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HS Chapter 15

Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

21 headings · 61 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.

Heading 1501 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503 3 codes Heading 1502 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 2 codes Heading 1503 Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil; not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared 1 codes Heading 1504 Fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 3 codes Heading 1505 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) 1 codes Heading 1506 Animal fats and oils and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, n.e.c. in chapter 15 1 codes Heading 1507 Soya-bean oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 3 codes Heading 1508 Ground nut oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 2 codes Heading 1509 Olive oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 8 codes Heading 1510 Vegetable oils; oils and their fractions n.e.c. in chapter 15, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading no. 1509 2 codes Heading 1511 Palm oil and its fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 4 codes Heading 1512 Sun-flower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 4 codes Heading 1513 Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions; whether or not refined but not chemically modified 4 codes Heading 1514 Rape, colza or mustard oil and their fractions; whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 4 codes Heading 1515 Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils n.e.c. in chapter 15 (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified 8 codes Heading 1516 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared 3 codes Heading 1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats and oils or their fractions of heading 15.16 3 codes Heading 1518 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats, oils and their fractions; boiled, oxidised, dehydrated or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading no. 1516, inedible mixtures or preparations of fats, oils or their fractions, n.e.c. in chapter 15 1 codes Heading 1520 Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes 1 codes Heading 1521 Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti; whether or not refined or coloured 2 codes Heading 1522 Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes 1 codes

Recorded imports

Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 97,864,981,750 (697,402,580 kg) under this chapter, across 47 of its 61 tariff lines. The remaining 14 recorded no commercial import in that window.

Month	Lines with imports	Net weight	Assessable value
December 2025	37	200,589,836 kg	BDT 27,688,496,584
January 2026	36	220,020,509 kg	BDT 30,043,125,970
February 2026	28	89,531,449 kg	BDT 12,270,957,976
March 2026	34	88,445,046 kg	BDT 12,741,519,694
April 2026	37	35,042,125 kg	BDT 5,523,561,549
May 2026	34	63,773,615 kg	BDT 9,597,319,977

The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:

15119090 — Palm Oil(Excl.Cude)&Its Fractns....Nes.Incld.Refiend Palm Oil — BDT 6,201,218,585
15071000 — CRUDE OIL, WHETHER OR NOT DEGUMMED — BDT 1,711,102,974
15162000 — Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, hydrogenated, etc — BDT 525,205,387
15180000 — Animal Or Vegetable Fats And Oils... Chemically Modified, Nes — BDT 467,865,088
15042000 — Fish Fats, Oils And Fractions (Excl. Fish Liver Oils) — BDT 161,308,876

Bonded imports. A further BDT 104,021,623,440 (748,840,381 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 51.5% of everything imported under this chapter: most of this trade never pays the duty rates shown above.

Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), December 2025 – May 2026. Assessable value is the customs value on which duty is charged, not the retail or invoice price.

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