AHECC chapter

15 Animal, Vegetable or Microbial Fats and Oils and Their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes

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What this chapter covers

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Chapter facts

Chapter code
15
Final item codes
62

Export statistical item codes

Item code Title UQ
15011000 Lard KG
15012000 Other pig fat KG
15019000 Other KG
15021001 Tallow - Of beef T
15021002 Tallow - Of sheep or goat T
15021003 Tallow - Other T
15021041 Tallow - In bulk T
15021049 Tallow - Other T
15021061 Tallow - Of beef T
15021062 Tallow - Of sheep or goats T
15021063 Tallow - Other T
15029090 Other T
15030000 Lard Stearin, Lard Oil, Oleostearin, Oleo-Oil and Tallow Oil, Not Emulsified or Mixed or Otherwise Prepared KG
15041000 Fish-liver oils and their fractions KG
15042000 Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish, other than liver oils KG
15043000 Fats and oils and their fractions, of marine mammals KG
15050020 Wool Grease and Fatty Substances Derived Therefrom (Including Lanolin) - Wool grease, crude KG
15050093 Wool Grease and Fatty Substances Derived Therefrom (Including Lanolin) - Other KG
15060000 Other Animal Fats and Oils and Their Fractions, Whether or Not Refined, But Not Chemcially Modified KG
15071000 Crude oil, whether or not degummed KG
15079000 Other KG
15081000 Crude oil KG
15089000 Other KG
15092001 Extra virgin olive oil KG
15093001 Virgin olive oil KG
15094001 Other virgin olive oils KG
15099000 Other KG
15101001 Crude olive pomace oil KG
15109090 Other KG
15111000 Crude oil KG
15119000 Other KG
15121100 Crude oil KG
15121900 Other KG
15122100 Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed KG
15122900 Other KG
15131100 Crude oil KG
15131900 Other KG
15132100 Crude oil KG
15132900 Other KG
15141100 Crude oil KG
15141900 Other KG
15149100 Crude oil KG
15149900 Other KG
15151100 Crude oil KG
15151900 Other KG
15152100 Crude oil KG
15152900 Other KG
15153000 Castor oil and its fractions KG
15155000 Sesame oil and its fractions KG
15156001 Microbial fats and oils and their fractions KG
15159096 Other KG
15161000 Animal fats and oils and their fractions L
15162061 Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions KG
15163001 Microbial fats and oils and their fractions KG
15171010 Margarine, excluding liquid margarine - Table KG
15171090 Margarine, excluding liquid margarine - Other KG
15179095 Other KG
15180000 Animal, 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 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 Included T
15200001 Glycerol, Crude; Glycerol Waters and Glycerol Lyes KG
15211000 Vegetable waxes KG
15219000 Other KG
15220000 Degras; Residues Resulting From the Treatment of Fatty Substances or Animal or Vegetable Waxes KG

Frequently asked questions

What is AHECC chapter 15?

Animal, Vegetable or Microbial Fats and Oils and Their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes is a chapter within AHECC section III. It sits directly above the export statistical item codes used in declarations.

Is the chapter code enough for an export declaration?

Usually not. Export declarations typically require the final 8-digit export statistical item code, not just the chapter heading.

Why are item codes listed directly on this page?

The chapter page is the shortest path from category browsing to the final export code. Listing the end codes here makes the last step explicit.

Source and trust

Official AHECC source
ABS 123303.xlsx
Last reviewed
2026-04-18

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