HTS CodeDescriptionGeneral Rate
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):N/A9601.10.00.00Worked ivory and articles of ivoryFree9601.90Other:N/A9601.90.20.00Worked shell and articles thereofFree9601.90.40.00Coral, cut but not set, and cameos, suitable for use in jewelry2.1%9601.90.60.00Of bone, horn, hoof, whalebone, quill or any combination thereofFree9601.90.80.00Other3.7%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:N/A9602.00.10Worked unhardened gelatin and articles thereof3%9602.00.10.40Unfilled gelatin capsulesN/A9602.00.10.80OtherN/A9602.00.40.00Molded or carved articles of wax1.8%9602.00.50Other2.7%9602.00.50.10Unfilled vegetable capsulesN/A9602.00.50.80OtherN/A9603Brooms, 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):N/A9603.10Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles:N/A9603.10.05.00In 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, inclusive8%9603.10.15.00Other5¢ each9603.10.35.00Valued over 96¢ each14%9603.10.40.00In 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, inclusive8%9603.10.50.00Other32¢ each9603.10.60.00Valued over 96¢ each32%9603.10.90.00Other10%9603.21.00.00Toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushesFree9603.29Other:N/A9603.29.40Valued not over 40¢ each0.2¢ each + 7%9603.29.40.10HairbrushesN/A9603.29.40.90OtherN/A9603.29.80Valued over 40¢ each0.3¢ each + 3.6%9603.29.80.10HairbrushesN/A9603.29.80.90OtherN/A9603.30Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics:N/A9603.30.20.00Valued not over 5¢ each2.6%9603.30.40.00Valued over 5¢ but not over 10¢ eachFree9603.30.60.00Valued over 10¢ eachFree9603.40Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers:N/A9603.40.20.00Paint rollers7.5%9603.40.40Other4%9603.40.40.20Paint padsN/A9603.40.40.40Natural bristle brushesN/A9603.40.40.60OtherN/A9603.50.00.00Other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehiclesFree9603.90Other:N/A9603.90.40.00Feather dustersFree9603.90.80Other2.8%9603.90.80.10WhiskbroomsN/A9603.90.80.20Upright broomsN/A9603.90.80.30Push brooms, 41 cm or less in widthN/A9603.90.80.40Other broomsN/A9603.90.80.50OtherN/A9604.00.00.00Hand sieves and hand riddles4.9%9605.00.00.00Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning (other than manicure and pedicure sets of heading 8214)8.1%9606Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles; button blanks:N/A9606.10Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs and parts thereof:N/A9606.10.40.00Valued not over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts3.5%9606.10.80.00Valued over 20¢ per dozen pieces or parts2.7%9606.21Of plastics, not covered with textile material:N/A9606.21.20.00Of caseinFree9606.21.40.00Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.6%9606.21.60.00Other4.7%9606.22.00.00Of base metal, not covered with textile materialFree9606.29Other:N/A9606.29.20.00Of acrylic resin, of polyester resin or of both such resins, covered with textile material0.3¢/line/ gross + 4.5%9606.29.40.00Of pearl or shell0.18¢/line/ gross + 2.5%9606.29.60.00Other2.9%9606.30Button molds and other parts of buttons; button blanks:N/A9606.30.40.00Button blanks of caseinFree9606.30.80.00Other6%9607Slide fasteners and parts thereof:N/A9607.11.00.00Fitted with chain scoops of base metal10%9607.19.00Other13%9607.19.00.20Fitted with chain scoops of plasticN/A9607.19.00.40Fitted with continuous plastic filamentN/A9607.19.00.60OtherN/A9607.20.00Parts11.5%9607.20.00.40Sliders, with or without pullsN/A9607.20.00.80OtherN/A9608Ball 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:N/A9608.10.00.00Ball point pens0.8¢ each + 5.4%9608.20.00.00Felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers4%9608.30.00Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens0.4¢ each + 2.7%9608.30.00.31India ink drawing pensN/A9608.30.00.39OtherN/A9608.40Propelling or sliding pencils (for example, mechanical pencils):N/A9608.40.40.00With a mechanical action for extending, or for extending and retracting, the lead6.6%9608.40.80.00OtherFree9608.50.00.00Sets of articles from two or more of the subheadings 9608.10, 9608.20, 9608.30 or 9608.40The rate applicable to each article in the absence of this subheading9608.60.00.00Refills for ball point pens, comprising the ball point and ink reservoir0.4¢ each + 2.7%9608.91.00.00Pen nibs and nib pointsFree9608.99Other:N/A9608.99.20.00Refill cartridges0.4¢ each + 2.7%9608.99.30.00Balls for ball point pens20¢/thousand + 3.5%9608.99.40.00Parts of articles provided for in subheadings 9608.10 and 9608.30 (other than balls for ball point pens)Free9608.99.60.00OtherFree9609Pencils (other than those pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks:N/A9609.10.00.00Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath14¢/gross + 4.3%9609.20Pencil leads, black or colored:N/A9609.20.20.00Not over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimensionFree9609.20.40.00Over 1.5 mm in maximum cross-sectional dimensionFree9609.90Other:N/A9609.90.40.00Tailors' chalksFree9609.90.80.00OtherFree9610.00.00.00Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed3.5%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 sticks2.7%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:N/A9612.10Ribbons:N/A9612.10.10Measuring 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 machinesFree9612.10.10.10Woven, of man-made fibersN/A9612.10.10.20OtherN/A9612.10.90Other7.9%9612.10.90.10Woven, of man-made fibers (621)N/A9612.10.90.30Thermal transfer printing ribbons of coated polyethylene terephthalate filmN/A9612.10.90.90OtherN/A9612.20.00.00Ink pads3.5%9613Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks:N/A9613.10.00.00Pocket lighters, gas fueled, non-refillable4%9613.20.00.00Pocket lighters, gas fueled, refillable9%9613.80Other lighters:N/A9613.80.10Table lighters4.8%9613.80.10.40ButaneN/A9613.80.10.80OtherN/A9613.80.20Electrical3.9%9613.80.20.10Multipurpose lighters, including those used to light charcoal and gas grills and fireplacesN/A9613.80.20.90OtherN/A9613.80.40.00Of precious metal (except silver), of precious or semiprecious stones or of such metal and such stones3.6%9613.80.60.00Valued not over $5 per dozen pieces8%9613.80.80.00Valued over $5 per dozen pieces9%9613.90Parts:N/A9613.90.40.00Electrical3.9%9613.90.80.00Other4%9614.00Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof:N/A9614.00.21.00Roughly shaped blocks of wood or root, for the manufacture of pipesFree9614.00.25.00Other0.4¢ each + 3.2%9614.00.26.00Pipes and bowls wholly of clay and pipes with bowls wholly of clay3%9614.00.28Other0.3¢ each + 3.2%9614.00.28.10Of glassN/A9614.00.28.30Of plasticsN/A9614.00.28.90OtherN/A9614.00.94.00Of metal7.2%9614.00.98Other0.5¢ each + 3%9614.00.98.10Of glassN/A9614.00.98.90OtherN/A9615Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof:N/A9615.11Of hard rubber or plastics:N/A9615.11.10.00Valued not over $4.50 per gross14.4¢/gross + 2%9615.11.20.00Of hard rubber5.2%9615.11.30.00Other28.8¢/gross + 4.6%9615.11.40.00Not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones5.3%9615.11.50.00OtherFree9615.19Other:N/A9615.19.20.00Valued not over $4.50 per gross9.7¢/gross + 1.3%9615.19.40.00Valued over $4.50 per gross28.8¢/gross + 4.6%9615.19.60.00Other11%9615.90Other:N/A9615.90.20.00Nonthermic, nonornamental devices for curling the hair8.1%9615.90.30.00Hair pins5.1%9615.90.40.00Of rubber or plastics, not set with imitation pearls or imitation gemstones5.3%9615.90.60.00Other11%9616Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations:N/A9616.10.00.00Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads thereforFree9616.20.00.00Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations4.3%9617.00Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners:N/A9617.00.10.00Having a capacity not exceeding 1 liter7.2%9617.00.30.00Having a capacity exceeding 1 liter but not exceeding 2 liters6.9%9617.00.40.00Having a capacity exceeding 2 liters6.9%9617.00.60.00Parts7.2%9618.00.00.00Tailors' dummies and other mannequins; automatons and other animated displays used for shopwindow dressing4.4%9619.00Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material:N/A9619.00.05.00Of plastics5%9619.00.11.00Of paper pulpFree9619.00.15Of paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibersFree9619.00.15.10Sanitary napkins and tamponsN/A9619.00.15.30Diapers and diaper linersN/A9619.00.15.60OtherN/A9619.00.21.00Of cotton (369)3.6%9619.00.25.00Other (669)6.3%9619.00.31.00Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (239)8.1%9619.00.33.00Other (239)9.3%9619.00.41.00Of synthetic fibers (239)16%9619.00.43.00Of artificial fibers (239)14.9%9619.00.46.00Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (839)5.6%9619.00.48.00Other (839)2.8%9619.00.61.00Of cotton10.8%9619.00.64.00Of man-made fibers14.9%9619.00.68.00Other5.6%9619.00.71.00Of cotton8.1%9619.00.74.00Of man-made fibers16%9619.00.78.00Menʼs or boysʼ2.8%9619.00.79.00Womenʼs or girlsʼ7.3%9619.00.90.00Other7%9620.00Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles:N/A9620.00.10.00Accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 85212%9620.00.15.00Accessories for the articles of heading 9005The rate applicable to the article of which it is an accessory9620.00.20.00Accessories for photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras of heading 90065.8%9620.00.25.00Accessories for cinematographic cameras of heading 90073.9%9620.00.30Accessories for the instruments and appliances, including rangefinders, of heading 9015The rate applicable to the article of which it is an accessory9620.00.30.10Of rangefindersN/A9620.00.30.20Of theodolites and tachymetersN/A9620.00.30.30Of levelsN/A9620.00.30.40Of photogrammetrical surveying instruments and apparatusN/A9620.00.30.50Of seismographsN/A9620.00.30.60Of other geophysical instruments and apparatusN/A9620.00.30.90OtherN/A9620.00.50.00Of plastics5.3%9620.00.55.00Of wood3.3%9620.00.60.00Of graphite or other carbonFree9620.00.65.00Of iron or steel2.9%9620.00.70.00Of aluminum2.5%