HS Chapter 15 — Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products

HS chapter 15 (Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products) covers 41 product categories in U.S. import records, with 164,386 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, and Peanut (ground-nut) oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.

Sourced from U.S. Customs bill of lading data · Updated monthly · Data through August 2026 · Chapter → heading → product, drill in for importers and suppliersCite as: ImportDoor, U.S. Customs bill of lading data (data through August 2026), https://www.importdoor.com/products/chapter/15

Headings in this chapter

HS	Heading	Products	Shipments
1509	Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	3	60,733
1511	Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2	20,580
1508	Peanut (ground-nut) oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2	16,216
1517	Margarine	2	11,107
1515	Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	4	9,188
1507	Soybean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	2	8,925
1512	Sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	4	7,519
1513	Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	3	6,487
1505	HS 1505	1	5,871
1516	Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further prepared	2	4,754
1514	Rapeseed, colza or mustard oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	4	3,410
1521	Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored	2	2,983
1520	HS 1520	1	2,155
1504	Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	3	2,027
1518	HS 1518	1	1,137
1503	HS 1503	1	427
1510	Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils and fractions with oils or fractions of heading 1509	1	419
1522	HS 1522	1	152
1502	Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503	1	150
1501	Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503	1	146

Frequently asked questions about HS chapter 15

What is HS chapter 15?

Chapter 15 of the Harmonized System covers animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products. In U.S. import records it spans 20 four-digit headings and 41 six-digit product codes.

How many U.S. import shipments fall under HS chapter 15?

ImportDoor has 164,386 U.S. Customs bill-of-lading shipment records under chapter 15, updated monthly.

Which HS 15 heading is imported most into the U.S.?

HS 1509 (Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified) leads with 60,733 shipments, followed by HS 1511 (Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified) and HS 1508 (Peanut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined).