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    9613.80.10

    Table lighters

    This code covers table lighters, which are categorized within miscellaneous manufactured articles. Use this code when importing these lighters to determine the applicable duty—generally 4.8% for standard trade partners, or free for eligible countries with preferential trade agreements—as defined by Chapter 96 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

    Table lighters

    Detailed information for HTS Code 9613.80.10

    AI Summary

    This section of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers miscellaneous manufactured articles, specifically items like cigarette lighters and other types of lighters excluding flints and wicks. Code 9613.80.10 specifically refers to table lighters, which are a type of lighter designed for tabletop use. This code has two subdivisions: 9613.80.10.40 for butane table lighters, and 9613.80.10.80 for all other types of table lighters; when reporting, choose the appropriate suffix based on the lighter’s fuel type or construction if it falls into one of these categories.

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

    Duty snapshot

    Quick reference for the duty outcomes tied to this HTS line.

    General Duty

    4.80%

    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 9613.80.10 and its subdivisions (9613.80.10.40 & 9613.80.10.80) is 4.80%, applicable to goods from countries without a specific trade agreement with the U.S. However, special rates of “Free” apply to goods originating from countries like Australia, Canada, and others listed as eligible for FTA or preference programs. There are no report units specified for this HTS code. Thus, importers must determine origin to benefit from potential free trade agreement rates, while the 4.80% rate serves as the standard for goods not qualifying for preferential treatment.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): 60%

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    Code subdivisions

    9613.80.10.40

    Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks: > Other lighters: > Table lighters > Butane

    9613.80.10.80

    Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks: > Other lighters: > Table lighters > 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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