What does HTS Chapter 15 cover?

Chapter 15 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) covers Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes. It sits within Section III: Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes. Tandom's catalog lists all 116 10-digit statistical lines and 15 4-digit headings in this chapter.

What is the typical U.S. duty rate for Chapter 15 imports?

General (Column 1) duty rates for ad-valorem lines range from 2.3% to 19.1% (median 6.4%); roughly 38% of lines enter duty-free. Use the calculator linked from each code page to build a date- and origin-specific import-duty estimate, including applicable Chapter 99 layers and customs fees. Potential AD/CVD exposure is flagged separately and is not included in the estimate.

How are Section 301 and Section 232 measures represented in the HTSUS?

Section 301 and Section 232 measures are represented by Chapter 99 provisions. A catalog link between a provision and a 10-digit line is a screening flag, not a claim that the measure applies; origin, product and material facts, claims, and entry date control the result.

How do I screen for antidumping or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) when using Chapter 15?

AD/CVD orders are issued at the case level by the Department of Commerce against specific products from specific countries. Use the product's base HTS code to find potentially relevant AD/CVD order flags, then read the written order scope; an HTS match alone does not determine coverage.

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Section III: Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes

Chapter 15: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Chapter 15 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes and sits within Section III: Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes.

About Chapter 15

Chapter 15 contains 116 10-digit statistical lines grouped under 15 4-digit headings. Brokers, importers, and customs counsel use these codes to declare animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes on entry summaries (CBP Form 7501) and to look up the published Column 1, Special, and Column 2 rate notation.

General (Column 1) duty rates for ad-valorem lines in Chapter 15 range from 2.3% to 19.1%, with a median of 6.4%. About 18% of the chapter's lines (21 of 116) enter duty-free under the general rate. Special-rate notation (including USMCA, KORUS, AGOA, and GSP when authorized) and Chapter 99 measures can modify these base rates for qualifying shipments.

Product-code pages link into the Tandom Tariff Calculator with the base HTS code prefilled. Chapter 99 provision pages instead show mapped base codes and send you to a dated calculator scenario, which determines whether a measure applies from the entry facts. Tandom's data refreshes daily from USITC HTSUS, CBP CSMS, the Federal Register, and the Department of Commerce — the same authoritative sources the trade community files against.

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1501.10.00.00	Lard	3¢/kg	6.6¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1501.20.00	Other pig fat	3¢/kg	6.6¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	—
1501.20.00.40	·Choice white grease	3¢/kg	6.6¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1501.20.00.60	·Yellow grease	3¢/kg	6.6¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1501.20.00.80	·Other	3¢/kg	6.6¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1501.90.00.00	Other	3¢/kg	6.6¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1502.10.00	Tallow	0.43¢/kg	7.7¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)	—
1502.10.00.20	·Edible	0.43¢/kg	7.7¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1504.10	Fish-liver oils and their fractions:	—	—	—	—
1504.10.20.00	·Cod	Free	Free

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1505.00	Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin):	—	—	—	—
1505.00.10.00	Wool grease, crude	1.3¢/kg	9.5¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1507.10.00.00	Crude oil, whether or not degummed	19.1%	45%	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1507.90	Other:	—	—

Chapter 15: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

`1501`Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503:

`1502`Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503:

`1503`Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared

`1504`Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1505`

`1506`Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

`1507`Soybean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1508`Peanut (ground-nut) oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1509`Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1510`Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils and fractions with oils or fractions of heading 1509:

`1511`Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1512`Sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1513`Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1514`Rapeseed, colza or mustard oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1515`Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1516`Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further prepared:

`1517`Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516:

`1518`

`1520`Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

`1521`Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored:

`1522`Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes

Frequently asked questions

What does HTS Chapter 15 cover?

What is the typical U.S. duty rate for Chapter 15 imports?

How are Section 301 and Section 232 measures represented in the HTSUS?

How do I screen for antidumping or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) when using Chapter 15?

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1508.10.00.00	Crude oil	7.5¢/kg	8.8¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1508.90.00.00	Other	7.5¢/kg	8.8¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1509.20	Extra virgin olive oil:	—	—	—	—
1509.20.20	·Weighing with the immediate container under 18 kg	5¢/kg on contents and container

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1510.10	Crude olive pomace oil:	—	—	—	—
1510.10.10.00	·Weighing with the immediate container under 18 kg	5¢/kg on contents and container

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1511.10.00.00	Crude oil	Free	Free	—	kg
1511.90.00.00	Other	Free	Free	—

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1512.11.00	·Crude oil	1.7¢/kg + 3.4%	9.9¢/kg + 20%	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	—
1512.11.00.25	···Certified organic	1.7¢/kg + 3.4%

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1513.11.00.00	·Crude oil	Free	4.4¢/kg	—	kg
1513.19.00	·Other	Free	4.4¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1514.11.00.00	·Crude oil	6.4%	22.5%	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1514.19.00.00	·Other	6.4%

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1515.11.00.00	·Crude oil	6.3¢/kg	9.9¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1515.19.00.00	·Other	6.3¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1516.10.00.00	Animal fats and oils and their fractions	7¢/kg	11¢/kg	Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1516.20	Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1517.10.00.00	Margarine, excluding liquid margarine	12.3¢/kg	31¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1517.90	Other:	—

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1518.00	Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidized, dehydrated, sulfurized, blown, polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included:	—	—	—	—
1518.00.20.00	Of linseed or flaxseed oil

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1521.10.00	Vegetable waxes	Free	Free	—	—
1521.10.00.20	·Candelilla	Free	Free

1501Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503:

1502Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503:

1503Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared

1504Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1505

1506Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

1507Soybean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1508Peanut (ground-nut) oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1509Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1510Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils and fractions with oils or fractions of heading 1509:

1511Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1512Sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1513Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1514Rapeseed, colza or mustard oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1515Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

1516Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further prepared:

1517Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516:

1518

1520Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

1521Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored:

1522Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes

Frequently asked questions

What does HTS Chapter 15 cover?

What is the typical U.S. duty rate for Chapter 15 imports?

How are Section 301 and Section 232 measures represented in the HTSUS?

How do I screen for antidumping or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) when using Chapter 15?

`1501`Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503:

`1502`Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503:

`1503`Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared

`1504`Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1505`

`1506`Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

`1507`Soybean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1508`Peanut (ground-nut) oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1509`Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1510`Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils and fractions with oils or fractions of heading 1509:

`1511`Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1512`Sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1513`Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1514`Rapeseed, colza or mustard oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1515`Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

`1516`Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further prepared:

`1517`Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516:

`1518`

`1520`Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

`1521`Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored:

`1522`Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes