Chapter 96
HTS Chapter 96
10 headings · 17 tariff lines · 2 duty-free lines · ad valorem rates from 2.7% to 13%
Headings in chapter 96
| Heading | Description | Lines | Free | Rate range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9601 | Worked 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) | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 9603 | Brooms, 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) | 4 | 0 | 2.8–7% |
| 9606 | Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles; button blanks | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 9607 | Slide fasteners and parts thereof | 2 | 0 | 11.5–13% |
| 9608 | Ball 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 | 1 | 0 | 2.7–2.7% |
| 9609 | Pencils (other than those pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 9612 | Typewriter 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 | 2 | 1 | 7.9–7.9% |
| 9613 | Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks | 2 | 0 | 3.9–4.8% |
| 9615 | Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 9616 | Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations | 0 | 0 | Free |
How to read chapter 96
Chapter 96 is part of the international Harmonized System, not a US invention — the chapter and heading boundaries are shared with every country that uses HS 2022. The 17 tariff lines below them are where countries diverge: national suffixes, rate levels and quota notes are set locally.
2 of the 17 lines in this chapter carry a general rate of Free. That is a statement about the general column only — Section 301, AD/CVD and quota measures are applied on top and are not reflected here.