HSN 15 — Animal

Description: ANIMAL,VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS, PREPARED EDIBLE FATS, ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES

Indian GST rate: 18.0%

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Sub-codes

  • 1501 — PIG FATS (INCLUDING LARD) AND POULTRY FAT, OTHER THAN THAT OF HEADING
  • 1502 — FATS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, SHEEP OR GOATS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 15
  • 1503 — LARD STEARIN, LARD OIL, OLEOSTEARIN, OLEO-OIL AND TALLOW OIL, NOT EMUL
  • 1504 — FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, OF FISH OR MARINE MAMMALS, WHETHER
  • 1505 — WOOL GREASE AND FATTY SUBSTANCES DERIVED THEREFROM (INCLUDING LANOLIN)
  • 1506 — OTHER ANIMAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED
  • 1507 — SOYA-BEAN OIL AND ITS FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMI
  • 1508 — GROUND-NUT OIL AND ITS FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEM
  • 1509 — OLIVE OIL AND ITS FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALL
  • 1510 — OTHER OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, OBTAINED SOLELY FROM OLIVES, WHETHER O
  • 1511 — PALM OIL AND ITS FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLY
  • 1512 — SUNFLOWER SEED, SAFFLOWER OR COTTON SEED OIL AND THEIR FRACTIONS THERE
  • 1513 — COCONUT (COPRA), PALM KERNEL OR BABASSU OIL AND FRACTIONS THEREOF, WHE
  • 1514 — RAPE, COLZA OR MUSTARD OIL AND ITS FRACTIONS THEREOF, WHETHER OR NOT R
  • 1515 — OTHER FIXED VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS (INCLUDING JOJOBA OIL
  • 1516 — ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, PART
  • 1517 — MMARGARINE, EDIBLE MIXTURE OR PREPARATIONS OF ANIMAL,VEGETABLE OR MICR
  • 1518 — ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, BOIL
  • 1519 — -
  • 1520 — GLYCEROL, CRUDE; GLYCEROL WATERS AND GLYCEROL LYES
  • 1521 — VEGETABLE WAXES (OTHER THAN TRIGLYCERIDES), BEESWAX, OTHER INSECT WAXE
  • 1522 — DEGRAS: RESIDUES RESULTING FROM THE TREATMENT OF FATTY SUBSTANCES OR A
India import policy (DGFT ITC-HS)

Status: not in our table

DGFT's ITC-HS is the authority for 'Freely importable / Restricted / Prohibited / Canalised / STE'. Missing from our table is not the same as 'Free' — check DGFT before a filing.

Source: DGFT ITC-HS schedule (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.762611

Export incentive (RoDTEP / RoSCTL)

No recorded benefit for this HS code in our table. Many codes carry none at all — verify against DGFT's notification before quoting a benefit, because rates change annually.

Source: DGFT RoDTEP/RoSCTL notifications (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.764860

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - decision support only

no CBAM-relevant chapter by heading — still verify code-level CN scope

EU CBAM transitional reporting applied from 1 Oct 2023; the definitive carbon levy phase begins 1 Jan 2026 (subject to ongoing legislative changes).

Source: EU Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM), Annex I (sector list) . reviewed 2026-10-16; CBAM is applied at CN-code level - verify the exact code.

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