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1518 00 99
Other chemically modified animal or vegetable fats, oils and fractions
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 15180099.
Code 1518 00 99 · Subheading 1518 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 animal or vegetable fats, oils and their fractions that have been boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, treated with sulphur, blown, heat-polymerised in a vacuum or inert gas, or otherwise chemically modified. It is the remaining category for such goods that are not identified by the neighbouring codes.
Official tariff text
Mixtures and preparations of animal or vegetable fats and oils and of fractions of various fats and oils, inedible, n.e.s., in chapter 15
Classification complete
1518 00 99
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 15180099.
This is the catch-all under 1518 00: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.
Within this parent group, this code covers chemically modified animal or vegetable fats, oils and fractions that are not linoxyn, the specified vegetable-oil mixtures, the specified non-edible animal-fat mixtures or preparations, or goods of heading 1516.
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.
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); 50 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.
15.18.0011
For feed purpose
15.18.0021
Tung oil and other similar wood oils; oiticica oil
15.18.0031
Siccative oils
15.18.0041
Linseed oil, boiled
15.18.0051
Linoxyn
15.18.0099
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.
1518 00 99 21
Consigned from Canada
1518 00 99 29
Other
1518 00 99 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
1518 00 99 90
Other
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 specifically names linoxyn, meaning oxidised linseed oil.
That code expressly covers chemically modified fats, oils and fractions but excludes goods of heading 1516 and linoxyn; this code is the remaining category.
That code is for non-edible mixtures or preparations of animal fats and oils and their fractions, including mixtures that contain vegetable or microbial fats and oils.
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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