# HS code 1520.00: Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

> HS code 1520.00 covers glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes. It sits in heading 15.20 (glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes) in chapter 15 (animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes). It is the only subheading of heading 15.20, so every good of the heading is classified here. National tariff lines under 1520.00 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/152000
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 15](https://border.bot/hs-codes/15) / [15.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1520) / [1520.00](https://border.bot/hs-codes/152000)

## Key facts

- HS code: 1520.00
- Covers: Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes
- Heading: [15.20: Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes](https://border.bot/hs-codes/1520)
- Chapter: [15: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes](https://border.bot/hs-codes/15)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty in the United States: [See its 1 line](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/152000)

## What this code covers

HS code 1520.00 covers glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes.

The legal text of the subheading is “Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

It is the only subheading of heading 15.20, so every good of the heading is classified here.

## How it is structured

1520.00 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 15, are the chapter; the first four, 1520, are heading 15.20; the last two, 00, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- Chapter 15: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
- Heading 15.20: Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes
- Subheading 1520.00: Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

## In other countries

National tariff lines under 1520.00 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/152000): 1 line, used by 1 other country

- Previous subheading: [1518.00](https://border.bot/hs-codes/151800) 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
- Next subheading: [1521.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/152110) Vegetable waxes

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 1520.00 cover?

HS code 1520.00 covers glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 1520.00 in?

HS code 1520.00 is in heading 15.20 (glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes) in chapter 15 (animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes).

### Where are goods of heading 15.20 classified when 1520.00 doesn’t fit?

1520.00 is the only subheading of heading 15.20, so every good of the heading is classified there.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 1520.00?

National tariff lines under 1520.00 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, 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.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/152000.json