Analysis
HTS 1516.20.10 covers vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: rapeseed oil under heading 1516 (animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly…).
The general duty rate is 7.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 15 (85th percentile of 37 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $770 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 7.7%. 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 other lines in the same group are 1516.10.00 (animal fats and oils and their fractions, 7¢/kg), 1516.20.91 (vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: other, 8.8¢/kg) and 1516.30.00 (microbial fats and oils and their fractions, 8.8¢/kg).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311225 (Fats and Oils Refining and Blending), an industry of 109 US establishments employing 10,175 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1516.10.00 | Animal fats and oils and their fractions | 7¢/kg |
| 1516.20.91 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: other | 8.8¢/kg |
| 1516.30.00 | Microbial fats and oils and their fractions | 8.8¢/kg |