Vegetable waxes

HTS code 1521.10.00 covers vegetable waxes, beeswax, and other insect waxes, whether refined or not. This code is used to classify these specific waxes for import/export purposes, and currently enjoys free duty under standard trade agreements or eligibility for other preference programs, as detailed within Chapter 15.

Detailed information for HTS Code 1521.10.00

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This tariff code falls within the broader category of animal, vegetable, and microbial fats, oils, and waxes, specifically addressing vegetable waxes. Code 1521.10.00 covers vegetable waxes, excluding triglycerides, along with beeswax, other insect waxes, and spermaceti, whether refined or not. This code further breaks down into specific wax types: 1521.10.00.20 for Candelilla wax, 1521.10.00.40 for Carnauba wax, and 1521.10.00.60 for all other vegetable waxes; choose the appropriate suffix based on the specific wax type being reported.

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

Free

Standard trade partners (NTR)

Special Duty

N/A

Eligible FTA or preference programs

The general duty rate for HTS code 1521.10.00 and its subdivisions (1521.10.00.20, 1521.10.00.40, and 1521.10.00.60) is free. This means there is no duty assessed on these vegetable waxes when imported. A special rate is not specified, however imports may be eligible for preferential treatment under FTA or preference programs. All imports under this code and its subdivisions must be reported in kilograms (kg).

Rate of Duty (Column 2): Free

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Code subdivisions

1521.10.00.20

Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored: > Vegetable waxes > Candelilla

1521.10.00.40

Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored: > Vegetable waxes > Carnauba

1521.10.00.60

Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored: > Vegetable waxes > 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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