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This code covers mixtures and preparations of animal, vegetable, or microbial fats and oils, excluding simple fats or oils themselves. Use this code for items like margarine and specialized edible fat blends, keeping in mind duty rates are generally 8% unless the goods qualify for free trade agreements with specific countries.

Detailed information for HTS Code 1517.90.20

This tariff code falls within Chapter 15, which covers animal, vegetable, and microbial fats and oils, as well as prepared edible fats and waxes. Specifically, 1517.90.20 refers to other margarine, edible mixtures, or preparations not elsewhere specified, being artificial mixtures of fats or oils. This code has several subdivisions, including options for salad/cooking oils, baking/frying fats with specific oil compositions, and a general ‘other’ category; choose the statistical suffix that best describes the precise composition and intended use of the product. Statistical suffixes allow for further breakdown based on specific fat types or applications within these broader categories.

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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General Duty

8%

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 general duty rate for HTS code 1517.90.20 is 8%, applicable to imports from countries without a specified preferential trade agreement. However, several countries (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) qualify for a duty rate of Free under specific FTA or preference programs. This preferential treatment extends to all subdivisions (1517.90.20.20, 1517.90.20.40, 1517.90.20.60, and 1517.90.20.80) based on the country of origin and applicable trade agreements. All quantities are reported in kilograms (kg).

Rate of Duty (Column 2): 25%

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Code subdivisions

1517.90.20.20

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516: > Other: > Artificial mixtures of two or more of the products provided for in headings 1501 to 1515, inclusive: > Other > Salad and cooking oils

Parent subheading for dairy herd replacements

1517.90.20.40

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516: > Other: > Artificial mixtures of two or more of the products provided for in headings 1501 to 1515, inclusive: > Other > Baking or frying fats: > Wholly of vegetable oils

1517.90.20.60

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516: > Other: > Artificial mixtures of two or more of the products provided for in headings 1501 to 1515, inclusive: > Other > Baking or frying fats: > Other

1517.90.20.80

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516: > Other: > Artificial mixtures of two or more of the products provided for in headings 1501 to 1515, inclusive: > Other > 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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