HTS chapter 96
HTS chapter 96: miscellaneous manufactured articles codes and duty rates
Chapter 96 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States has 20 headings and 127 rate lines, split into 157 ten-digit statistical codes. Each heading below lists its rate lines with the official description and the general (Column 1) rate of duty. The general rate is only the starting point: Section 301, Section 232 and other programs can add to it depending on the country of origin, and the calculator applies them for any line.
9601Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by molding)
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9601.10.00 | Worked ivory and articles of ivory | Free |
| 9601.90.20 | Worked shell and articles thereof9601.90.20.00 | Free |
| 9601.90.40 | Coral, cut but not set, and cameos, suitable for use in jewelry | 2.1% |
| 9601.90.60 | Of bone, horn, hoof, whalebone, quill or any combination thereof | Free |
| 9601.90.80 | Other › Other | 3.7% |
9602Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; molded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins, of modeling pastes, and other molded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatin
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9602.00.10 | Worked unhardened gelatin and articles thereof | 3% |
| 9602.00.40 | Molded or carved articles of wax | 1.8% |
| 9602.00.50 | Other | 2.7% |
9603Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees)
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9603.10.05 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles › Whiskbrooms, wholly or in part of broom corn › Valued not over 96¢ each › In any calendar year prior to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for comsumption, of 61,655 dozen whiskbrooms classifiable under subheadings 9603.10.05 to 9603.10.35, inclusive | 8% |
| 9603.10.15 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles › Whiskbrooms, wholly or in part of broom corn › Valued not over 96¢ each | 5¢ each |
| 9603.10.35 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles › Whiskbrooms, wholly or in part of broom corn › Valued over 96¢ each | 14% |
| 9603.10.40 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles › Other brooms, wholly or in part of broom corn › Valued not over 96¢ each › In any calendar year prior to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of 121,478 dozen brooms classifiable under subheadings 9603.10.40 to 9603.10.60, inclusive | 8% |
| 9603.10.50 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles › Other brooms, wholly or in part of broom corn › Valued not over 96¢ each | 32¢ each |
| 9603.10.60 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles › Other brooms, wholly or in part of broom corn › Valued over 96¢ each | 32% |
| 9603.10.90 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles | 10% |
| 9603.21.00 | Toothbrushes, shaving brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, eyelash brushes and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including such brushes constituting parts of appliances › Toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushes | Free |
| 9603.29.40 | Toothbrushes, shaving brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, eyelash brushes and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including such brushes constituting parts of appliances › Valued not over 40¢ each | 0.2¢ each + 7% |
| 9603.29.80 | Toothbrushes, shaving brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, eyelash brushes and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including such brushes constituting parts of appliances › Valued over 40¢ each | 0.3¢ each + 3.6% |
| 9603.30.20 | Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics › Valued not over 5¢ each | 2.6% |
| 9603.30.40 | Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics › Valued over 5¢ but not over 10¢ each | Free |
| 9603.30.60 | Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics › Valued over 10¢ each9603.30.60.00 | Free |
| 9603.40.20 | Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers › Paint rollers | 7.5% |
| 9603.40.40 | Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers | 4% |
| 9603.50.00 | Other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles | Free |
| 9603.90.40 | Feather dusters | Free |
| 9603.90.80 | Other › Other9603.90.80.50 | 2.8% |
9604Hand sieves and hand riddles
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9604.00.00 | Hand sieves and hand riddles | 4.9% |
9605Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning (other than manicure and pedicure sets of heading 8214)
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9605.00.00 | Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning (other than manicure and pedicure sets of heading 8214)9605.00.00.00 | 8.1% |
9606Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles; button blanks
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9606.10.40 | Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs and parts thereof › Valued not over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts | 3.5% |
| 9606.10.80 | Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs and parts thereof › Valued over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts | 2.7% |
| 9606.21.20 | Buttons › Of plastics, not covered with textile material › Of casein | Free |
| 9606.21.40 | Buttons › Of plastics, not covered with textile material › Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins | 0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.6% |
| 9606.21.60 | Buttons › Of plastics, not covered with textile material | 4.7% |
| 9606.22.00 | Buttons › Of base metal, not covered with textile material | Free |
| 9606.29.20 | Buttons › Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins, covered with textile material | 0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.5% |
| 9606.29.40 | Buttons › Of pearl or shell | 0.18¢/line/ gross + 2.5% |
| 9606.29.60 | Buttons | 2.9% |
| 9606.30.40 | Button molds and other parts of buttons; button blanks › Button blanks of casein | Free |
| 9606.30.80 | Button molds and other parts of buttons; button blanks | 6% |
9607Slide fasteners and parts thereof
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9607.11.00 | Slide fasteners › Fitted with chain scoops of base metal | 10% |
| 9607.19.00 | Slide fasteners | 13% |
| 9607.20.00 | Parts | 11.5% |
9608Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating styli; propelling or sliding pencils (for example, mechanical pencils); pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9608.10.00 | Ball point pens | 0.8¢ each + 5.4% |
| 9608.20.00 | Felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers | 4% |
| 9608.30.00 | Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens9608.30.00.39 | 0.4¢ each + 2.7% |
| 9608.40.40 | Propelling or sliding pencils (for example, mechanical pencils) › With a mechanical action for extending, or for extending and retracting, the lead | 6.6% |
| 9608.40.80 | Propelling or sliding pencils (for example, mechanical pencils) | Free |
| 9608.50.00 | Sets of articles from two or more of the subheadings 9608.10, 9608.20, 9608.30 or 9608.40 | The rate applicable to each article in the absence of this subheading |
| 9608.60.00 | Refills for ball point pens, comprising the ball point and ink reservoir | 0.4¢ each + 2.7% |
| 9608.91.00 | Pen nibs and nib points | Free |
| 9608.99.20 | Refill cartridges | 0.4¢ each + 2.7% |
| 9608.99.30 | Balls for ball point pens | 20¢/thousand + 3.5% |
| 9608.99.40 | Parts of articles provided for in subheadings 9608.10 and 9608.30 (other than balls for ball point pens) | Free |
| 9608.99.60 | Other › Other › Other › Other | Free |
9609Pencils (other than those pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9609.10.00 | Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath9609.10.00.00 | 14¢/gross + 4.3% |
| 9609.20.20 | Pencil leads, black or colored › Not over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimension | Free |
| 9609.20.40 | Pencil leads, black or colored › Over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimension | Free |
| 9609.90.40 | Tailors' chalks | Free |
| 9609.90.80 | Other › Other9609.90.80.00 | Free |
9610Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9610.00.00 | Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed | 3.5% |
9611Date, sealing or numbering stamps and the like, (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9611.00.00 | Date, sealing or numbering stamps and the like, (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks | 2.7% |
9612Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9612.10.10 | Ribbons › Measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put up in plastic or metal cartridges (whether or not containing spools) of a kind used in typewriters, automatic data processing or other machines | Free |
| 9612.10.90 | Ribbons | 7.9% |
| 9612.20.00 | Ink pads | 3.5% |
9613Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9613.10.00 | Pocket lighters, gas fueled, non-refillable | 4% |
| 9613.20.00 | Pocket lighters, gas fueled, refillable | 9% |
| 9613.80.10 | Other lighters › Table lighters | 4.8% |
| 9613.80.20 | Other lighters › Electrical | 3.9% |
| 9613.80.40 | Other lighters › Of precious metal (except silver), of precious or semiprecious stones or of such metal and such stones | 3.6% |
| 9613.80.60 | Other lighters › Valued not over $5 per dozen pieces | 8% |
| 9613.80.80 | Other lighters › Valued over $5 per dozen pieces | 9% |
| 9613.90.40 | Parts › Electrical | 3.9% |
| 9613.90.80 | Parts | 4% |
9614Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9614.00.21 | Pipes and pipe bowls › Of wood or root › Roughly shaped blocks of wood or root, for the manufacture of pipes | Free |
| 9614.00.25 | Pipes and pipe bowls › Of wood or root | 0.4¢ each + 3.2% |
| 9614.00.26 | Pipes and pipe bowls › Pipes and bowls wholly of clay and pipes with bowls wholly of clay | 3% |
| 9614.00.28 | Pipes and pipe bowls | 0.3¢ each + 3.2% |
| 9614.00.94 | Of metal | 7.2% |
| 9614.00.98 | Other › Other | 0.5¢ each + 3% |
9615Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9615.11.10 | Combs, hair-slides and the like › Of hard rubber or plastics › Combs › Valued not over $4.50 per gross | 14.4¢/gross + 2% |
| 9615.11.20 | Combs, hair-slides and the like › Of hard rubber or plastics › Combs › Valued over $4.50 per gross › Of hard rubber | 5.2% |
| 9615.11.30 | Combs, hair-slides and the like › Of hard rubber or plastics › Combs › Valued over $4.50 per gross | 28.8¢/gross + 4.6% |
| 9615.11.40 | Combs, hair-slides and the like › Of hard rubber or plastics › Not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones | 5.3% |
| 9615.11.50 | Combs, hair-slides and the like › Of hard rubber or plastics9615.11.50.00 | Free |
| 9615.19.20 | Combs, hair-slides and the like › Combs › Valued not over $4.50 per gross | 9.7¢/gross + 1.3% |
| 9615.19.40 | Combs, hair-slides and the like › Combs › Valued over $4.50 per gross | 28.8¢/gross + 4.6% |
| 9615.19.60 | Combs, hair-slides and the like | 11% |
| 9615.90.20 | Nonthermic, nonornamental devices for curling the hair | 8.1% |
| 9615.90.30 | Hair pins | 5.1% |
| 9615.90.40 | Of rubber or plastics, not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones | 5.3% |
| 9615.90.60 | Other › Other › Other | 11% |
9616Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9616.10.00 | Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor | Free |
| 9616.20.00 | Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations | 4.3% |
9617Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9617.00.10 | Vessels › Having a capacity not exceeding 1 liter | 7.2% |
| 9617.00.30 | Vessels › Having a capacity exceeding 1 liter but not exceeding 2 liters | 6.9% |
| 9617.00.40 | Vessels › Having a capacity exceeding 2 liters | 6.9% |
| 9617.00.60 | Parts | 7.2% |
9618Tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dressing
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9618.00.00 | Tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dressing | 4.4% |
9619Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9619.00.05 | Of plastics | 5% |
| 9619.00.11 | Of paper pulp | Free |
| 9619.00.15 | Of paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibers | Free |
| 9619.00.21 | Of textile wadding › Of cotton (369) | 3.6% |
| 9619.00.25 | Of textile wadding | 6.3% |
| 9619.00.31 | Diapers of other textile materials › Of cotton › Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (239) | 8.1% |
| 9619.00.33 | Diapers of other textile materials › Of cotton | 9.3% |
| 9619.00.41 | Diapers of other textile materials › Of synthetic fibers (239) | 16% |
| 9619.00.43 | Diapers of other textile materials › Of artificial fibers (239) | 14.9% |
| 9619.00.46 | Diapers of other textile materials › Of other textile fibers › Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (839) | 5.6% |
| 9619.00.48 | Diapers of other textile materials › Of other textile fibers | 2.8% |
| 9619.00.61 | Other, of textile materials › Knitted or crocheted › Of cotton | 10.8% |
| 9619.00.64 | Other, of textile materials › Knitted or crocheted › Of man-made fibers | 14.9% |
| 9619.00.68 | Other, of textile materials › Knitted or crocheted | 5.6% |
| 9619.00.71 | Other, of textile materials › Of cotton | 8.1% |
| 9619.00.74 | Other, of textile materials › Of man-made fibers | 16% |
| 9619.00.78 | Other, of textile materials › Menʼs or boysʼ | 2.8% |
| 9619.00.79 | Other, of textile materials › Womenʼs or girlsʼ | 7.3% |
| 9619.00.90 | Other | 7% |
9620Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles
| HTS code | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9620.00.10 | Accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521 | 2% |
| 9620.00.15 | Accessories for the articles of heading 9005 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is an accessory |
| 9620.00.20 | Accessories for photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras of heading 9006 | 5.8% |
| 9620.00.25 | Accessories for cinematographic cameras of heading 9007 | 3.9% |
| 9620.00.30 | Accessories for the instruments and appliances, including rangefinders, of heading 9015 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is an accessory |
| 9620.00.50 | Of plastics | 5.3% |
| 9620.00.55 | Of wood | 3.3% |
| 9620.00.60 | Of graphite or other carbon | Free |
| 9620.00.65 | Of iron or steel | 2.9% |
| 9620.00.70 | Of aluminum | 2.5% |
Descriptions and general rates from the current USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The general rate excludes additional duties such as Section 301, Section 232 and antidumping or countervailing duties, which depend on the country of origin.