Code 1516 20 98 · Subheading 1516 20
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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 vegetable fats, oils and their fractions that are wholly or partly hydrogenated, interesterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether refined or not. The goods must be in packs with a net weight over 1 kg or in another form, and must not be otherwise processed or fall under the specified castor-oil and 1516 20 95 or 1516 20 96 categories.
For example
Official tariff text
Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, in immediate packings of > 1 kg or in another form (excl. fats and oils and their fractions, further prepared, hydrogenated castor oil and subheading 1516.20.95 and 1516.20.96)
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1516 20 98
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 15162098.
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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.
Trade-defence measures, such as anti-dumping duty, may apply to goods originating in China; any country except Canada and United States; Argentina; Canada; Indonesia; United States; any country; any country except Argentina, Canada, China, Indonesia and United States; 3 more origins.
The duty depends on the producer or exporter, so two shipments of the same goods can be charged differently.
This is recorded on a more detailed code below this one, so it may not cover your goods.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databasePreferential 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; 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.
15.16.2012
For fish feed
15.16.2019
Other
15.16.2020
Hydrogenated castor oil
15.16.2099
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.
1516 20 98 21
Consigned from Canada
1516 20 98 29
Other
1516 20 98 33
Blends containing by weight 20% or less of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or hydro-treatment, of non-fossil origin
1516 20 98 80
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.
That code covers the corresponding vegetable fats and oils in packs with a net weight of 1 kg or less; this code covers packs over 1 kg or another form.
That code names certain oils and fractions for technical or industrial use, excluding use for making food; this code excludes goods covered by that category.
That code covers fats and oils that are cooked, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphur-treated, blown, heat-polymerised or otherwise chemically modified; this code is for the listed modifications without further processing.
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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