HS Chapter 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured articles

HS chapter 96 (Miscellaneous manufactured articles) covers 49 product categories in U.S. import records, with 1,038,677 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and feather dusters, Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles, and Ball point pens.

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Headings in this chapter

HS	Heading	Products	Shipments
9603	Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and feather dusters	7	291,484
9606	Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button molds and other parts of these articles	5	247,209
9608	Ball point pens	8	119,490
9616	Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor	2	73,390
9611	HS 9611	1	51,805
9612	Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges	2	49,345
9615	Combs, hair-slides and the like	3	41,037
9604	HS 9604	1	30,186
9609	Pencils (other than those pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks	3	27,390
9610	HS 9610	1	19,810
9613	Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks	4	14,296
9607	Slide fasteners and parts thereof	3	12,764
9617	HS 9617	1	11,811
9618	HS 9618	1	11,484
9619	HS 9619	1	10,649
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)	2	8,987
9605	HS 9605	1	8,767
9602	HS 9602	1	7,021
9620	HS 9620	1	1,171
9614	HS 9614	1	581

Frequently asked questions about HS chapter 96

What is HS chapter 96?

Chapter 96 of the Harmonized System covers miscellaneous manufactured articles. In U.S. import records it spans 20 four-digit headings and 49 six-digit product codes.

How many U.S. import shipments fall under HS chapter 96?

ImportDoor has 1,038,677 U.S. Customs bill-of-lading shipment records under chapter 96, updated monthly.

Which HS 96 heading is imported most into the U.S.?

HS 9603 (Brooms, brushes, hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized) leads with 291,484 shipments, followed by HS 9606 (Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs) and HS 9608 (Ball point pens).