Code 1506 00 · Heading 1506

Animal fats and oils and their fractions, including refined products, not chemically modified, excluding specified animal sources and named fats

This covers animal fats, oils and their fractions, whether refined or not, provided they have not been chemically modified. It excludes products from pigs, poultry, cattle, sheep, goats, fish and marine mammals, as well as the specifically named fats and wool grease products in the legal description.

For example

Unchemically modified horse fat, whether crude or refined
Unchemically modified camel-fat oil fraction, whether crude or refined

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Official tariff text

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. pig fat, poultry fat, fats of bovine animals, sheep and goats, fats of fish and other marine animals, lard stearin, lard oil, oloestearin, oleo-oil, tallow oil, wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom)

How we got to this code

III
15
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The path to this code

Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

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Step 1 · Section III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavag…
Does the product concern animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils, their splitting products, prepared edible fats, or animal or vegetable wax?
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Step 2 · Chapter 15 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and th… 1 of 1 chapter in section III
Which named group best describes the product: a specified animal fat or oil, a specified vegetable oil, another vegetable or microbial fat or oil, a chemically or otherwise treated fat or oil, a prepared edible fat mixture, glycerol, wax, or a residue or breakdown product?
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Step 3 · Heading 1506 Animalske fedtstoffer og olier samt fraktioner dera… 6 of 21 headings under chapter 15
Is this an animal fat or oil, or a fraction of one, refined or unrefined but not chemically modified, and is it not from pigs, poultry, cattle, sheep, goats, fish or marine mammals and not lard stearin, lardoil, pressed-tallow oleostearin, oleomargarine, tallow oil, wool grease or a fat derived from wool grease?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1506 00 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whe… 1 of 1 subheading under heading 1506
Is this an animal fat, oil or fraction that may be refined but is not chemically modified, and is it not from pigs, poultry, cattle, sheep, goats, fish or marine mammals and not one of the specifically named excluded fats or wool-grease products?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

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1506 00 00

Duty free

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

The rate depends on the line.

Their lines4 Norwegian lines

15.06.0011 For feed purpose

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

1506 00 00 00 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

1506.00.00.00 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 4 Norwegian lines

Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

15.06.0011

For feed purpose

Ordinary duty

3,91 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.
15.06.0021

Bone fat, bone oil and neat's-foot oil

Ordinary duty

Duty free
15.06.0030

Solid fractions

Ordinary duty

5.1%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
15.06.0099

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

1506 00 00 00

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

See the 1 US line

Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

1506.00.00.00

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

General rate

2.3%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.