Weighing with the immediate container under 18 kg

This code covers olive oil—specifically, other virgin olive oil packaged in containers weighing under 18 kg. It’s used to classify these imported oils for duty assessment—generally 5¢/kg, but potentially free depending on the country of origin and any applicable trade agreements—as part of Chapter 15, which broadly covers animal, vegetable, and microbial fats and oils.

Detailed information for HTS Code 1509.40.20

This code falls within the section covering animal, vegetable, and microbial fats and oils, specifically addressing olive oil and its fractions. Code 1509.40.20 covers other virgin olive oils packaged for retail sale in containers weighing under 18 kg. There are two subdivisions to further specify the olive oil: 1509.40.20.30 for certified organic olive oil, and 1509.40.20.90 for all other non-organic olive oil meeting the weight requirement; choose the appropriate suffix based on whether the olive oil is certified organic or not. Duty is generally 5¢/kg on contents and container for standard trade partners, but free for eligible FTA or preference programs.

Chapter	Chapter 15 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or veget
Section	Section III - Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and Their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Veget

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Quick reference for the duty outcomes tied to this HTS line.

General Duty

5¢/kg on contents and container

Standard trade partners (NTR)

Special Duty

Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

Eligible FTA or preference programs

The duty for HTS code 1509.40.20 and its subdivisions (1509.40.20.30 & 1509.40.20.90) is assessed in kilograms. A general rate of 5¢/kg applies to the contents and container. However, special free rates apply to imports originating from specific countries including (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) if they qualify under eligible FTA or preference programs; otherwise, the general rate applies. The subdivisions follow the same duty structure as the main code.

Rate of Duty (Column 2): 17.6¢/kg on contents and container

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Code subdivisions

1509.40.20.30

Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: > Other virgin olive oils: > Weighing with the immediate container under 18 kg > Certified organic

1509.40.20.90

Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: > Other virgin olive oils: > Weighing with the immediate container under 18 kg > Other

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Chapter & section notes

Chapter notes

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 15 ANIMAL,VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES III 15-1 Notes 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Pig fat or poultry fat, of heading 0209; (b) Cocoa butter, fat or oil (heading 1804); (c) Edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 percent of the products of heading 0405 (generally chapter 21); (d) Greaves (heading 2301) or residues of headings 2304 to 2306; (e) Fatty acids, prepared waxes, medicaments, paints, varnishes, soap, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, sulfonated oils or other goods of section VI; or (f) Factice derived from oils (heading 4002). 2. Heading 1509 does not apply to oils obtained from olives by solvent extraction (heading 1510). 3. Heading 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions. 4. Soap-stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading 1522. Subheading Notes 1. For the purposes of subheading 1509.30, virgin olive oil has a free acidity expressed as oleic acid not exceeding 2.0 g/100 g and can be distinguished from the other virgin olive oil categories according to the characteristics indicated in the Codex Alimentarius Standard 33-1981. 2. For the purposes of subheadings 1514.11 and 1514.19, the expression “low erucic acid rape or colza oil” means the fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 percent by weight. Additional U.S. Note 1. Products of American fisheries are provided for in chapter 98. Statistical Notes 1. The unit of quantity “kg cmsc” (kilograms cows’ milk solids content) includes all cows milk components other than water. 2. For a list of approved standards for "Certified organic", see General Statistical Note 6. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes III 15-2

Section notes

SECTION III ANIMAL,VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES III-1 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes III-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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