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HSN Chapter 15: Animal,Vegetable Or Microbial Fats And Oils And Their Cleavage Products, Prepared Edible Fats, Animal Or Vegetable Waxes

21 headings, and the 9 codes in this chapter that people search for, each with its full classification.

About Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of the Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) is titled “Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products, prepared edible fats, animal or vegetable waxes”. It is part of Section III, Animal or Vegetable Fats, Oils & Waxes, the only chapter in that section.

The chapter is divided into 21 headings, from 1501 (pig fats (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503) to 1522 (residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes). The headings with the most codes that people search for are coconut, palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof (1513), sunflower seed, safflower or cotton seed oil and their fractions thereof (1512), other fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions (1515) and vegetable waxes, beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti (1521).

Note 1 sends pig fat and poultry fat to heading 0209 and cocoa butter to heading 1804, and keeps soap, paints, perfumery and the other goods of Section VI out of the chapter. Under Note 2, oil obtained from olives by solvent extraction is not classified in heading 1509.

Every heading is listed below. Under each are the codes that have their own page on Laabam One, 9 codes in this chapter, each with its full classification: its chapter, heading and sub-heading, and the codes beside it.

Every code in this chapter begins with 15: four digits make a heading, six a sub-heading, and eight a tariff item of India's Customs Tariff. How many of those digits a GST tax invoice shows depends on the business, not the goods: under Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax, from 1 April 2021, four digits where aggregate turnover in the previous financial year was up to ₹5 crore, and six above it. Up to ₹5 crore, the code may be left off invoices to unregistered buyers.

No GST rate is shown here. GST rates were revised in September 2025, and a rate appears on this site only once it has been checked against the CBIC rate notifications.

Sources: ITC(HS) Chapter 15, DGCI&S (title, headings and notes); Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax (HSN digits on invoices).

Headings in Chapter 15

  1. 1501Pig Fats (Including Lard) And Poultry Fat, Other Than That Of Heading 0209 Or 1503

  2. 1502Fats Of Bovine Animals, Sheep Or Goats, Other Than Those Of Heading 1503

  3. 1503Lard Stearin, Lard Oil, Oleostearin, Oleo-Oil And Tallow Oil, Not Emulsified Or Mixed Or Otherwise Prepared

  4. 1504Fats And Oils And Their Fractions, Of Fish Or Marine Mammals, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  5. 1505Wool Grease And Fatty Substances Derived Therefrom (Including Lanolin)

  6. 1506Other Animal Fats And Oils And Their Fractions, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  7. 1507Soya-Bean Oil And Its Fractions, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  8. 1508Ground-Nut Oil And Its Fractions, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  9. 1509Olive Oil And Its Fractions, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  10. 1510Other Oils And Their Fractions, Obtained Solely From Olives

  11. 1511Palm Oil And Its Fractions, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  12. 1512Sunflower Seed, Safflower Or Cotton Seed Oil And Their Fractions Thereof, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  13. 1513Coconut (Copra), Palm Kernel Or Babassu Oil And Fractions Thereof, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  14. 1514Rape, Colza Or Mustard Oil And Its Fractions Thereof, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modifie

  15. 1515Other Fixed Vegetable Or Microbial Fats And Oils And Their Fractions, Whether Or Not Refined, But Not Chemically Modified

  16. 1516Animal, Vegetable Or Microbial Fats And Oils And Their Fractions, Partly Or Wholly Hydrogenated, Inter-Esterified

  17. 1517Mmargarine, Edible Mixture Or Preparations Of Animal

  18. 1518Animal, Vegetable Or Microbial Fats And Oils And Their Fractions, Boiled, Oxidised, Dehydrated, Sulphurised, Blown

  19. 1520Glycerol, Crude; Glycerol Waters And Glycerol Lyes

  20. 1521Vegetable Waxes (Other Than Triglycerides), Beeswax, Other Insect Waxes And Spermaceti, Whether Or Not Refined Or Coloured

  21. 1522Degras: Residues Resulting From The Treatment Of Fatty Substances Or Animal Or Vegetable Waxes

HSN Chapter 15 — FAQs

What does HSN Chapter 15 cover?

Chapter 15 covers animal,vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products, prepared edible fats, animal or vegetable waxes. It is part of Section III, Animal or Vegetable Fats, Oils & Waxes.

How many headings are there in HSN Chapter 15?

21, numbered 1501 to 1522. Every heading's four digits begin with 15.

Does this page give the GST rate for Chapter 15 goods?

No. GST rates were revised in September 2025, and a rate is shown only once it has been checked against the CBIC rate notifications. Find the code here, then confirm its current rate there.

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