HS chapter 15: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
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Key facts
- Chapter
- 15
- Description
- Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
- Headings
- 21
- Subheadings
- 53
- Edition
- HS2022
Summary
HS chapter 15 covers animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes. It has 21 headings, 15.01 to 15.22, and 53 six-digit subheadings in HS2022. National tariff lines under chapter 15 are live on border.bot for the United States (114 lines, also used by 1 other country).
What this chapter covers
HS chapter 15 covers animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.
It has 21 headings, 15.01 to 15.22, and 53 six-digit subheadings in HS2022.
15.03 Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared
- 1503.00Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared
15.05 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)
- 1505.00Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)
15.06 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- 1506.00Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
15.15 Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
- 1515.11Linseed oil and its fractions: Crude oil
- 1515.19Linseed oil and its fractions: Other
- 1515.21Maize (corn) oil and its fractions: Crude oil
- 1515.29Maize (corn) oil and its fractions: Other
- 1515.30Castor oil and its fractions
- 1515.50Sesame oil and its fractions
- 1515.60Microbial fats and oils and their fractions
- 1515.90Other
15.18 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16; 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
- 1518.00Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16; 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
15.20 Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes
- 1520.00Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes
15.22 Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes
- 1522.00Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes
What it doesn’t cover
Chapter 14, before it, covers vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included; chapter 16, after it, covers preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects.
How it is structured
Chapter 15 is the first level of the Harmonized System. Its headings add two digits to the chapter number (15.01), and each heading's subheadings add two more.
In other countries
National tariff lines under chapter 15 are live on border.bot for the United States (114 lines, also used by 1 other country).
- United States114 lines, used by 1 other country
Frequently asked questions
What does HS chapter 15 cover?
HS chapter 15 covers animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.
How many headings and subheadings are in HS chapter 15?
HS chapter 15 has 21 headings and 53 six-digit subheadings in HS2022.
Which countries’ tariffs list national lines in HS chapter 15?
National tariff lines under chapter 15 are live on border.bot for the United States (114 lines, also used by 1 other country).
Sources and updates
The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 11 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.