HTS Index

HTS heading 9612

Typewriter 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 — 10 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
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 + Ch. 99not stated
9612.10Ribbons + Ch. 99not stated
9612.10.10Measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put up in plastic or metal cartridges (whether or not containing spools) of a kind used in typewriters, automatic data processing or other machines + Ch. 99Free
9612.10.10.10Woven, of man-made fibers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9612.10.10)doz., kg
9612.10.10.20Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9612.10.10)doz., kg
9612.10.90Other + Ch. 997.9%
9612.10.90.10Woven, of man-made fibers (621) + Ch. 997.9% (inherited from 9612.10.90)doz., kg
9612.10.90.30Thermal transfer printing ribbons of coated polyethylene terephthalate film + Ch. 997.9% (inherited from 9612.10.90)doz., kg
9612.10.90.90Other + Ch. 997.9% (inherited from 9612.10.90)doz., kg
9612.20.00.00Ink pads + Ch. 993.5%No.

5 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

10 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.