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SITCSection 7
U.S. imports of machinery for extraction or preparation of animal & vegetable fats and oils (SITC 72721) totaled $547K in April 2026, traded with 17 countries.
Importers of Machinery for Extraction or Preparation of Animal & Vegetable Fats and Oils paid $45K in duties in April 2026 — an effective duty rate of 10% on $439K in dutiable value, based on actual customs collections rather than the published tariff schedule. Machinery for Extraction or Preparation of Animal & Vegetable Fats and Oils imports of $547K in April 2026 ran 52% below the year-to-date monthly average of $1.1M.
Last updated: April 2026 dataSolvent extractors, expellers, screw presses, and degumming or refining equipment used to process oilseeds — soybeans, sunflower, palm fruit, and similar feedstocks — into crude and refined oils are the primary articles in this heading. These are large-scale, project-driven capital goods central to the edible-oil and biodiesel industries. Classification precision matters because adjacent headings cover food-processing machinery more broadly (72722), and the extraction-or-preparation specificity of 72721 is the key distinguishing criterion.
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Machinery dedicated to the extraction or primary preparation stage — expellers, solvent extractors, decanters — clearly falls under 72721. Downstream refining equipment such as bleaching towers or deodorizers may be classified here if they are integral to the preparation process, but standalone refining units designed for already-extracted oils could fall under the broader food-processing machinery heading (72722). The functional purpose of each unit should be assessed individually.
Imports of this type of industrial machinery from China may be subject to Section 301 tariffs, depending on the specific HTS classification. Given the high unit values typical of extraction and refining equipment, even a modest tariff differential can represent a significant landed-cost impact, making pre-import HTS classification review and Section 301 exclusion searches a standard step in procurement planning.
| Country | Imports | Exports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANADA | $104K | $165K | +$61K |
| GERMANY | $230K | -- | -$230K |
| KOREA, SOUTH | -- | $183K | +$183K |
| DENMARK | $155K | -- | -$155K |
| MALAYSIA | $40K | -- | -$40K |
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