Crude oil

HTS code 1512.11.00 covers crude sunflower-seed, safflower, or cottonseed oil. Use this code when importing these oils—duty is generally $1.70 per kg plus 3.4%, or free for eligible trade partners—as detailed within Chapter 15 concerning animal, vegetable, and microbial fats & oils.

Detailed information for HTS Code 1512.11.00

This tariff code falls within the section covering animal, vegetable, and microbial fats and oils, specifically dealing with sunflower, safflower, or cottonseed oil that is not chemically modified. Code 1512.11.00 covers crude forms of this oil, meaning it hasn’t been refined. Subdivisions exist to differentiate between certified organic sunflower oil (1512.11.00.25), other sunflower oil (1512.11.00.35), and safflower oil (1512.11.00.40), so be sure to select the correct suffix based on the oil type and certification status.

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

1.7¢/kg + 3.4%

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 1512.11.00 and its subdivisions (1512.11.00.25, 1512.11.00.35, 1512.11.00.40) is calculated in kilograms. The general rate is 1.7¢/kg plus 3.4%, applying to imports from countries without a preferential trade agreement. However, a duty-free rate (special rate) applies to goods originating from specific countries including Australia (AU), Canada (A+), and others listed as eligible for FTA or preference programs. All subdivisions follow the same duty structure as the main code, meaning the same rates apply depending on the country of origin and whether a special trade agreement is in effect.

Rate of Duty (Column 2): 9.9¢/kg + 20%

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Code subdivisions

1512.11.00.25

Sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: > Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof: > Crude oil > Sunflower-seed oil: > Certified organic

1512.11.00.35

1512.11.00.40

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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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