Chapter 96

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

209 tariff lines · 157 filing-ready 10-digit codes · codes begin with 96

Chapter 96 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers miscellaneous Manufactured Articles. Every code in this chapter starts with the digits 96. Work down the nested list below: the bold headings are broad categories, and the 10-digit statistical codes underneath them are what you actually declare to US Customs. Duty rates shown are the general (Column 1) rates that apply to most trading partners.

Codes in Chapter 96

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	Level	General duty rate
9601.10.00.00	Worked ivory and articles of ivory	10-digit statistical code	Free
9601.90	Other	6-digit heading
9601.90.20.00	Worked shell and articles thereof	10-digit statistical code	Free
9601.90.40.00	Coral, cut but not set, and cameos, suitable for use in jewelry	10-digit statistical code	2.1%
9601.90.60.00	Of bone, horn, hoof, whalebone, quill or any combination thereof	10-digit statistical code	Free
9601.90.80.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	3.7%

9602.00Worked 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	Level	General duty rate
9602.00.10	Worked unhardened gelatin and articles thereof	8-digit subheading	3%
9602.00.10.40	Unfilled gelatin capsules	10-digit statistical code
9602.00.10.80	Other	10-digit statistical code
9602.00.40.00	Molded or carved articles of wax	10-digit statistical code	1.8%
9602.00.50	Other	8-digit subheading	2.7%
9602.00.50.10	Unfilled vegetable capsules	10-digit statistical code
9602.00.50.80	Other	10-digit statistical code

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	Level	General duty rate
9603.10	Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles	6-digit heading
9603.10.05.00	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	10-digit statistical code	8%
9603.10.15.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	5¢ each
9603.10.35.00	Valued over 96¢ each	10-digit statistical code	14%
9603.10.40.00	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	10-digit statistical code	8%
9603.10.50.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	32¢ each
9603.10.60.00	Valued over 96¢ each	10-digit statistical code	32%
9603.10.90.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	10%
9603.21.00.00	Toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushes	10-digit statistical code	Free
9603.29	Other	6-digit heading
9603.29.40	Valued not over 40¢ each	8-digit subheading	0.2¢ each + 7%
9603.29.40.10	Hairbrushes	10-digit statistical code
9603.29.40.90	Other	10-digit statistical code
9603.29.80	Valued over 40¢ each	8-digit subheading	0.3¢ each + 3.6%
9603.29.80.10	Hairbrushes	10-digit statistical code
9603.29.80.90	Other	10-digit statistical code
9603.30	Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics	6-digit heading
9603.30.20.00	Valued not over 5¢ each	10-digit statistical code	2.6%
9603.30.40.00	Valued over 5¢ but not over 10¢ each	10-digit statistical code	Free
9603.30.60.00	Valued over 10¢ each	10-digit statistical code	Free
9603.40	Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers	6-digit heading
9603.40.20.00	Paint rollers	10-digit statistical code	7.5%
9603.40.40	Other	8-digit subheading	4%
9603.40.40.20	Paint pads	10-digit statistical code
9603.40.40.40	Natural bristle brushes	10-digit statistical code
9603.40.40.60	Other	10-digit statistical code
9603.50.00.00	Other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles	10-digit statistical code	Free
9603.90	Other	6-digit heading
9603.90.40.00	Feather dusters	10-digit statistical code	Free
9603.90.80	Other	8-digit subheading	2.8%
9603.90.80.10	Whiskbrooms	10-digit statistical code
9603.90.80.20	Upright brooms	10-digit statistical code
9603.90.80.30	Push brooms, 41 cm or less in width	10-digit statistical code
9603.90.80.40	Other brooms	10-digit statistical code
9603.90.80.50	Other	10-digit statistical code

9604.00.00.00Hand sieves and hand riddles

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate

9605.00.00.00Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning (other than manicure and pedicure sets of heading 8214)

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate

9606Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles; button blanks

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate
9606.10	Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs and parts thereof	6-digit heading
9606.10.40.00	Valued not over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts	10-digit statistical code	3.5%
9606.10.80.00	Valued over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts	10-digit statistical code	2.7%
9606.21	Of plastics, not covered with textile material	6-digit heading
9606.21.20.00	Of casein	10-digit statistical code	Free
9606.21.40.00	Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins	10-digit statistical code	0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.6%
9606.21.60.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	4.7%
9606.22.00.00	Of base metal, not covered with textile material	10-digit statistical code	Free
9606.29	Other	6-digit heading
9606.29.20.00	Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins, covered with textile material	10-digit statistical code	0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.5%
9606.29.40.00	Of pearl or shell	10-digit statistical code	0.18¢/line/ gross + 2.5%
9606.29.60.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	2.9%
9606.30	Button molds and other parts of buttons; button blanks	6-digit heading
9606.30.40.00	Button blanks of casein	10-digit statistical code	Free
9606.30.80.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	6%

9607Slide fasteners and parts thereof

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate
9607.11.00.00	Fitted with chain scoops of base metal	10-digit statistical code	10%
9607.19.00	Other	8-digit subheading	13%
9607.19.00.20	Fitted with chain scoops of plastic	10-digit statistical code
9607.19.00.40	Fitted with continuous plastic filament	10-digit statistical code
9607.19.00.60	Other	10-digit statistical code
9607.20.00	Parts	8-digit subheading	11.5%
9607.20.00.40	Sliders, with or without pulls	10-digit statistical code
9607.20.00.80	Other	10-digit statistical code

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	Level	General duty rate
9608.10.00.00	Ball point pens	10-digit statistical code	0.8¢ each + 5.4%
9608.20.00.00	Felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers	10-digit statistical code	4%
9608.30.00	Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens	8-digit subheading	0.4¢ each + 2.7%
9608.30.00.31	India ink drawing pens	10-digit statistical code
9608.30.00.39	Other	10-digit statistical code
9608.40	Propelling or sliding pencils (for example, mechanical pencils)	6-digit heading
9608.40.40.00	With a mechanical action for extending, or for extending and retracting, the lead	10-digit statistical code	6.6%
9608.40.80.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	Free
9608.50.00.00	Sets of articles from two or more of the subheadings 9608.10, 9608.20, 9608.30 or 9608.40	10-digit statistical code	The rate applicable to each article in the absence of this subheading
9608.60.00.00	Refills for ball point pens, comprising the ball point and ink reservoir	10-digit statistical code	0.4¢ each + 2.7%
9608.91.00.00	Pen nibs and nib points	10-digit statistical code	Free
9608.99	Other	6-digit heading
9608.99.20.00	Refill cartridges	10-digit statistical code	0.4¢ each + 2.7%
9608.99.30.00	Balls for ball point pens	10-digit statistical code	20¢/thousand + 3.5%
9608.99.40.00	Parts of articles provided for in subheadings 9608.10 and 9608.30 (other than balls for ball point pens)	10-digit statistical code	Free
9608.99.60.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	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	Level	General duty rate
9609.10.00.00	Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath	10-digit statistical code	14¢/gross + 4.3%
9609.20	Pencil leads, black or colored	6-digit heading
9609.20.20.00	Not over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimension	10-digit statistical code	Free
9609.20.40.00	Over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimension	10-digit statistical code	Free
9609.90	Other	6-digit heading
9609.90.40.00	Tailors' chalks	10-digit statistical code	Free
9609.90.80.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	Free

9610.00.00.00Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate

9611.00.00.00Date, 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	Level	General duty rate

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	Level	General duty rate
9612.10	Ribbons	6-digit heading
9612.10.10	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	8-digit subheading	Free
9612.10.10.10	Woven, of man-made fibers	10-digit statistical code
9612.10.10.20	Other	10-digit statistical code
9612.10.90	Other	8-digit subheading	7.9%
9612.10.90.10	Woven, of man-made fibers (621)	10-digit statistical code
9612.10.90.30	Thermal transfer printing ribbons of coated polyethylene terephthalate film	10-digit statistical code
9612.10.90.90	Other	10-digit statistical code
9612.20.00.00	Ink pads	10-digit statistical code	3.5%

9613Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate
9613.10.00.00	Pocket lighters, gas fueled, non-refillable	10-digit statistical code	4%
9613.20.00.00	Pocket lighters, gas fueled, refillable	10-digit statistical code	9%
9613.80	Other lighters	6-digit heading
9613.80.10	Table lighters	8-digit subheading	4.8%
9613.80.10.40	Butane	10-digit statistical code
9613.80.10.80	Other	10-digit statistical code
9613.80.20	Electrical	8-digit subheading	3.9%
9613.80.20.10	Multipurpose lighters, including those used to light charcoal and gas grills and fireplaces	10-digit statistical code
9613.80.20.90	Other	10-digit statistical code
9613.80.40.00	Of precious metal (except silver), of precious or semiprecious stones or of such metal and such stones	10-digit statistical code	3.6%
9613.80.60.00	Valued not over $5 per dozen pieces	10-digit statistical code	8%
9613.80.80.00	Valued over $5 per dozen pieces	10-digit statistical code	9%
9613.90	Parts	6-digit heading
9613.90.40.00	Electrical	10-digit statistical code	3.9%
9613.90.80.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	4%

9614.00Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate
9614.00.21.00	Roughly shaped blocks of wood or root, for the manufacture of pipes	10-digit statistical code	Free
9614.00.25.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	0.4¢ each + 3.2%
9614.00.26.00	Pipes and bowls wholly of clay and pipes with bowls wholly of clay	10-digit statistical code	3%
9614.00.28	Other	8-digit subheading	0.3¢ each + 3.2%
9614.00.28.10	Of glass	10-digit statistical code
9614.00.28.30	Of plastics	10-digit statistical code
9614.00.28.90	Other	10-digit statistical code
9614.00.94.00	Of metal	10-digit statistical code	7.2%
9614.00.98	Other	8-digit subheading	0.5¢ each + 3%
9614.00.98.10	Of glass	10-digit statistical code
9614.00.98.90	Other	10-digit statistical code

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	Level	General duty rate
9615.11	Of hard rubber or plastics	6-digit heading
9615.11.10.00	Valued not over $4.50 per gross	10-digit statistical code	14.4¢/gross + 2%
9615.11.20.00	Of hard rubber	10-digit statistical code	5.2%
9615.11.30.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	28.8¢/gross + 4.6%
9615.11.40.00	Not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones	10-digit statistical code	5.3%
9615.11.50.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	Free
9615.19	Other	6-digit heading
9615.19.20.00	Valued not over $4.50 per gross	10-digit statistical code	9.7¢/gross + 1.3%
9615.19.40.00	Valued over $4.50 per gross	10-digit statistical code	28.8¢/gross + 4.6%
9615.19.60.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	11%
9615.90	Other	6-digit heading
9615.90.20.00	Nonthermic, nonornamental devices for curling the hair	10-digit statistical code	8.1%
9615.90.30.00	Hair pins	10-digit statistical code	5.1%
9615.90.40.00	Of rubber or plastics, not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones	10-digit statistical code	5.3%
9615.90.60.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	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	Level	General duty rate
9616.10.00.00	Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor	10-digit statistical code	Free
9616.20.00.00	Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations	10-digit statistical code	4.3%

9617.00Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate
9617.00.10.00	Having a capacity not exceeding 1 liter	10-digit statistical code	7.2%
9617.00.30.00	Having a capacity exceeding 1 liter but not exceeding 2 liters	10-digit statistical code	6.9%
9617.00.40.00	Having a capacity exceeding 2 liters	10-digit statistical code	6.9%
9617.00.60.00	Parts	10-digit statistical code	7.2%

9618.00.00.00Tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dressing

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate

9619.00Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate
9619.00.05.00	Of plastics	10-digit statistical code	5%
9619.00.11.00	Of paper pulp	10-digit statistical code	Free
9619.00.15	Of paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibers	8-digit subheading	Free
9619.00.15.10	Sanitary napkins and tampons	10-digit statistical code
9619.00.15.30	Diapers and diaper liners	10-digit statistical code
9619.00.15.60	Other	10-digit statistical code
9619.00.21.00	Of cotton (369)	10-digit statistical code	3.6%
9619.00.25.00	Other (669)	10-digit statistical code	6.3%
9619.00.31.00	Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (239)	10-digit statistical code	8.1%
9619.00.33.00	Other (239)	10-digit statistical code	9.3%
9619.00.41.00	Of synthetic fibers (239)	10-digit statistical code	16%
9619.00.43.00	Of artificial fibers (239)	10-digit statistical code	14.9%
9619.00.46.00	Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (839)	10-digit statistical code	5.6%
9619.00.48.00	Other (839)	10-digit statistical code	2.8%
9619.00.61.00	Of cotton	10-digit statistical code	10.8%
9619.00.64.00	Of man-made fibers	10-digit statistical code	14.9%
9619.00.68.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	5.6%
9619.00.71.00	Of cotton	10-digit statistical code	8.1%
9619.00.74.00	Of man-made fibers	10-digit statistical code	16%
9619.00.78.00	Menʼs or boysʼ	10-digit statistical code	2.8%
9619.00.79.00	Womenʼs or girlsʼ	10-digit statistical code	7.3%
9619.00.90.00	Other	10-digit statistical code	7%

9620.00Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles

HTS code	Description	Level	General duty rate
9620.00.10.00	Accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521	10-digit statistical code	2%
9620.00.15.00	Accessories for the articles of heading 9005	10-digit statistical code	The rate applicable to the article of which it is an accessory
9620.00.20.00	Accessories for photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras of heading 9006	10-digit statistical code	5.8%
9620.00.25.00	Accessories for cinematographic cameras of heading 9007	10-digit statistical code	3.9%
9620.00.30	Accessories for the instruments and appliances, including rangefinders, of heading 9015	8-digit subheading	The rate applicable to the article of which it is an accessory
9620.00.30.10	Of rangefinders	10-digit statistical code
9620.00.30.20	Of theodolites and tachymeters	10-digit statistical code
9620.00.30.30	Of levels	10-digit statistical code
9620.00.30.40	Of photogrammetrical surveying instruments and apparatus	10-digit statistical code
9620.00.30.50	Of seismographs	10-digit statistical code
9620.00.30.60	Of other geophysical instruments and apparatus	10-digit statistical code
9620.00.30.90	Other	10-digit statistical code
9620.00.50.00	Of plastics	10-digit statistical code	5.3%
9620.00.55.00	Of wood	10-digit statistical code	3.3%
9620.00.60.00	Of graphite or other carbon	10-digit statistical code	Free
9620.00.65.00	Of iron or steel	10-digit statistical code	2.9%
9620.00.70.00	Of aluminum	10-digit statistical code	2.5%

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Classification follows the General Rules of Interpretation: the most specific description wins, and you must use a 10-digit statistical code on the entry. When two lines look equally plausible, a CBP binding ruling is the only way to be certain.

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Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, 2026 Basic Edition, Revision 16. Rate text is reproduced verbatim from the official export; category paths and duty estimates are derived.

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