Chapter 15 · Animal or vegetable fats and oils · Section 3

HS Code 1516.20

Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions

Heading 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

US duty (general)
7.7% +
US HTS lines
2
EU CN codes
6
UK commodity codes
10
Unit
kg

US HTS + UK Tariff v4.0.1596 · updated 2026-09-10 · sources

United States - HTS lines under 1516.20

Source: official Harmonized Tariff Schedule (USITC). "General" is the normal-trade-relations rate; "Special" lists preference programs; "Other" is the column-2 rate. Additional Section 232/301 duties may apply on top.

HTS codeDescriptionGeneralSpecialOtherUnit
1516.20.10 Rapeseed oil 7.7% Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) 12.5% kg
1516.20.91 Other 8.8¢/kg Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG) 11¢/kg kg

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European Union - CN codes under 1516.20

Source: EU Combined Nomenclature (Eurostat, © European Union, reused per Decision 2011/833/EU). Duty rates and measures live in TARIC; each code links to the official consultation.

CN codeDescription
1516 20 96 Groundnut, cotton-seed, soya-bean or sunflower-seed oils; other oils containing less than 50 % by weight of free fatty acids and excluding palm kernel, illipe, coconut, colza, rapeseed or copaiba oils EU duty (TARIC) →
1516 20 95 Colza, linseed, rapeseed, sunflower-seed, illipe, karite, makore, touloucouna or babassu oils, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption EU duty (TARIC) →
1516 20 10 Hydrogenated castor oil, so called opal-wax EU duty (TARIC) →
1516 20 91 In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg EU duty (TARIC) →
1516 20 98 Other EU duty (TARIC) →
1516 20 00 Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions EU duty (TARIC) →

United Kingdom - commodity codes under 1516.20

Source: UK Integrated Online Tariff (Open Government Licence v3.0). Declarable 10-digit codes go on the customs declaration; check the official page for the current duty and VAT measures.

Commodity codeDescription
1516 20 00 00 Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 10 00 Hydrogenated castor oil, so called 'opal-wax' UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 91 00 In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1|kg UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 95 00 Colza, linseed, rapeseed, sunflower-seed, illipe, karite, makore, touloucouna or babassu oils, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 96 00 Groundnut, cotton-seed, soya-bean or sunflower-seed oils; other oils containing less than 50|% by weight of free fatty acids and excluding palm kernel, illipe, coconut, colza, rapeseed or copaiba oils UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 98 00 Other UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 98 21 Consigned from Canada UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 98 29 Other UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 98 33 Blends containing by weight 20% or less of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin UK duty & VAT →
1516 20 98 80 Other UK duty & VAT →
Not a customs ruling. Classification is determined by the importing country's customs authority and depends on the exact product. This page is reference information from official published schedules, not legal advice. For a binding decision, request a ruling (US: CBP CROSS · UK: HMRC ATaR · EU: BTI).

Other subheadings in 1516

Sources: U.S. International Trade Commission, Harmonized Tariff Schedule (public domain) · EU Combined Nomenclature © European Union, Eurostat (Decision 2011/833/EU) · UK Integrated Online Tariff, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data refreshed weekly. Details on About & Data Sources.