HTS Chapter 15
Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
The 21 headings and 114 HTS codes of chapter 15 (animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils), with their duty rates from the 2026 HTS Revision 23.
The 21 headings of chapter 15
- 1501: Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503 (5 codes, General duty Free, some per unit)
- 1502: Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 (3 codes, General duty Free, some per unit)
- 1503: Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared (1 code, General duty Free, some per unit)
- 1504: Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (7 codes, General duty Free to 5%, some per unit)
- 1505: Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) (2 codes, General duty Free to 2.4%, some per unit)
- 1506: Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (1 code, General duty 2.3%)
- 1507: Soybean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (4 codes, General duty Free to 19.1%)
- 1508: Peanut (ground-nut) oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (2 codes, General duty Free, some per unit)
- 1509: Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (14 codes, General duty Free, some per unit)
- 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 (5 codes, General duty Free, some per unit)
- 1511: Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (2 codes, General duty Free)
- 1512: Sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (9 codes, General duty Free to 3.4%, some per unit)
- 1513: Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (5 codes, General duty Free)
- 1514: Rapeseed, colza or mustard oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (10 codes, General duty Free to 6.4%, some per unit)
- 1515: Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (15 codes, General duty Free to 3.4%, some per unit)
- 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 (4 codes, General duty Free to 7.7%, some per unit)
- 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 (16 codes, General duty Free to 18%, some per unit)
- 1518: 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 (2 codes, General duty Free to 8%, some per unit)
- 1520: Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes (1 code, General duty Free)
- 1521: Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored (5 codes, General duty Free to 4.8%)
- 1522: Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes (1 code, General duty 3.8%)
Where it sits in the schedule
Chapter 15 is in Section III of the Harmonized System, animal, vegetable and microbial fats and oils (chapters 15 to 15). Rates are those printed in the 2026 HTS Revision 23; Chapter 99 duties (Section 232, Section 301, IEEPA) are charged on top and are not included.
Last reviewed 2026-11-12.