Chapter
Chapter 96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles
20 headings make up chapter 96, part of section XX, miscellaneous manufactured articles.
Duty rates compared
UK Free – 2% Third-country duty 80 tariff lines · average 1% 
EU Free – 7.7% Third-country duty 72 tariff lines · average 3.3% 
Türkiye Free – 12% Third-country duty 106 tariff lines · average 3.6% 
USA Free – 32% General (MFN) 127 tariff lines · average 5% · 23× specific or compound duty 
Canada Free – 18% Third-country duty 91 tariff lines · average 6.3% 
Mexico Free – 35% Third-country duty 87 tariff lines · average 11.4% 
Brazil 10% – 18% Third-country duty 55 tariff lines · average 16.1% 
Argentina 12.6% – 35% Third-country duty 313 tariff lines · average 19% 
Peru Free – 6% Third-country duty 63 tariff lines · average 3.9% 
New Zealand Free – 10% Third-country duty 173 tariff lines · average 3.9% · 9× specific or compound duty 
Japan Free – 6.6% Third-country duty 67 tariff lines · average 2.9% · 2× specific or compound duty 
Taiwan Free – 11% Third-country duty 105 tariff lines · average 4.7% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 141 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 49 tariff lines 
Norway Free Third-country duty 55 tariff lines 
North Macedonia Free – 17.5% Third-country duty 87 tariff lines · average 11.4% 
Nigeria 5% – 20% Third-country duty 54 tariff lines · average 19.1% Headings 20
- 9601Worked ivory, bone, tortoiseshell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding)
- 9602Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatin
- 9603Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees)
- 9604Hand sieves and hand riddles
- 9605Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning
- 9606Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks
- 9607Slide fasteners and parts thereof
- 9608Ballpoint pens; felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609
- 9609Pencils (other than pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
- 9610Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed
- 9611Date, 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
- 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
- 9613Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks
- 9614Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof
- 9615Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof
- 9616Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations
- 9617Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners
- 9618Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing
- 9619Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material
- 9620Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles
EU: imports by month
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2mUS$2m+US$54m+US$555m+> US$2bn
Exports: 218
- China: US$26bn
- Germany: US$4bn
- United States: US$2bn
- Japan: US$2bn
- Czechia: US$2bn
- Poland: US$2bn
- France: US$2bn
- Italy: US$2bn
- Netherlands: US$1bn
- Mexico: US$1bn
- Spain: US$1bn
- Türkiye: US$1bn
- Canada: US$963m
- Belgium: US$961m
- Vietnam: US$814m
- India: US$785m
- Hungary: US$664m
- Sweden: US$629m
- Switzerland: US$585m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$566m
- Taiwan: US$560m
- Thailand: US$555m
- South Korea: US$493m
- Slovakia: US$486m
- United Kingdom: US$447m
- Malaysia: US$403m
- Denmark: US$388m
- Indonesia: US$374m
- Austria: US$298m
- Saudi Arabia: US$272m
- Egypt: US$227m
- Russia: US$219m
- Greece: US$213m
- Brazil: US$197m
- South Africa: US$191m
- Colombia: US$158m
- Singapore: US$156m
- Costa Rica: US$153m
- Ireland: US$153m
- Dominican Republic: US$151m
- Philippines: US$147m
- Tunisia: US$142m
- Romania: US$136m
- Portugal: US$135m
- Lithuania: US$95m
- Slovenia: US$89m
- Cambodia: US$69m
- Ukraine: US$67m
- Guatemala: US$60m
- Peru: US$56m
- Croatia: US$56m
- Kenya: US$55m
- Bulgaria: US$54m
- Argentina: US$54m
- Australia: US$52m
- Sri Lanka: US$46m
- Jordan: US$46m
- Ghana: US$45m
- United Arab Emirates: US$40m
- Israel: US$39m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$48mUS$48m+US$198m+US$755m+> US$2bn
Imports: 224
- United States: US$9bn
- Germany: US$4bn
- France: US$3bn
- United Kingdom: US$2bn
- Vietnam: US$2bn
- Canada: US$2bn
- Netherlands: US$2bn
- Spain: US$1bn
- Mexico: US$1bn
- Italy: US$1bn
- Japan: US$1bn
- Poland: US$1bn
- Russia: US$1bn
- Australia: US$1bn
- Belgium: US$1bn
- South Korea: US$1bn
- China: US$1bn
- Austria: US$941m
- United Arab Emirates: US$812m
- Thailand: US$791m
- Czechia: US$784m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$758m
- Indonesia: US$755m
- India: US$754m
- Philippines: US$737m
- Türkiye: US$682m
- Saudi Arabia: US$671m
- Malaysia: US$646m
- Switzerland: US$643m
- Brazil: US$618m
- Iraq: US$548m
- Bangladesh: US$533m
- Taiwan: US$531m
- Romania: US$506m
- Slovakia: US$471m
- Morocco: US$466m
- Sweden: US$454m
- Hungary: US$447m
- Singapore: US$404m
- Cambodia: US$396m
- Portugal: US$396m
- Kazakhstan: US$390m
- Denmark: US$347m
- Greece: US$341m
- Israel: US$337m
- Ireland: US$311m
- Chile: US$306m
- Peru: US$293m
- Ukraine: US$292m
- Colombia: US$281m
- Norway: US$275m
- South Africa: US$272m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$263m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$261m
- Guatemala: US$231m
- Finland: US$198m
- New Zealand: US$195m
- Serbia: US$183m
- Dominican Republic: US$180m
- Croatia: US$178m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | US$26bn | 42.4% |
| 2 |  Germany | US$4bn | 6.7% |
| 3 | United States | US$2bn | 3.9% |
| 4 | Japan | US$2bn | 3.4% |
| 5 |  Czechia | US$2bn | 3.3% |
| 6 |  Poland | US$2bn | 3.2% |
| 7 |  France | US$2bn | 3% |
| 8 |  Italy | US$2bn | 2.7% |
| 9 |  Netherlands | US$1bn | 2.4% |
| 10 | Mexico | US$1bn | 2.3% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$9bn | 14.9% |
| 2 | Germany | US$4bn | 6.1% |
| 3 | France | US$3bn | 4.2% |
| 4 | United Kingdom | US$2bn | 3.7% |
| 5 |  Vietnam | US$2bn | 2.9% |
| 6 | Canada | US$2bn | 2.9% |
| 7 | Netherlands | US$2bn | 2.5% |
| 8 |  Spain | US$1bn | 2.2% |
| 9 | Mexico | US$1bn | 2.2% |
| 10 | Italy | US$1bn | 2.2% |
In the UK Global Tariff, chapter 96 covers 80 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 2%. 37 of them are duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides chapter 96 into 72 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 7.7% (average 3.3%). 4 of them are duty-free.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, chapter 96 covers 106 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 12%. 8 of them are duty-free.
World trade in chapter 96 goods reached US$62bn in 2024, up 2.3% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 42.4% of the total, ahead of Germany.
The United States imported the most (US$9bn).
Chapter notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) pencils for cosmetic or toilet uses (Chapter 33);
(b) articles of Chapter 66 (for example, parts of umbrellas or walking sticks);
(c) imitation jewellery (heading 7117);
(d) parts of general use, as defined in note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(e) cutlery or other articles of Chapter 82 with handles or other parts of carving or moulding materials; heading 9601 or 9602 applies, however, to separately presented handles or other parts of such articles;
(f) articles of Chapter 90 (for example, spectacle frames (heading 9003), mathematical drawing pens (heading 9017), brushes of a kind specialised for use in dentistry or for medical, surgical or veterinary purposes (heading 9018));
(g) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases);
(h) musical instruments or parts or accessories thereof (Chapter 92);
(ij) articles of Chapter 93 (arms and parts thereof);
(k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings);
(l) articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites); or
(m) works of art, collectors' pieces or antiques (Chapter 97).
2. In heading 9602, the expression ‘vegetable or mineral carving material’ means:
(a) hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts and similar vegetable materials of a kind used for carving (for example, corozo and dom);
(b) amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated meerschaum, jet and mineral substitutes for jet.
3. In heading 9603, the expression ‘prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making’ applies only to unmounted knots and tufts of animal hair, vegetable fibre or other material, which are ready for incorporation without division in brooms or brushes, or which require only such further minor processes as trimming to shape at the top, to render them ready for such incorporation.
4. Articles of this chapter, other than those of headings 9601 to 9606 or 9615, remain classified in the chapter whether or not composed wholly or partly of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed). However, headings 9601 to 9606 and 9615 include articles in which natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), precious metal or metal clad with precious metal constitute only minor constituents.
Additional note
1. Subheadings 96190071 to 96190089 include goods of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres.
Those subheadings also include composite goods consisting of the following:
(a) an inner layer (for example, of nonwovens), designed to wick fluid away from the wearer's skin and thereby prevent chafing;
(b) an absorbent core, for collecting and storing the fluid until the product can be disposed of; and
(c) an outer layer (for example, of plastics), to prevent leakage of the fluid from the absorbent core.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for miscellaneous manufactured articles?
Miscellaneous manufactured articles make up HS chapter 96, in section XX of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on miscellaneous manufactured articles in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 96 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 2%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on miscellaneous manufactured articles in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 96 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 7.7%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most miscellaneous manufactured articles?
China, with US$26bn in 2024 (42.4% of world exports).