HTS Chapter 96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles
HTS Chapter 96 covers Miscellaneous manufactured articles. Browse 10 published headings, then narrow to the active product line that matches the goods.
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Written to help non-specialists understand this page. Rates, dates, and legal facts come from the official records above and on the linked source.
HTS Chapter 96 covers various manufactured articles that do not fit more specialized chapters. Examples include items made from animal carving materials, brooms and brushes, buttons and fasteners, zippers, pens and pencils, writing accessories, lighters, hair accessories, scent sprayers, and cosmetic applicators. The correct heading depends on the product’s identity, construction, material, and intended use—not just its retail description.
The HTS is read from broad to specific: chapter 96 identifies the general product group; a four-digit heading, such as 9603 or 9608, identifies the product category; a six-digit subheading adds more detail; and the complete 10-digit HTSUS code provides the U.S. import classification. To classify an item, start with its essential characteristics, review the heading text and subheading notes, then verify any applicable chapter, section, or exclusion notes and the current U.S. tariff schedule. Borderline classifications may require a customs broker or a binding ruling request.
What to check
- Describe the product precisely, including its material, components, function, and whether it is complete, unfinished, or imported as a part.
- Compare the item with competing headings and check exclusions; similar-looking products may belong in another chapter based on use, construction, or a specific legal provision.
- Determine whether the product is a set, composite good, part, replacement component, or accessory, and apply the relevant General Rules of Interpretation rather than choosing by appearance alone.
- Check the full 10-digit HTSUS code and any statistical suffix requirements in the current official tariff schedule; do not stop at the four- or six-digit heading.
- Review Chapter 99 provisions and other special measures separately, including possible additional duties, exclusions, quotas, or trade-program requirements, and confirm origin and documentation before entry.
How to use this chapter
A chapter is the first classification level, not a duty rate. Choose the heading that describes the product, narrow by material, construction, use, or other legal distinctions, and verify the final line against the official HTS notes.
Heading list
| HTS code | Description | Linked 8-digit entries |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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): | 0 |
| 9606 | Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles; button blanks: | 0 |
| 9607 | Slide fasteners and parts thereof: | 2 |
| 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 |
| 9609 | Pencils (other than those pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks: | 0 |
| 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: | 0 |
| 9613 | Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks: | 0 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Linked measures
0 linked measure entries in the current snapshot.
Questions about HTS Chapter 96
What does HTS Chapter 96 cover?
HTS Chapter 96 covers Miscellaneous manufactured articles. This page groups the chapter’s 4-digit headings; a shipment still needs the most specific active 8- or 10-digit line supported by the product facts.
Is HTS Chapter 96 a final product classification?
No. A chapter is a broad 2-digit category. Narrow it to the applicable heading and the most specific active statistical line before estimating duty or filing an entry.