Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
Chapter 15 of the Harmonised System covers Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes — 21 four-digit headings spanning animal fats and oils and their fractions to degras that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $1.96B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 15 covers animal, vegetable and microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products, plus prepared edible fats and waxes. India exports castor oil — of which it is the dominant world supplier — alongside processed vegetable oils, oleochemicals and stearic acid. Subheadings turn on the source oil and on whether it is crude, refined or chemically modified.
How to read this code
15 is the two-digit HS chapter for animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and t. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many animal, vegetable & microbial fats & oils lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 15
The Harmonised System breaks Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes into these 21 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503
Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503
Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil; not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared
Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)
Animal fats and oils and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, n.e.c. in chapter 15
Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
Ground nut oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
Olive oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
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
Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions; whether or not refined but not chemically modified
Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
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 modified
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
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
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
Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes
Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti; whether or not refined or coloured
Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes
Top destinations for Chapter 15 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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Indian exporters in this category
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