Code 1516 10 10 · Subheading 1516 10
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This code covers animal fats and oils, including their fractions, that have been fully or partly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether refined or unrefined. They must not be otherwise worked and must be in packages with a net weight of <= 1 kg.
For example
Official tariff text
Animal fats, oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, in immediate packings of <= 1 kg
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1516 10 10
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 15161010.
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); 43 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.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
15.16.1012
Extracted entirely from fish or marine mammals
15.16.1019
Other
15.16.1020
Extracted entirely from fish or marine mammals
15.16.1099
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.
All 2 UK lines under this code
They all have the same duty rates shown here.
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.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers animal fats and oils that are not chemically modified, whereas this code covers fats and oils that have been hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised.
This code covers the same type of modified animal fats and oils in packages with a net weight of > 1 kg, whereas this code covers packages with a net weight of <= 1 kg.
That code covers fats and oils that are otherwise chemically modified, whereas this code excludes fats and oils that are otherwise worked.
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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