HS chapter 15
Animal and vegetable fats and oils
Chapter 15 has 21 headings with 128 EU tariff lines and 74 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 53 EU and 20 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 2 EU and 13 Mercosur lines.
Official chapter title: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes · Data last updated 18 October 2026
How fast duties fall
Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.
| Treatment | EU lines | Mercosur lines |
|---|---|---|
| Duty-free from entry into force (0) | 53 | 20 |
| Phased out over 4 to 8 years | 73 | 41 |
| Phased out over 10 years | 2 | 9 |
| Phased out over 15 years (15, 15V) | 0 | 3 |
| Excluded (E) | 0 | 1 |
Headings in this chapter
Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.
| Heading | Description | Into the EU | Into Brazil | Calculate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 | Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503 | base 0–11.5%zero by 2033 | base 8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1502 | Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 | base 0–3.2% | base 6%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1503 | Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil; not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared | base 0–6.4%zero by 2030 | base 8% | Calculate |
| 1504 | Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | base 0–10.9%zero by 2033 | base 4–10%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1505 | Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) | base 0–3.2% | base 6–8%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 1506 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, n.e.c. in chapter 15 | base 0% | base 6% | Calculate |
| 1507 | Soya-bean oil | base 3.2–9.6%zero by 2030 | base 10–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 1508 | Ground nut oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | base 0–9.6%zero by 2030 | base 10–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 1509 | Olive oil | base 0% | base 10%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 1510 | Vegetable oils; oils and their fractions n.e.c. in chapter 15, 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 no. 1509 | base 0%zero by 2030 | base 10%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1511 | Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | base 0–12.8%zero by 2033 | base 10%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 1512 | Sunflower and safflower oil | base 3.2–9.6%zero by 2033 | base 10–12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 1513 | Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions; whether or not refined but not chemically modified | base 2.5–12.8%zero by 2033 | base 10%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | base 3.2–9.6%zero by 2030 | base 10%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 1515 | Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils n.e.c. in chapter 15 (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modifiedExcluded lines | base 0–12.8%zero by 2033 | base 10–30%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 1516 | 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 | base 3.4–12.8%zero by 2033 | base 10–20%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 1517 | Margarine and edible fat mixtures | base 2.9–16%zero by 2036 | base 12%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 1518 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats, oils and their fractions; boiled, oxidised, dehydrated or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading no. 1516, inedible mixtures or preparations of fats, oils or their fractions, n.e.c. in chapter 15 | base 2–7.7%zero by 2030 | base 10%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 1520 | Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes | base 0% | base 8–10%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 1521 | Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti; whether or not refined or coloured | base 0–2.5% | base 10%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 1522 | Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes | base 0–3.8%zero by 2033 | base 10% | Calculate |