HTS Chapter 96 · Section XX
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Chapter 96 averages a 4.8% general (MFN) duty across its 127 rated tariff lines, with the steepest line reaching 32%.
- 4.8%
- avg MFN duty
- 32%
- highest line
- 127
- rated tariff lines
- 21%
- enter duty-free
Tariff lines in Chapter 96 by duty-rate band
How the 127 rated lines in this chapter distribute across general (MFN) rate ranges
About HTS Chapter 96
HTS Chapter 96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles - organizes 242 tariff classifications in the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Of these, 127 carry explicit duty rates at the tariff-line level, meaning importers can look up a specific Column 1 General (MFN) rate for every qualifying shipment. Chapter 96 sits within Section XX (Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles), which groups commercially related product categories together.
The average general duty rate across all tariff lines in this chapter is 4.8%, with the highest individual rate reaching 32%. Duty burden varies widely across tariff lines within this chapter, classification precision matters. Below, each line links to its individual detail page showing General, Special (FTA), and Column 2 rates.
Use this chapter page as the entry point for classifying any product that falls under miscellaneous manufactured articles. The tree below preserves the HTS indentation hierarchy (heading → subheading → tariff line), so you can narrow from broad category to specific 8-10 digit code. All data comes from the US International Trade Commission (USITC) HTS 2026 Basic Edition, the official schedule of import duties used by US Customs and Border Protection.
Chapter 96 At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Total tariff classifications | 242 | All headings, subheadings, and tariff lines. |
| Lines with explicit rates | 127 | Tariff lines carrying a Column 1 General duty. |
| Average general rate | 4.8% | Mean MFN rate across rated lines. |
| Highest line rate | 32% | Peak Column 1 General rate within the chapter. |
Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule 2026 Basic Edition. Computed at last data refresh, see methodology.
Tariff Lines
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):
9601.10.00.00 Worked ivory and articles of ivory
No., kg Free
9601.90 Other:
9601.90.20.00 Worked shell and articles thereof
No., kg Free
9601.90.40.00 Coral, cut but not set, and cameos, suitable for use in jewelry
kg 2.1%
9601.90.60.00 Of bone, horn, hoof, whalebone, quill or any combination thereof
No., kg Free
9601.90.80.00 Other
No., kg 3.7%
9602.00 Worked 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:
9602.00.10 Worked unhardened gelatin and articles thereof
3%
9602.00.10.40 Unfilled gelatin capsules
thousands 9602.00.10.80 Other
No. 9602.00.40.00 Molded or carved articles of wax
No. 1.8%
9602.00.50 Other
2.7%
9602.00.50.10 Unfilled vegetable capsules
thousands 9602.00.50.80 Other
No. 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):
9603.10 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:
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
No. 8%
9603.10.15.00 Other
No. 5¢ each
9603.10.35.00 Valued over 96¢ each
No. 14%
Other brooms, wholly or in part of broom corn:
Valued not over 96¢ each:
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
No. 8%
9603.10.50.00 Other
No. 32¢ each
9603.10.60.00 Valued over 96¢ each
No. 32%
9603.10.90.00 Other
No. 10%
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:
9603.21.00.00 Toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushes
No. Free
9603.29 Other:
9603.29.40 Valued not over 40¢ each
0.2¢ each + 7%
9603.29.40.10 Hairbrushes
No. 9603.29.40.90 Other
No. 9603.29.80 Valued over 40¢ each
0.3¢ each + 3.6%
9603.29.80.10 Hairbrushes
No. 9603.29.80.90 Other
No. 9603.30 Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics:
9603.30.20.00 Valued not over 5¢ each
No. 2.6%
9603.30.40.00 Valued over 5¢ but not over 10¢ each
No. Free
9603.30.60.00 Valued over 10¢ each
No. Free
9603.40 Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers:
9603.40.20.00 Paint rollers
No. 7.5%
9603.40.40 Other
4%
9603.40.40.20 Paint pads
No. 9603.40.40.40 Natural bristle brushes
No. 9603.40.40.60 Other
No. 9603.50.00.00 Other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles
No. Free
9603.90 Other:
9603.90.40.00 Feather dusters
No. Free
9603.90.80 Other
2.8%
9603.90.80.10 Whiskbrooms
No. 9603.90.80.20 Upright brooms
No. 9603.90.80.30 Push brooms, 41 cm or less in width
No. 9603.90.80.40 Other brooms
No. 9603.90.80.50 Other
No. 9604.00.00.00 Hand sieves and hand riddles
No. 4.9%
9605.00.00.00 Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning (other than manicure and pedicure sets of heading 8214)
No. 8.1%
9606 Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles; button blanks:
9606.10 Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs and parts thereof:
9606.10.40.00 Valued not over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts
gross 3.5%
9606.10.80.00 Valued over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts
gross 2.7%
Buttons:
9606.21 Of plastics, not covered with textile material:
9606.21.20.00 Of casein
gross Free
9606.21.40.00 Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins
gross, gr.lines 0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.6%
9606.21.60.00 Other
gross 4.7%
9606.22.00.00 Of base metal, not covered with textile material
gross Free
9606.29 Other:
9606.29.20.00 Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins, covered with textile material
gross, gr.lines 0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.5%
Other:
9606.29.40.00 Of pearl or shell
gross, gr.lines 0.18¢/line/ gross + 2.5%
9606.29.60.00 Other
gross 2.9%
9606.30 Button molds and other parts of buttons; button blanks:
9606.30.40.00 Button blanks of casein
gross Free
9606.30.80.00 Other
gross 6%
9607 Slide fasteners and parts thereof:
Slide fasteners:
9607.11.00.00 Fitted with chain scoops of base metal
No. 10%
9607.19.00 Other
13%
9607.19.00.20 Fitted with chain scoops of plastic
No. 9607.19.00.40 Fitted with continuous plastic filament
No. 9607.19.00.60 Other
No. 9607.20.00 Parts
11.5%
9607.20.00.40 Sliders, with or without pulls
thousands 9607.20.00.80 Other
No. 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:
9608.10.00.00 Ball point pens
No. 0.8¢ each + 5.4%
9608.20.00.00 Felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers
gross 4%
9608.30.00 Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens
0.4¢ each + 2.7%
9608.30.00.31 India ink drawing pens
No. 9608.30.00.39 Other
No. 9608.40 Propelling or sliding pencils (for example, mechanical pencils):
9608.40.40.00 With a mechanical action for extending, or for extending and retracting, the lead
gross 6.6%
9608.40.80.00 Other
gross Free
9608.50.00.00 Sets of articles from two or more of the subheadings 9608.10, 9608.20, 9608.30 or 9608.40
No. 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
No. 0.4¢ each + 2.7%
Other:
9608.91.00.00 Pen nibs and nib points
gross Free
9608.99 Other:
9608.99.20.00 Refill cartridges
No. 0.4¢ each + 2.7%
9608.99.30.00 Balls for ball point pens
thousands 20¢/thousand + 3.5%
Other:
9608.99.40.00 Parts of articles provided for in subheadings 9608.10 and 9608.30 (other than balls for ball point pens)
No. Free
9608.99.60.00 Other
No. Free
9609 Pencils (other than those pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks:
9609.10.00.00 Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath
gross 14¢/gross + 4.3%
9609.20 Pencil leads, black or colored:
9609.20.20.00 Not over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimension
gross Free
9609.20.40.00 Over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimension
gross Free
9609.90 Other:
9609.90.40.00 Tailors' chalks
kg Free
9609.90.80.00 Other
gross Free
9610.00.00.00 Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed
No. 3.5%
9611.00.00.00 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
No. 2.7%
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:
9612.10 Ribbons:
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
Free
9612.10.10.10 Woven, of man-made fibers
doz., kg 9612.10.10.20 Other
doz., kg 9612.10.90 Other
7.9%
9612.10.90.10 Woven, of man-made fibers (621)
doz., kg Other:
9612.10.90.30 Thermal transfer printing ribbons of coated polyethylene terephthalate film
doz., kg 9612.10.90.90 Other
doz., kg 9612.20.00.00 Ink pads
No. 3.5%
9613 Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks:
9613.10.00.00 Pocket lighters, gas fueled, non-refillable
No. 4%
9613.20.00.00 Pocket lighters, gas fueled, refillable
No. 9%
9613.80 Other lighters:
9613.80.10 Table lighters
4.8%
9613.80.10.40 Butane
No. 9613.80.10.80 Other
No. Other:
9613.80.20 Electrical
3.9%
9613.80.20.10 Multipurpose lighters, including those used to light charcoal and gas grills and fireplaces
No. 9613.80.20.90 Other
No. Other:
9613.80.40.00 Of precious metal (except silver), of precious or semiprecious stones or of such metal and such stones
No. 3.6%
Other:
9613.80.60.00 Valued not over $5 per dozen pieces
doz. 8%
9613.80.80.00 Valued over $5 per dozen pieces
doz. 9%
9613.90 Parts:
9613.90.40.00 Electrical
No. 3.9%
9613.90.80.00 Other
No. 4%
9614.00 Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof:
Pipes and pipe bowls:
Of wood or root:
9614.00.21.00 Roughly shaped blocks of wood or root, for the manufacture of pipes
gross Free
9614.00.25.00 Other
No. 0.4¢ each + 3.2%
9614.00.26.00 Pipes and bowls wholly of clay and pipes with bowls wholly of clay
No. 3%
9614.00.28 Other
0.3¢ each + 3.2%
9614.00.28.10 Of glass
No. 9614.00.28.30 Of plastics
No. 9614.00.28.90 Other
No. Other:
9614.00.94.00 Of metal
No. 7.2%
9614.00.98 Other
0.5¢ each + 3%
9614.00.98.10 Of glass
No. 9614.00.98.90 Other
No. 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:
Combs, hair-slides and the like:
9615.11 Of hard rubber or plastics:
Combs:
9615.11.10.00 Valued not over $4.50 per gross
gross 14.4¢/gross + 2%
Valued over $4.50 per gross:
9615.11.20.00 Of hard rubber
gross 5.2%
9615.11.30.00 Other
gross 28.8¢/gross + 4.6%
Other:
9615.11.40.00 Not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones
No. 5.3%
9615.11.50.00 Other
No. Free
9615.19 Other:
Combs:
9615.19.20.00 Valued not over $4.50 per gross
gross 9.7¢/gross + 1.3%
9615.19.40.00 Valued over $4.50 per gross
gross 28.8¢/gross + 4.6%
9615.19.60.00 Other
No. 11%
9615.90 Other:
9615.90.20.00 Nonthermic, nonornamental devices for curling the hair
No. 8.1%
9615.90.30.00 Hair pins
kg 5.1%
Other:
9615.90.40.00 Of rubber or plastics, not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones
No. 5.3%
9615.90.60.00 Other
No. 11%
9616 Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations:
9616.10.00.00 Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor
No. Free
9616.20.00.00 Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations
kg 4.3%
9617.00 Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners:
Vessels:
9617.00.10.00 Having a capacity not exceeding 1 liter
No. 7.2%
9617.00.30.00 Having a capacity exceeding 1 liter but not exceeding 2 liters
No. 6.9%
9617.00.40.00 Having a capacity exceeding 2 liters
No. 6.9%
9617.00.60.00 Parts
No. 7.2%
9618.00.00.00 Tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dressing
No. 4.4%
9619.00 Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material:
9619.00.05.00 Of plastics
kg 5%
9619.00.11.00 Of paper pulp
kg Free
9619.00.15 Of paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibers
Free
9619.00.15.10 Sanitary napkins and tampons
kg 9619.00.15.30 Diapers and diaper liners
kg 9619.00.15.60 Other
kg Of textile wadding:
9619.00.21.00 Of cotton (369)
kg 3.6%
9619.00.25.00 Other (669)
kg 6.3%
Diapers of other textile materials:
Of cotton:
9619.00.31.00 Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (239)
doz., kg 8.1%
9619.00.33.00 Other (239)
doz., kg 9.3%
9619.00.41.00 Of synthetic fibers (239)
doz., kg 16%
9619.00.43.00 Of artificial fibers (239)
doz., kg 14.9%
Of other textile fibers:
9619.00.46.00 Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (839)
doz., kg 5.6%
9619.00.48.00 Other (839)
doz., kg 2.8%
Other, of textile materials:
Knitted or crocheted:
9619.00.61.00 Of cotton
doz., kg 10.8%
9619.00.64.00 Of man-made fibers
doz., kg 14.9%
9619.00.68.00 Other
doz., kg 5.6%
Other:
9619.00.71.00 Of cotton
doz., kg 8.1%
9619.00.74.00 Of man-made fibers
doz., kg 16%
Other:
9619.00.78.00 Menʼs or boysʼ
doz., kg 2.8%
9619.00.79.00 Womenʼs or girlsʼ
doz., kg 7.3%
9619.00.90.00 Other
No., kg 7%
9620.00 Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles:
9620.00.10.00 Accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521
No. 2%
9620.00.15.00 Accessories for the articles of heading 9005
No. 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
No. 5.8%
9620.00.25.00 Accessories for cinematographic cameras of heading 9007
No. 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
9620.00.30.10 Of rangefinders
No. 9620.00.30.20 Of theodolites and tachymeters
No. 9620.00.30.30 Of levels
No. 9620.00.30.40 Of photogrammetrical surveying instruments and apparatus
No. 9620.00.30.50 Of seismographs
No. 9620.00.30.60 Of other geophysical instruments and apparatus
No. 9620.00.30.90 Other
No. Other:
9620.00.50.00 Of plastics
No. 5.3%
9620.00.55.00 Of wood
No. 3.3%
9620.00.60.00 Of graphite or other carbon
No. Free
9620.00.65.00 Of iron or steel
No. 2.9%
9620.00.70.00 Of aluminum
No. 2.5%
Frequently Asked Questions
What does HTS Chapter 96 cover? ▼
HTS Chapter 96 covers Miscellaneous manufactured articles. It contains 242 individual tariff classifications, of which 127 have specified duty rates. This chapter falls under Section XX (Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles).
What is the average tariff rate for Chapter 96? ▼
The average general (MFN) duty rate across all tariff lines in Chapter 96 is 4.8%. The highest individual rate in this chapter is 32%. Actual duty on a specific product depends on its precise HTS classification.
How do I find the correct HTS code for my product? ▼
Browse the tariff lines listed below organized by heading and subheading. Each item with an HTS number links to its full detail page showing general, special, and Column 2 duty rates. For complex classifications, consult a licensed customs broker or contact US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Are there any duty-free items in Chapter 96? ▼
Yes, many chapters contain items with a "Free" general rate, meaning no duty is assessed for imports from most-favored-nation countries. Look for items marked "Free" in the tariff lines table below. Additional preferential rates may also apply under free trade agreements.
Where does PlainTariff get its tariff data? ▼
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