Chapter 15 HSN codes: fats and oils

Animal,vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products, prepared edible fats, animal or vegetable waxes. Every heading in chapter 15 with its GST rate; search any 8-digit code below.

Rates checked · from the official GST notifications

    Rates from the CBIC notifications (9/2025, 10/2025 and 19/2025 for goods; 11/2017 as amended by 15/2025 for services), checked October 2026. Calculate GST

    Headings in chapter 15 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    1501Pig fats (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 15033 tariff items5%
    1502Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 15035 tariff items5%
    1503Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared1 tariff item5%
    1504Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified8 tariff items5%
    1505Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)3 tariff items5%
    1506Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified2 tariff items5%
    1507Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified3 tariff items5%
    1508Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified4 tariff items5%
    1509Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified6 tariff items5%
    1510Other oils and their fractions, 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 15096 tariff items5%
    1511Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified5 tariff items5%
    1512Sunflower seed, safflower or cotton seed oil and their fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified10 tariff items5%
    1513Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified8 tariff items5%
    1514Rape, colza or mustard oil and its fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modifie13 tariff items5%
    1515Other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified19 tariff items5%
    1516Animal, 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 prepared10 tariff items5%
    1517Mmargarine, edible mixture 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 15158 tariff items5%
    1518Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included7 tariff items5%
    151918%
    1520Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes1 tariff item5%
    1521Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured6 tariff items5%
    1522Degras: residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes3 tariff items5%

    Where a heading shows two rates, its codes or its goods differ: tap the heading to see each 8-digit code and the condition for each rate.

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    What chapter 15 covers

    Chapter 15 of the tariff is "Animal,vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products, prepared edible fats, animal or vegetable waxes". It has 22 four-digit headings and 131 eight-digit tariff items, such as 1501 (Pig fats (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that), 1502 (Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of), 1503 (Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow).

    GST rates in chapter 15

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. By tariff item: 131 at 5%.

    Questions

    What is the GST rate for chapter 15 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. Of the 131 eight-digit codes in chapter 15, 131 at 5%. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

    What is HSN code 1501?

    Heading 1501 is "Pig fats (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503". GST: 5%.

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