HS code 1516.10: Animal fats and oils and their fractions
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Key facts
- HS code
- 1516.10
- Covers
- Animal fats and oils and their fractions
- Edition
- HS2022
- Duty rates
- Set by each country’s tariff
Summary
HS code 1516.10 covers animal fats and oils and their fractions. It sits in heading 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) in chapter 15 (animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes). Other goods of heading 15.16 are classified under 1516.20 (vegetable fats or oils and their fractions) and 1516.30 (microbial fats and oils and their fractions).
What this code covers
HS code 1516.10 covers animal fats and oils and their fractions.
The legal text of the subheading is “Animal fats and oils and their fractions”, in HS2022.
How it is structured
1516.10 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 15, are the chapter; the first four, 1516, are heading 15.16; the last two, 10, identify the subheading within the heading.
Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.
- Subheading 1516.10
- Animal fats and oils and their fractions
In other countries
No national tariff lines under 1516.10 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 1516.10 at six digits and add their own digits after it.
Frequently asked questions
What does HS code 1516.10 cover?
HS code 1516.10 covers animal fats and oils and their fractions.
Which heading and chapter is HS code 1516.10 in?
HS code 1516.10 is in heading 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) in chapter 15 (animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes).
Where are goods of heading 15.16 classified when 1516.10 doesn’t fit?
Other goods of heading 15.16 are classified under 1516.20 (vegetable fats or oils and their fractions) and 1516.30 (microbial fats and oils and their fractions).
Sources and updates
The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.
Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.