Subheading · Chapter 96 · Heading 9605
9605.00: Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning
Subheading 9605.00 belongs to heading 9605 (travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning) in chapter 96.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9605 00 00 00 Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 1
- Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Import requirements 4
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control - CITES
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2021 No. 54
- Documents
- C400 Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate
- Y900 Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
- Import controlImport control on luxury goods
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y945 Travellers' personal effects or goods of a non-commercial nature for travellers' personal use contained in their luggage (Art 10.2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y946 Goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in the DPRK or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff (Art 10.3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y948 Goods other than those described in Annex VIII (Luxury goods) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
- Import controlImport control on cat and dog fur
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2009/1056
- Documents
- Y922 Other than cats and dogs fur as mentioned by Regulation (EC) No 1523/2007 (OJ L 343)
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | £16.7m | 84.6% | -9.4% |
 Cambodia | £1.8m | 9.1% | -37.3% |
 Mexico | £278k | 1.4% | +9.9% |
 United States | £145k | 0.7% | +5.3% |
 Taiwan | £123k | 0.6% | — |
 Australia | £96k | 0.5% | +215.8% |
 France | £71k | 0.4% | -95.8% |
 Israel | £65k | 0.3% | +6,351.1% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EUWorld trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$35kUS$35k+US$508k+US$2m+> US$8m
Exports: 150
- China: US$266m
- Cambodia: US$33m
- Türkiye: US$23m
- Spain: US$12m
- United States: US$8m
- Germany: US$7m
- France: US$5m
- United Kingdom: US$5m
- Qatar: US$4m
- Italy: US$4m
- Kuwait: US$4m
- Netherlands: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$3m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Canada: US$2m
- Mexico: US$2m
- Thailand: US$2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$2m
- Denmark: US$1m
- India: US$1m
- Australia: US$1m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1m
- Czechia: US$1m
- South Korea: US$1m
- Taiwan: US$1m
- Poland: US$1m
- Indonesia: US$970k
- Mauritius: US$883k
- Uzbekistan: US$752k
- Philippines: US$633k
- New Zealand: US$603k
- Portugal: US$590k
- Singapore: US$585k
- Sweden: US$565k
- Malaysia: US$537k
- Tanzania: US$508k
- Colombia: US$501k
- Egypt: US$406k
- Switzerland: US$401k
- Armenia: US$395k
- Japan: US$358k
- Greece: US$335k
- Vietnam: US$295k
- Morocco: US$249k
- Pakistan: US$236k
- Slovenia: US$235k
- Ireland: US$231k
- Lithuania: US$226k
- South Africa: US$198k
- Myanmar (Burma): US$166k
- Bulgaria: US$139k
- Israel: US$137k
- Slovakia: US$133k
- Cyprus: US$128k
- Guatemala: US$121k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$104k
- Brazil: US$103k
- Hungary: US$98k
- Nigeria: US$84k
- Russia: US$79k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$230kUS$230k+US$1m+US$5m+> US$14m
Imports: 203
- United States: US$78m
- United Kingdom: US$30m
- Türkiye: US$30m
- Saudi Arabia: US$25m
- Qatar: US$20m
- United Arab Emirates: US$14m
- Netherlands: US$11m
- France: US$10m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$10m
- Spain: US$9m
- Germany: US$9m
- Canada: US$9m
- Australia: US$9m
- Singapore: US$8m
- Taiwan: US$8m
- Philippines: US$7m
- China: US$6m
- India: US$6m
- Mexico: US$5m
- Brazil: US$5m
- Japan: US$4m
- Indonesia: US$4m
- Italy: US$4m
- Poland: US$4m
- Afghanistan: US$4m
- Malaysia: US$3m
- Thailand: US$3m
- Russia: US$3m
- Sweden: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Greece: US$2m
- New Zealand: US$2m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- South Korea: US$2m
- Guatemala: US$2m
- Vietnam: US$2m
- Austria: US$2m
- South Africa: US$2m
- Kuwait: US$2m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Czechia: US$2m
- Syria: US$2m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$2m
- Sudan: US$2m
- Israel: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$2m
- Iraq: US$2m
- Portugal: US$1m
- Nigeria: US$1m
- Bahrain: US$1m
- Mauritius: US$1m
- Gambia: US$1m
- Kazakhstan: US$1m
- Finland: US$1m
- Chile: US$1m
- Benin: US$999k
- Uzbekistan: US$971k
- Kenya: US$955k
- Denmark: US$903k
- Dominican Republic: US$827k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | US$266m | 65% |
| 2 | Cambodia | US$33m | 8% |
| 3 |  Türkiye | US$23m | 5.6% |
| 4 |  Spain | US$12m | 3% |
| 5 | United States | US$8m | 1.9% |
| 6 |  Germany | US$7m | 1.8% |
| 7 | France | US$5m | 1.2% |
| 8 | United Kingdom | US$5m | 1.2% |
| 9 |  Qatar | US$4m | 1.1% |
| 10 |  Italy | US$4m | 0.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$78m | 19% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | US$30m | 7.3% |
| 3 | Türkiye | US$30m | 7.3% |
| 4 |  Saudi Arabia | US$25m | 6.2% |
| 5 | Qatar | US$20m | 4.8% |
| 6 |  United Arab Emirates | US$14m | 3.3% |
| 7 |  Netherlands | US$11m | 2.6% |
| 8 | France | US$10m | 2.5% |
| 9 |  Hong Kong SAR China | US$10m | 2.4% |
| 10 | Spain | US$9m | 2.3% |
Binding rulings for similar goods 5
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N326297 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a six-piece travel kit from China
- N277041 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a travel set from China
- N274801 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of travel kits from China
- 600014786 HMRC
A set of five empty plastic bottles made from 100% plastic, a plastic funnel and a plastic spatula made of polypropylene designed to hold cosmetic products added by the consumer. Two of the bottles have white screw on caps. The four larger bottles measure between 80 and 100ml respectively. The…
- 600013999 HMRC
Sewing kit, Consisting of 21 pieces of sewing accessories, mainly used for hand sewing. The kit contains: scissor with plastic finger grips, plastic tape measure, 5 hand sewing needles, red plastic thimble, 7 small reels of different coloured sewing threads, 2 metal safety pins, 3 small white…
Subheading 9605.00 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 3.7%.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides subheading 9605.00 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is 3.7%.
174 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of .
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £19.7m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 18% on the year before); China supplied 85%, followed by Cambodia.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$410m (−0.7% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$266m), followed by Cambodia.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning?
Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning fall under HS subheading 9605.00, part of heading 9605, in section XX of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9605.00 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 3.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe… in the EU?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 9605.00 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 3.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe…?
China, with US$266m in 2024 (65% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (85%), Cambodia (9%) and Mexico (1%), out of total imports of £19.7m.