9601

Analysis

Heading 9601 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by molding). It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 5 eight-digit tariff lines, with 5 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

3 of its 5 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (60%) and 2 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.7%. The median line pays duty-free.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 13th percentile of the headings in chapter 96.

The largest subheadings are 9601.90 (other, 4 lines) and 9601.10 (unnamed, 1 line).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.