HTS tariff line · chapter 15
1506.00.00
Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
Analysis
HTS 1506.00.00 covers other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified under heading 1506 (other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not…).
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.3%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The general duty rate is 2.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 15 (49th percentile of 37 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $230 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
It is the only US line under subheading 1506.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 1506.00 points straight here.