# HTS Section III: Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils

> Section overview from the USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule on [PlainTariff](https://plaintariff.com/).

## At a glance

- **Chapters:** 1
- **Tariff lines:** 181
- **Average dutiable MFN rate:** 3.8%
- **Corpus rank (avg dutiable rate):** #8 of 20
- **Duty-free share:** 22% of 78 rated lines

## Chapters in this section

- [Chapter 15: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes](https://plaintariff.com/chapter/chapter-15-animal-vegetable-or-microbial-fats-and-oils-and-their) — avg 3.8%

## Related tools

- [Browse all sections](https://plaintariff.com/sections)
- [Tariff calculator](https://plaintariff.com/tools/tariff-calculator)
- [Methodology & sources](https://plaintariff.com/methodology)

---

*Source: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule. HTML canonical: https://plaintariff.com/section/iii-animal-or-vegetable-fats-and-oils*