Code 1515 50 99 · Subheading 1515 50
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This covers sesame oil and its fractions that are refined or unrefined but not chemically modified. The oil must not be crude and must not be intended for technical use or for industrial use other than food manufacture.
For example
Official tariff text
Sesame oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. for technical or industrial uses and crude)
Classification complete
1515 50 99
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 15155099.
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Classification decides the rate here: from 6.4% to 9.6%.
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); 30 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 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.
15.15.5011
For feed purpose
15.15.5020
Crude oil
15.15.5099
Other
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.
1515 50 99 00
Other
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).
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.
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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
This code covers crude sesame oil for technical or industrial use, whereas 1515 50 99 excludes crude oil and such use.
This code covers crude sesame oil, whereas 1515 50 99 excludes crude oil.
This code covers non-crude sesame oil or fractions for technical or industrial use, whereas 1515 50 99 excludes technical use and non-food industrial use.
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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