HTS subheading · chapter 96
9602.00
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
Analysis
Subheading 9602.00 covers 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…, within heading 9602. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 3 US tariff lines below it are national.
None of its 3 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 1.8% to 3% with a median of 2.7%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
The US splits it as follows: 9602.00.10 for worked unhardened gelatin and articles thereof (3%), 9602.00.40 for molded or carved articles of wax (1.8%) and 9602.00.50 for worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these… (2.7%).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (325998) and All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9602.00.10 | Worked unhardened gelatin and articles thereof | 3% |
| 9602.00.40 | Molded or carved articles of wax | 1.8% |
| 9602.00.50 | 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 | 2.7% |