HTS Index

HTS 1515

Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

General rateNot stated for this line
What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them.
Special rateNot stated for this line
Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes.
Column 2 rateNot stated for this line
Only for the few countries without normal trade relations.

This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.

Additional duties may apply

This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.

What the Chapter 99 provisions are

Statistical breakouts

The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.

CodeDescriptionUnitsRate
1515.11.00.00Crude oilkg6.3¢/kg
1515.19.00.00Otherkg6.3¢/kg
1515.21.00.00Crude oilkg3.4%
1515.29.00Other3.4%
1515.29.00.20Once-refined (subjected to alkalai or caustic wash, but not bleached or deodorized)kg3.4%
1515.29.00.40Other (fully refined, washed, bleached or deodorized)kg3.4%
1515.30.00.00Castor oil and its fractionskgFree
1515.50.00.00Sesame oil and its fractionskg0.68¢/kg
1515.60.05.00Microbial fats and oils and their fractionskg3.2%
1515.90Othersee above
1515.90.21.00Nut oilskgFree
1515.90.60.00Jojoba oil and its fractionskg2.3%
1515.90.81Other3.2%
1515.90.81.10Hemp oilkg3.2%
1515.90.81.20Certified organickg3.2%
1515.90.81.40Otherkg3.2%
1515.90.81.75Certified organickg3.2%
1515.90.81.85Otherkg3.2%

What changed

No recorded change to this line since we began reading the schedule daily. That is the ordinary state: USITC revises it fifteen to eighteen times a year, and most codes are untouched in any given revision.

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Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.