15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

HeadingDescriptionGeneral
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 prepared2¢/kg
1504Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
1505Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)
1506Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified2.3%
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
1518Animal, 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
1520Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyesFree
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 waxes3.8%

Source: USITC HTS (2026 Basic Edition, frozen to the exam). Rates shown at heading level; duty rates are set on 8/10-digit subheadings. Not legal or classification advice.

HTS Chapter 15 — Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes · CustomsPrep