Harmonized System Code Classification

The first two digits of the HS code "15" represent animal and vegetable fats and oils and their products.

Specifically, this classification includes the following:

• Animal fats (including beef tallow, lard, chicken fat, fish oil, etc.)
• Plant oils (including soybean oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil, palm oil, olive oil, etc.)
• Hydrogenated oils, hardened oils
• Margarine, shortening
• Crude fats, oil foot, oil cake, etc.
• Chemically modified fat products

Why is "15" used as the code for this category?

This is because the HS code system classifies products based on their chemical composition and use. Animal and vegetable fats and oils are important food and industrial raw materials with unique chemical properties and uses, hence they are classified separately.

In summary, "15" represents oils extracted from animals and plants and their related products, which are widely used in the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

The first four digits of the HS code "1501" represent pork fat (including lard) and poultry fat, excluding those listed in Chapter 0209 or 1503.

Six-digit explanation: HS code: 1501.90

Classification: Pork fat (including rendered pork fat) and poultry fat, excluding those listed in Chapter 0209 or 1503.

Meaning: This refers to pork fat (including rendered pork fat) and poultry fat, excluding those listed in Chapter 0209 or 1503.

8–10-digit explanation: HS code: 1501.90.00.00
Classification: Pork fat (including pork lard) and poultry fat, excluding those listed under tariff number 0209 or 1503: → Other
Explanation: This HS code corresponds to pork fat (including pork lard) and poultry fat, but explicitly excludes those listed under tariff numbers 0209 and 1503.

Examples of related products:

• Pork lard (e.g., rendered pork fat used in cooking)
• Chicken fat (e.g., rendered fat from poultry)
• Margarine (vegetable oil-based fat product)
• Shortening (used in baking)
• Hydrogenated vegetable oil (used in food processing)
• Palm oil (a common plant oil used in cooking and industry)
• Rapeseed oil (used in cooking and industrial applications)
• Olive oil (used in food and cosmetics)
• Fish oil (used in dietary supplements and food industry)