It is split into 2 subheadings: 2309.10 (dog or cat food, put up for retail sale) and 2309.90 (other).

- [2309.10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/230910) Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale
- [2309.90](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/230990) Other

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 23 are classified in its other 8 headings, listed below.

- [23.01](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2301) Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves
- [23.02](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2302) Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants
- [23.03](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2303) Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets
- [23.04](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2304) Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soyabean oil
- [23.05](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2305) Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil
- [23.06](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2306) Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 23.04 or 23.05
- [23.07](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2307) Wine lees; argol
- [23.08](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2308) Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included

## How it is structured

Heading 23.09 is one of 9 headings in chapter 23. Its first two digits, 23, are the chapter; the next two, 09, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (2309.10, 2309.90).

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under heading 23.09 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System use its subheadings at six digits and add their own digits after them.

- Previous heading: [23.08](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2308) Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included
- Next heading: [24.01](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2401) Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS heading 23.09 cover?

HS heading 23.09 covers preparations of a kind used in animal feeding.

### Which chapter is HS heading 23.09 in?

HS heading 23.09 is in chapter 23 (residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder).

### How many subheadings does HS heading 23.09 have?

HS heading 23.09 has 2 subheadings: 2309.10 (dog or cat food, put up for retail sale) and 2309.90 (other).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 13 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://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/2309.json

## Common products under 23.09

- [Cat food](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/for/cat-food): HS 2309.10
- [Dog food](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/for/dog-food): HS 2309.10