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
In the EU Combined Nomenclature this heading has 9 eight-digit codes, conventional duty from 3.4 to 12.8 %; 4 with a compound or specific duty. In the EAEU tariff, heading 1516 has 14 ten-digit codes, base import duty from 12 to 15 %; 2 with a compound or specific rate.
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EU codes
| EU code | Description | EU rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1516 10 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions | |
| 1516 10 10 | In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg | 12.8 % |
| 1516 10 90 | Other | 10.9 % |
| 1516 20 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | |
| 1516 20 10 | Hydrogenated castor oil, so called opal-wax | 3.4 % |
| 1516 20 91 | In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg | 12,8 ( 210 ) |
| 1516 20 95 | Colza, linseed, rapeseed, sunflower-seed, illipe, karite, makore, touloucouna or babassu oils, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption | 5,1 ( 210 ) |
| 1516 20 96 | Groundnut, cotton-seed, soya-bean or sunflower-seed oils; other oils containing less than 50 % by weight of free fatty acids and excluding palm kernel, illipe, coconut, colza, rapeseed or copaiba oils | 9,6 ( 210 ) |
| 1516 20 98 | Other | 10,9 ( 210 ) |
| 1516 30 | Microbial fats and oils and their fractions | |
| 1516 30 91 | In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg | 12.8 % |
| 1516 30 98 | Other | 10.9 % |
EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, conventional rate for third countries · European Commission · rate for your country of origin: TARIC
EAEU codes (base rates)
| Code | HS 6 subheading | Supp. unit | Base rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1516 10 100 0 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions | — | 15 % |
| 1516 10 900 0 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions | — | 15 % |
| 1516 20 100 0 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 15 % |
| 1516 20 810 0 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 15 % |
| 1516 20 950 0 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 13 % |
| 1516 20 960 1 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 13 % |
| 1516 20 960 2 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 12 % |
| 1516 20 960 8 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 14, но не менее 0,12 евро за 1 кг |
| 1516 20 980 1 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 12 % |
| 1516 20 980 2 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 12 % |
| 1516 20 980 8 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions | — | 12 % |
| 1516 30 000 1 | Microbial fats and oils and their fractions | — | 15 % |
| 1516 30 000 5 | Microbial fats and oils and their fractions | — | 14, но не менее 0,12 евро за 1 кг |
| 1516 30 000 9 | Microbial fats and oils and their fractions | — | 12 % |
EAEU Common Customs Tariff, chapter 15, updated 08.03.2026 · Eurasian Economic Commission
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What the rate does not include
This is the base import duty. It excludes anti-dumping and other trade defence measures, preferential rates under trade agreements, import VAT and excise. Customs decides the code of a specific product — this directory is not a binding classification.