Section 20: Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
Chapter 96: Chapter 96
162 tariff codes in this chapter
| HTS Code | Description | General Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9601 | Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving m... | — |
| 9601.10.00 | Worked ivory and articles of ivory | Free |
| 9601.90 | Other: | — |
| 9601.90.20 | Worked shell and articles thereof | 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 | 3.7% |
| 9602.00 | Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; molded or carved artic... | — |
| 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% |
| 9603 | Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-ope... | — |
| 9603.10 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without... | — |
| 9603.10.05 | In any calendar year prior to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for comsumption, of 61,655 doz... | 8% |
| 9603.10.15 | Other | 5¢ each |
| 9603.10.35 | Valued over 96¢ each | 14% |
| 9603.10.40 | In any calendar year prior to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of 121,478 do... | 8% |
| 9603.10.50 | Other | 32¢ each |
| 9603.10.60 | Valued over 96¢ each | 32% |
| 9603.10.90 | Other | 10% |
| 9603.21.00 | Toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushes | Free |
| 9603.29 | Other: | — |
| 9603.29.40 | Valued not over 40¢ each | 0.2¢ each + 7% |
| 9603.29.80 | Valued over 40¢ each | 0.3¢ each + 3.6% |
| 9603.30 | Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics: | — |
| 9603.30.20 | Valued not over 5¢ each | 2.6% |
| 9603.30.40 | Valued over 5¢ but not over 10¢ each | Free |
| 9603.30.60 | Valued over 10¢ each | Free |
| 9603.40 | Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads ... | — |
| 9603.40.20 | Paint rollers | 7.5% |
| 9603.40.40 | Other | 4% |
| 9603.50.00 | Other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles | Free |
| 9603.90 | Other: | — |
| 9603.90.40 | Feather dusters | Free |
| 9603.90.80 | Other | 2.8% |
| 9604.00.00 | Hand sieves and hand riddles | 4.9% |
| 9605.00.00 | Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning (other than manicure and pedicur... | 8.1% |
| 9606 | Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these arti... | — |
| 9606.10 | Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs and parts thereof: | — |
| 9606.10.40 | Valued not over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts | 3.5% |
| 9606.10.80 | Valued over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts | 2.7% |
| 9606.21 | Of plastics, not covered with textile material: | — |
| 9606.21.20 | Of casein | Free |
| 9606.21.40 | Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins | 0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.6% |
| 9606.21.60 | Other | 4.7% |
| 9606.22.00 | Of base metal, not covered with textile material | Free |
| 9606.29 | Other: | — |
| 9606.29.20 | Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins, covered with textile material | 0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.5% |
| 9606.29.40 | Of pearl or shell | 0.18¢/line/ gross + 2.5% |
| 9606.29.60 | Other | 2.9% |
| 9606.30 | Button molds and other parts of buttons; button blanks: | — |
| 9606.30.40 | Button blanks of casein | Free |
| 9606.30.80 | Other | 6% |
| 9607 | Slide fasteners and parts thereof: | — |
| 9607.11.00 | Fitted with chain scoops of base metal | 10% |
| 9607.19.00 | Other | 13% |
| 9607.20.00 | Parts | 11.5% |
| 9608 | Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pen... | — |
| 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 pens | 0.4¢ each + 2.7% |
| 9608.40 | Propelling or sliding pencils (for example, mechanical pencils): | — |
| 9608.40.40 | With a mechanical action for extending, or for extending and retracting, the lead | 6.6% |
| 9608.40.80 | Other | 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 | Other: | — |
| 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 p... | Free |
| 9608.99.60 | Other | Free |
| 9609 | Pencils (other than those pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoal... | — |
| 9609.10.00 | Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath | 14¢/gross + 4.3% |
| 9609.20 | Pencil leads, black or colored: | — |
| 9609.20.20 | Not over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimension | Free |
| 9609.20.40 | Over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimension | Free |
| 9609.90 | Other: | — |
| 9609.90.40 | Tailors' chalks | Free |
| 9609.90.80 | Other | Free |
| 9610.00.00 | Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed | 3.5% |
| 9611.00.00 | Date, sealing or numbering stamps and the like, (including devices for printing or embossing labels)... | 2.7% |
| 9612 | Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on... | — |
| 9612.10 | Ribbons: | — |
| 9612.10.10 | Measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put up in plastic or metal cartridges (whether or no... | Free |
| 9612.10.90 | Other | 7.9% |
| 9612.20.00 | Ink pads | 3.5% |
| 9613 | Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof ot... | — |
| 9613.10.00 | Pocket lighters, gas fueled, non-refillable | 4% |
| 9613.20.00 | Pocket lighters, gas fueled, refillable | 9% |
| 9613.80 | Other lighters: | — |
| 9613.80.10 | Table lighters | 4.8% |
| 9613.80.20 | Electrical | 3.9% |
| 9613.80.40 | Of precious metal (except silver), of precious or semiprecious stones or of such metal and such ston... | 3.6% |
| 9613.80.60 | Valued not over $5 per dozen pieces | 8% |
| 9613.80.80 | Valued over $5 per dozen pieces | 9% |
| 9613.90 | Parts: | — |
| 9613.90.40 | Electrical | 3.9% |
| 9613.90.80 | Other | 4% |
| 9614.00 | Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof: | — |
| 9614.00.21 | Roughly shaped blocks of wood or root, for the manufacture of pipes | Free |
| 9614.00.25 | Other | 0.4¢ each + 3.2% |
| 9614.00.26 | Pipes and bowls wholly of clay and pipes with bowls wholly of clay | 3% |
| 9614.00.28 | Other | 0.3¢ each + 3.2% |
| 9614.00.94 | Of metal | 7.2% |
| 9614.00.98 | Other | 0.5¢ each + 3% |
| 9615 | Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, o... | — |
| 9615.11 | Of hard rubber or plastics: | — |
| 9615.11.10 | Valued not over $4.50 per gross | 14.4¢/gross + 2% |
| 9615.11.20 | Of hard rubber | 5.2% |
| 9615.11.30 | Other | 28.8¢/gross + 4.6% |
| 9615.11.40 | Not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones | 5.3% |
| 9615.11.50 | Other | Free |
| 9615.19 | Other: | — |
| 9615.19.20 | Valued not over $4.50 per gross | 9.7¢/gross + 1.3% |
| 9615.19.40 | Valued over $4.50 per gross | 28.8¢/gross + 4.6% |
| 9615.19.60 | Other | 11% |
| 9615.90 | Other: | — |
| 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 | 11% |
| 9616 | Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for... | — |
| 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% |
| 9617.00 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners: | — |
| 9617.00.10 | Having a capacity not exceeding 1 liter | 7.2% |
| 9617.00.30 | Having a capacity exceeding 1 liter but not exceeding 2 liters | 6.9% |
| 9617.00.40 | Having a capacity exceeding 2 liters | 6.9% |
| 9617.00.60 | Parts | 7.2% |
| 9618.00.00 | Tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dr... | 4.4% |
| 9619.00 | Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any ma... | — |
| 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 cotton (369) | 3.6% |
| 9619.00.25 | Other (669) | 6.3% |
| 9619.00.31 | Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (239) | 8.1% |
| 9619.00.33 | Other (239) | 9.3% |
| 9619.00.41 | Of synthetic fibers (239) | 16% |
| 9619.00.43 | Of artificial fibers (239) | 14.9% |
| 9619.00.46 | Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (839) | 5.6% |
| 9619.00.48 | Other (839) | 2.8% |
| 9619.00.61 | Of cotton | 10.8% |
| 9619.00.64 | Of man-made fibers | 14.9% |
| 9619.00.68 | Other | 5.6% |
| 9619.00.71 | Of cotton | 8.1% |
| 9619.00.74 | Of man-made fibers | 16% |
| 9619.00.78 | Menʼs or boysʼ | 2.8% |
| 9619.00.79 | Womenʼs or girlsʼ | 7.3% |
| 9619.00.90 | Other | 7% |
| 9620.00 | Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles: | — |
| 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% |
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Chapter 96 FAQ
What products are covered by HTS Chapter 96?▶
Chapter 96 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers chapter 96. It contains 162 tariff codes classifying specific products for US import duty purposes.
How many tariff codes are in Chapter 96?▶
Chapter 96 contains 162 tariff codes, of which 127 are classifiable (leaf) codes. 26 of these codes have a duty-free general rate.
What are the duty rates for Chapter 96 imports?▶
Duty rates in Chapter 96 (Chapter 96) vary by specific product classification and country of origin. General (MFN) rates apply to most countries, while preferential rates may be available under trade agreements like USMCA, GSP, or bilateral FTAs.