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Section III
Animal, Vegetable or Microbial Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; 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

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

pig fat or poultry fat of heading 02.09;

(b)

cocoa butter, fat or oil (heading 18.04);

(c)

edible preparations containing by mass more than 15 per cent of the products of heading 04.05 (generally Chapter 21);

(d)

greaves (heading 23.01) or residues of headings 23.04 to 23.06;

(e)

fatty acids, prepared waxes, medicaments, paints, varnishes, soap, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, sulphonated oils or other goods of Section VI; or

(f)

factice derived from oils (heading 40.02).

2.

Heading 15.09 does not apply to oils obtained from olives by solvent extraction (heading 15.10).

3.

Heading 15.18 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions.

4.

Soap-stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading 15.22.

Subheading Notes

1.

For the purposes of subheading 1509.30, virgin olive oil has a free acidity expressed as oleic acid not exceeding 2.0 g/ 100 g and can be distinguished from the other virgin olive oil categories according to the characteristics indicated in the Codex Alimentarius Standard 33-1981.

2.

For the purposes of subheadings 1514.11 and 1514.19, the expression "low erucic acid rape or colza oil" means the fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 per cent by mass.

Heading CD Description Unit General EU EFTA SADC
15.01 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat (excluding that of heading 02.09 or 15.03):
1501.10 6 - Lard kg free free free free
1501.20 0 - Other pig fat kg free free free free
1501.90 2 - Other kg free free free free
15.02 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding those of heading 15.03):
1502.10 3 - Tallow kg free free free free
1502.90 6 - Other kg free free free free
1503.00 9 Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared kg 10% free 10% free
15.04 Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1504.10 7 - Fish-liver oils and their fractions kg free free free free
1504.20 1 - Fats and oils and their fractions of fish (excluding liver oils) kg free free free free
1504.30 6 - Fats and oils and their fractions, of marine mammals kg free free free free
1505.00 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin):
1505.00.10 3 - Wool grease, crude kg free free free free
1505.00.90 1 - Other kg 10% free 10% free
1506.00 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1506.00.15 8 - Neats-foot oil kg free free free free
1506.00.90 5 - Other kg 10% free 10% free
15.07 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1507.10 - Crude oil, whether or not degummed:
1507.10.10 5 -- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1507.10.90 3 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1507.90 - Other:
1507.90.10 1 -- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1507.90.90 3 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
15.08 Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1508.10 - Crude oil:
1508.10.10 9 -- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 9,8% free 9,8% free
1508.10.90 7 -- Other kg 9,8% free 9,8% free
1508.90 - Other:
1508.90.10 5 -- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 9,8% free 9,8% free
1508.90.90 3 -- Other kg 9,8% free 9,8% free
15.09 Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1509.20 - Extra virgin olive oil:
1509.20.10 7 -- In aerosol containers kg 10% free 10% free
1509.20.90 5 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1509.30 - Virgin olive oil:
1509.30.10 1 -- In aerosol containers kg 10% free 10% free
1509.30.90 5 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1509.40 - Other virgin olive oils:
1509.40.10 6 -- In aerosol containers kg 10% free 10% free
1509.40.90 4 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1509.90 - Other:
1509.90.10 9 -- In aerosol containers kg 10% free 10% free
1509.90.90 7 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
15.10 Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading 15.09:
1510.10 - Crude olive pomace oil:
1510.10.10 2 -- In aerosol containers kg 10% free 10% free
1510.10.90 0 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1510.90 - Other:
1510.90.10 9 -- In aerosol containers kg 10% free 10% free
1510.90.90 7 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
15.11 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1511.10 - Crude oil:
1511.10.10 6 -- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1511.10.90 4 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1511.90 - Other:
1511.90.10 2 -- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1511.90.90 0 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
15.12 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1512.1 - Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof:
1512.11 -- Crude oil:
1512.11.10 6 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1512.11.90 4 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1512.19 -- Other:
1512.19.10 7 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1512.19.90 5 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1512.2 - Cotton-seed oil and its fractions:
1512.21 -- Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed:
1512.21.10 0 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1512.21.90 9 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1512.29 -- Other:
1512.29.10 1 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1512.29.90 6 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
15.13 Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1513.1 - Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions:
1513.11 -- Crude oil:
1513.11.10 1 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg free free free free
1513.11.90 8 --- Other kg free free free free
1513.19 -- Other:
1513.19.10 0 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg free free free free
1513.19.90 9 --- Other kg free free free free
1513.2 - Palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions thereof:
1513.21 -- Crude oil:
1513.21.10 4 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg free free free free
1513.21.90 2 --- Other kg free free free free
1513.29 -- Other:
1513.29.10 5 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg free free free free
1513.29.90 3 --- Other kg free free free free
15.14 Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1514.1 - Low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions:
1514.11 -- Crude oil:
1514.11.10 3 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1514.11.90 1 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1514.19 -- Other:
1514.19.10 4 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food, in containers holding 205 li or less kg 10% free 10% free
1514.19.20 1 --- Other, in containers holding 205 li or less kg 10% free 10% free
1514.19.90 2 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1514.9 - Other:
1514.91 -- Crude oil:
1514.91.10 6 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1514.91.90 8 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1514.99 -- Other:
1514.99.10 0 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food, in containers holding 205 li or less kg 10% free 10% free
1514.99.20 8 --- Other, in containers holding 205 li or less kg 10% free 10% free
1514.99.90 9 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
15.15 Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1515.1 - Linseed oil and its fractions:
1515.11 -- Crude oil:
1515.11.10 7 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1515.11.90 5 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1515.19 -- Other:
1515.19.10 8 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1515.19.90 6 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1515.2 - Maize (corn) oil and its fractions:
1515.21 -- Crude oil:
1515.21.10 1 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1515.21.90 7 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1515.29 -- Other:
1515.29.10 2 --- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food, in containers holding 205 li or less kg 10% free 10% free
1515.29.20 6 --- Other, in containers holding 205 li or less kg 10% free 10% free
1515.29.90 0 --- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1515.30 2 - Castor oil and its fractions kg 10% free 10% free
1515.50 - Sesame oil and its fractions:
1515.50.10 9 -- Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1515.50.90 7 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1515.60 - Microbial fats and oils and their fractions:
1515.60.10 3 -- Oils, marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1515.60.90 1 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1515.90 - Other:
1515.90.10 7 -- Oils, marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food kg 10% free 10% free
1515.90.90 5 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
15.16 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared:
1516.10 - Animal fats and oils and their fractions:
1516.10.10 4 -- Obtained entirely from fish or marine mammals kg 10% free free free
1516.10.90 2 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1516.20 - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:
1516.20.10 9 -- Castor oil kg free free free free
1516.20.90 7 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1516.30 6 - Microbial fats and oils and their fractions kg 10% free 10% free
15.17 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 and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16:
1517.10 - Margarine (excluding liquid margarine):
1517.10.10 8 -- Containing more than 10 per cent but not more than 15 per cent by mass of milk fats kg 10% free free free
1517.10.90 6 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1517.90 - Other:
1517.90.10 4 -- Containing more than 10 per cent but not more than 15 per cent by mass of milk fats kg 10% free free free
1517.90.20 1 -- Edible mixtures or preparations of a kind used as mould release preparations kg 10% free free free
1517.90.90 2 -- Other kg 10% free 10% free
1518.00 Animal or vegetable 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 or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included:
1518.00.10 7 - Linoxyn kg 10% free free free
1518.00.90 5 - Other kg 10% free 10% free
1520.00 3 Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and lyes kg free free free free
15.21 Vegetable waxes (excluding triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured:
1521.10 - Vegetable waxes:
1521.10.10 9 -- Carnauba wax kg free free free free
1521.10.90 7 -- Other kg 10% free free free
1521.90 8 - Other kg 10% free free free
1522.00 0 Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes kg 10% free free free

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