CHAPTER 96
Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
Section XX of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. 20 headings.
Headings in this chapter
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):
9602
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:
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):
9604
Hand sieves and hand riddles
9605
Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning (other than manicure and pedicure sets of heading 8214)
9606
Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles; button blanks:
9607
Slide fasteners and parts thereof:
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:
9609
Pencils (other than those pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks:
9610
Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed
9611
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
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:
9613
Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks:
9614
Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof:
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:
9616
Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations:
9617
Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners:
9618
Tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dressing
9619
Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material:
9620
Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles:
Recent CBP rulings in Chapter 96
N361665
June 5, 2026
The tariff classification of a pumpkin decorating kit from China
N361341
June 1, 2026
The tariff classification of a “Disney Princess Set” from China
N360783
May 12, 2026
The tariff classification of wall display signs and product display signs from Canada
N360185
April 21, 2026
The tariff classification of a cleaning brush from China.
N359744
April 3, 2026
The tariff classification of a squeegee from China.
N353266
January 28, 2026
The tariff classification of a vacuum-insulated stainless steel water bottle from China
N356922
January 28, 2026
The tariff classification of a double-walled vacuum sealed stainless-steel tumbler from China
N356868
December 17, 2025
The tariff classification of school supply kits from China
N356181
December 17, 2025
The tariff classification of squeegees from Denmark.
N354609
October 29, 2025
The tariff classification of youth disposable diapers from China
N354834
October 24, 2025
The tariff classification of a pet toothbrush set from China.
N354021
October 16, 2025
The tariff classification and marking of a mop set from Turkey.
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