HTS 9603
Brooms, 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)
| General rate | Not stated for this line What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them. |
|---|---|
| Special rate | Not stated for this line Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes. |
| Column 2 rate | Not stated for this line Only for the few countries without normal trade relations. |
This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.
Additional duties may apply
This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.
Statistical breakouts
The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.
| Code | Description | Units | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9603.10 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles | — | see above |
| 9603.10.05.00 | In 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, inclusive | No. | 8% |
| 9603.10.15.00 | Other | No. | 5¢ each |
| 9603.10.35.00 | Valued over 96¢ each | No. | 14% |
| 9603.10.40.00 | In 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, inclusive | No. | 8% |
| 9603.10.50.00 | Other | No. | 32¢ each |
| 9603.10.60.00 | Valued over 96¢ each | No. | 32% |
| 9603.10.90.00 | Other | No. | 10% |
| 9603.21.00.00 | Toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushes | No. | Free |
| 9603.29 | Other | — | see above |
| 9603.29.40 | Valued not over 40¢ each | — | 0.2¢ each + 7% |
| 9603.29.40.10 | Hairbrushes | No. | 0.2¢ each + 7% |
| 9603.29.40.90 | Other | No. | 0.2¢ each + 7% |
| 9603.29.80 | Valued over 40¢ each | — | 0.3¢ each + 3.6% |
| 9603.29.80.10 | Hairbrushes | No. | 0.3¢ each + 3.6% |
| 9603.29.80.90 | Other | No. | 0.3¢ each + 3.6% |
| 9603.30 | Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics | — | see above |
| 9603.30.20.00 | Valued not over 5¢ each | No. | 2.6% |
| 9603.30.40.00 | Valued over 5¢ but not over 10¢ each | No. | Free |
| 9603.30.60.00 | Valued over 10¢ each | No. | Free |
| 9603.40 | Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers | — | see above |
| 9603.40.20.00 | Paint rollers | No. | 7.5% |
| 9603.40.40 | Other | — | 4% |
| 9603.40.40.20 | Paint pads | No. | 4% |
| 9603.40.40.40 | Natural bristle brushes | No. | 4% |
| 9603.40.40.60 | Other | No. | 4% |
| 9603.50.00.00 | Other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles | No. | Free |
| 9603.90 | Other | — | see above |
| 9603.90.40.00 | Feather dusters | No. | Free |
| 9603.90.80 | Other | — | 2.8% |
| 9603.90.80.10 | Whiskbrooms | No. | 2.8% |
| 9603.90.80.20 | Upright brooms | No. | 2.8% |
| 9603.90.80.30 | Push brooms, 41 cm or less in width | No. | 2.8% |
| 9603.90.80.40 | Other brooms | No. | 2.8% |
| 9603.90.80.50 | Other | No. | 2.8% |
What changed
No recorded change to this line since we began reading the schedule daily. That is the ordinary state: USITC revises it fifteen to eighteen times a year, and most codes are untouched in any given revision.
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Before you rely on this
Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call. This page publishes the schedule as USITC does; it does not calculate what an entry will cost.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.