Code 1503 00 90 · 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 lardoil, oleomargarine and tallow oil that have not been emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared. It excludes tallow oil for industrial use other than manufacturing foodstuffs.
For example
Official tariff text
Tallow oil, oleo-oil and lard oil (excl. emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared, and tallow oil for industrial uses)
Classification complete
1503 00 90
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 15030090.
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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); 45 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; any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
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 90 00
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These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
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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 covers lardstearin and oleostearin for industrial use, whereas this code covers lardoil, oleomargarine and tallow oil.
That code covers lardstearin and oleostearin, including pressed tallow, whereas this code covers lardoil, oleomargarine and tallow oil.
That code specifically covers tallow oil for industrial use other than manufacturing foodstuffs, while this code excludes it.
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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