HTS 9608.30.00
Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating styli; propelling or sliding pencils (for example, mechanical pencils); pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609 > Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens
| General rate | 0.4¢ each + 2.7% What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them. |
|---|---|
| Special rate | Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA, PE,S,SG) Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes. |
| Column 2 rate | 6¢ each + 40% Only for the few countries without normal trade relations. |
Stated for 9608.30.00 itself.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9608.30.00.31 | India ink drawing pens | No. | 0.4¢ each + 2.7% |
| 9608.30.00.39 | Other | No. | 0.4¢ each + 2.7% |
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.