Pencils (not of heading no. 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
6-digit subheadings (3)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
Chapter 96 classification notes
A catch-all chapter for manufactured articles not elsewhere classified. Generally low duty rates (0-8%). Cigarette lighters face child-safety standards (ISO 9994) and import restrictions in some markets.
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Many 'miscellaneous' items actually have specific chapters — brushes (Chapter 96 heading 9603) vs cosmetic applicators (some in Ch. 96, some in Ch. 33). Check specific headings carefully.
Classification certainty
The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.
Binding tariff ruling databaseOther headings in Chapter 96
- 9601 — Ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and…
- 9602 — Vegetable, mineral carving material and articles of these materials, m…
- 9603 — Brooms, brushes (including parts of machines), hand operated floor swe…
- 9604 — Hand sieves and hand riddles
- 9605 — Travel sets; for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning
- 9606 — Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button mould…
- 9607 — Slide fasteners and parts thereof
- 9608 — Pens; ball-point, felt tipped, other porous tipped pens; fountain pens…
- 9610 — Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not fr…
- 9611 — Stamps; date, numbering, sealing stamps and the like (including device…
- 9612 — Typewriter, similar ribbons, inked, otherwise prepared for giving impr…
- 9613 — Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or el…
- 9614 — Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, a…
- 9615 — Combs, hair-slides and similar; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips …
- 9616 — Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays and mounts and heads therefor; …
- 9617 — Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts the…
- 9618 — Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated di…
- 9619 — Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners a…
- 9620 — Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles