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    9602.00.50

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    This code covers worked vegetable or mineral carving materials, molded wax articles, and unhardened gelatin items not specified elsewhere. Use this code for these specific manufactured goods, keeping in mind a general duty of 2.7% applies, with potential free duty for products originating from certain countries with which the US has trade agreements.

    Other

    Detailed information for HTS Code 9602.00.50

    This section covers miscellaneous manufactured articles, excluding items like pencils, jewelry, and furniture, as detailed in the chapter notes. Code 9602.00.50 specifically covers worked vegetable or mineral carving material and molded or carved items like wax or unhardened gelatin, not specified elsewhere. This code has two subdivisions: 9602.00.50.10 for unfilled vegetable capsules, and 9602.00.50.80 for all other items within this category, so use the appropriate suffix to specify the type of article being reported.

    ChapterChapter 96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
    SectionSection XX - Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

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    General Duty

    2.70%

    Standard trade partners (NTR)

    Special Duty

    Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Eligible FTA or preference programs

    The general duty rate for HTS code 9602.00.50 and its subdivisions (9602.00.50.10 and 9602.00.50.80) is 2.70%. Special rates of Free apply to goods originating from countries with which the U.S. has Free Trade Agreements or preference programs (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) if eligibility requirements are met. Reporting units are in 'No., thousands'. There is no specified duty rate or special rate information beyond the stated general and FTA rates.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): 20%

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    Code subdivisions

    9602.00.50.10

    Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; molded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins, of modeling pastes, and other molded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatin: > Other > Unfilled vegetable capsules

    9602.00.50.80

    Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; molded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins, of modeling pastes, and other molded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatin: > Other > Other

    Chapter & section notes

    Chapter notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 96 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES XX 96-1 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 jewelry (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 molding materials; heading 9601 or 9602 applies, however, to separately entered 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 specialized 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 equipment); 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 fiber 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 semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed). However, headings 9601 to 9606 and 9615 include articles in which natural or cultured pearls, precious or semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), precious metal or metal clad with precious metal constitute only minor constituents. Additional U.S. Notes 1. For the purposes of heading 9606 the term "line" in the rates of duty columns means the line button measure of 0.635 mm. 2. Buttons (whether or not finished) provided for in subheadings 9606.21.40 and 9606.29.20 which are the product of an insular possession of the United States outside the customs territory of the United States and which are manufactured or produced from button blanks or unfinished buttons which were the product of any foreign country shall be subject to duty under subheadings 9606.21.40 and 9606.29.20 at the rates which apply to products of such foreign country. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XX 96-2

    Section notes

    SECTION XX MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES XX-1 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XX-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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    November 15, 2025

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