Classification complete
1503 00 30
Unemulsified, unmixed or otherwise unprepared tallow oil for industrial use, except food manufacture
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 15030030.
Code 1503 00 30 · Subheading 1503 00
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers tallow oil that has not been emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared and is intended for industrial use. It does not cover tallow oil intended for making food.
For example
Official tariff text
Tallow oil for industrial uses (excl. for production of foodstuffs and emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared)
Classification complete
1503 00 30
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 15030030.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in San Marino; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; Western Sahara; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); 37 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in any country; Ukraine; any country except Andorra, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland; European Union; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Japan.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
15.03.0000
Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared.
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
1503 00 30 00
Tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code is for raw or rendered cattle, sheep or goat tallow for technical use, whereas this code names tallow oil that is not emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared.
That code is for lardstearin and oleostearin for industrial use, not tallow oil.
That code covers lardoil, oleomargarin and tallow oil in the other stated category, including tallow oil except when intended for industrial use other than food manufacture.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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