Coconut oil|HTS Code

Coconut oil harmonized system code

Product Overview Coconut oil under HTS 1513.11 is defined as crude oil expressed or solvent‑extracted from dried coconut (copra) and presented in an unrefined state for edible and industrial use. Key characteristics for trade include a pale yellow to amber appearance, melting point approximately 24–26°C, specific gravity typically 0.915–0.925 at 25°C, low iodine value (commonly 7–11 g I2/100 g), and high saponification value (~250–265 mg KOH/g). Measurable quality attributes cited on commercial documents include free fatty acid (FFA) content, peroxide value, moisture & volatile matter, insoluble impurities and unsaponifiables; crude material will generally exhibit higher FFA and moisture than refined grades. Within the scope of HTS 1513.11, commercial classifications distinguish crude copra oil (unrefined) from adjacent subheadings covering partially refined, bleached or deodorized fractions and hydrogenated derivatives. Primary commercial applications relevant to import/export operations include frying and confectionery fats, soap and detergent feedstock, cosmetic emollients, and oleochemical processing for surfactants and fatty‑acid derivatives. HTS Code Classification & Trade Specifications HTS 1513.11 is the six‑digit subheading within Chapter 15 of the HTSUS: Chapter 15 — "Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes"; Heading 1513 — "Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions"; Subheading 1513.11 — "Coconut (copra) oil, crude." Classification is driven by botanical origin (Cocos nucifera), raw material (copra), extraction method (expression or solvent extraction) and presentation in an unrefined/crude state, which separates it from refined or hydrogenated products allocated to other subheadings. Trade considerations for customs duty calculation and logistics include declared 200‑L steel drum or 20–25 kg pail pack sizes, bulk conveyance via flexitank/ISO tanks (~24–26 m3) or tankers, net weight declaration, and temperature management to avoid solidification (maintain >24°C or provide heating). Documentation typically required: commercial invoice, bill of lading, packing list, certificate of origin, COA with analytical parameters (FFA, peroxide, moisture, iodine and saponification values by AOCS/ISO methods) and applicable FDA/USDA notifications; coconut oil is generally non‑hazardous but subject to food safety and phytosanitary controls.

Coconut oil Chapter Note

1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Pig fat or poultry fat of heading 02.09; (b) Cocoa butter, fat or oil (heading 18.04); (c) Edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading 04.05 (generally Chapter 21); (d) Greaves (heading 23.01) or residues of headings 23.04 to 23.06; (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 40.02). 2.- Heading 15.09 does not apply to oils obtained from olives by solvent extraction (heading 15.10). 3.- Heading 15.18 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 15.22. Subheading Notes. 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