1503 00 110 0 — Lard stearin and oleostearin for industrial uses (excl. emulsified, mixed or otherwise prepared)

1503 Liard stearin, lard-oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and animal oil, unemulsified or unmixed, or not otherwise prepared

This heading covers products obtained by pressing lard (lard stearin and lard-oil) or by pressing animal fat (oleo-oil, animal fat and oleostearin). During these processes, lard or fat is kept in hot tanks for three to four days, during which time crystals of lard - stearin or oleostearin are formed. The resulting grainy mass is then pressed to separate the oils from the stearins. This treatment differs from dry melting pressing, which is carried out at higher temperatures in order to separate the residual fat from other materials of animal origin, such as proteins, connective tissues, etc. The products of this heading may also be obtained by other fractionation methods. Lard stearin is a solid white fat that remains after pressing lard or other ghee pork fat. This heading covers both food and non-food stearin. Food lard stearine is sometimes mixed in soft lard to give the latter a firmer consistency (heading 1517). Non-food Lard stearin is used as a lubricant or as a raw material for the preparation of glycerol, olein or stearin. Liard oil is a product obtained by cold pressing of lard or other ghee pork fat. This is a yellowish liquid with a slight smell of pork lard, which tastes good, is used in some industrial processes (woolmaking, soap production, etc.) as a lubricant or sometimes for food purposes. Oleo-oil (food) is a white or yellowish solid fat of a soft consistency with a slight smell of beef fat and a pleasant taste. It has a crystalline structure, but can become granular after rolling and alignment. It consists mainly of oleic acid glyceride (triolein). Oleo-oil is used mainly in the production of food margarine or a substitute for lard and as a lubricant. Animal oil (non-food oleo-oil) is a yellowish liquid with the smell of animal fat; very quickly becomes rancid when stored in air. It is used for the production of soap, and in a mixture with mineral oils – for the production of lubricants. The harder part remaining after extraction of oleo-oil or animal oil is a mixture consisting mainly of stearic glycerides and palmite of inic acids (tristearin and trypalmitin). This mixture, known as oleostearin, or animal stearin ("pressed animal fat"), has the appearance of solid brittle molds of eats or tablets, it is white, odorless and tasteless. This heading does not cover products emulsified, mixed or otherwise sealed (heading 1516, 1517 or 1518).

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) pig fat or poultry fat of heading 0209;

(b) cocoa butter, fat and oil (heading 1804);

(c) edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading 0405 (generally, Chapter 21);

(d) greaves (heading 2301) or residues of headings 2304 to 2306;

(e) fatty acids, prepared waxes, medicaments, paints, varnishes, soap, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, sulphonated oils or other goods of Section VI; or

(f) factice derived from oils (heading 4002).

2. Heading 1509 does not apply to oils obtained from olives by solvent extraction (heading 1510).

3. Heading 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions.

4. Soap-stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading 1522.

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheading 1509 30, virgin olive oil has a free acidity expressed as oleic acid not exceeding 2,0 g/ 100 g and can be distinguished from the other virgin olive oil categories according to the characteristics indicated in the Codex Alimentarius Standard 33-1981.

2. For the purposes of subheadings 1514 11 and 1514 19, the expression ‘low-erucic-acid rape or colza oil’ means the fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 % by weight.

Additional notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. In subheadings and subheadings 1507 10, 1508 10, 1510 10, 1511 10, 1512 11, 1512 21, 1513 11, 1513 21, 1514 11, 1514 91, 1515 11, 1515 21, 1515 50 110 0, 1515 50 190 0, 1515 90 210 0, 1515 90 290 0, 1515 90 500 0 – 1515 90 690 0 and 1518 00 310 0:

(a) non-volatile oils of vegetable origin in liquid or solid form obtained by pressing shall be considered as “raw” unless they have undergone any other treatment than the following:

decantation within a normal period of time,

centrifugation or filtration, provided that only mechanical force such as gravity, pressure or centrifugal force (excluding any adsorption filtration process or any other physical or chemical process) has been used to separate the oils from their solid constituents;

(b) non-volatile oils of vegetable origin in liquid or solid form obtained by extraction shall continue to be considered “raw” if they cannot be distinguished by color, smell, taste or recognized special analytical properties from oils and fats of vegetable origin obtained under pressure;

(c) the term “raw oils” includes soybean oil refined with hydration and cotton oil purified from gossypol.

2. В субпозиции 1510 10 термин «масло оливковое из жмыха сырое» означает масло со следующими характеристиками:

(a) with one of the following wax content values:

(i) the wax content is greater than 350 mg/kg provided that the erythrodiol and uvaol content is greater than 4.5%; or

(ii) the wax content of more than 300 mg/kg but not more than 350 mg/kg provided that:

the total content of aliphatic alcohols more than 350 mg / kg, and

- the content of erythrodiol and uvaol is more than 3.5%;

(b) with a monopalmitate content of 2-glyceryl not exceeding 1.4%;

(c) the total content of transoleic isomers not exceeding 0.20 % and the total content of translinoleic + translinolenic isomers not exceeding 0.10 %.

3. Subheadings 1522 00 310 0 and 1522 00 390 0 do not include:

(a) residues from the treatment of fatty substances containing oil having an iodine index of less than 70 or more than 100;

(b) residues formed during the treatment of fatty substances containing oil having an iodine index greater than 70 or less than 100, the peak area of which, representing the retained volume of -sitosterol, is less than 93.0% of the total peak area of sterol.

Additional note of the Eurasian Economic Union

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. In this group:

the term “packaging” means all types of packaging intended for packing, storing and transporting goods, including transport packagings forming an independent transport unit;

The term “net mass” means the mass of the product per packaging unit, excluding the mass of the packaging unit.