Culinary Goat Tallow

High-quality rendered goat fat for ethnic cuisines and high-heat cooking. HTS 1502.10.00.20 covers edible tallow from goats, separate from inedible fats in heading 1503.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN RateCh.99 SurchargesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree+17.5%17.5%
🇲🇽MexicoFree+10.0%10%
🇨🇦CanadaFree+10.0%10%
🇩🇪GermanyFree+10.0%10%
🇯🇵JapanFree+10.0%10%

Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

1503.00.00Same rate: 17.5%

If not suitable for human food due to quality

Low-grade or waste-derived goat fat for non-food uses like biofuels is heading 1503.

1518.00Higher: 18% vs 17.5%

If deodorized or otherwise chemically treated

Heading 1518 applies to chemically modified animal-vegetable fat mixtures per chapter note.

2106.90Lower: 16.4% vs 17.5%

If pre-mixed into food preparations

Tallow blended into sauces or seasonings becomes a food preparation under heading 2106.

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Import Tips & Compliance

Provide origin certificates tracing to goat suet and food-grade processing methods

Ensure packaging prevents contamination and includes 'edible fat' declarations

Avoid mislabeling as lard (porcine), which is heading 1501