HTS tariff line · chapter 96
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
Analysis
HTS 9602.00.50 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… under heading 9602 (worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; molded or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in thousands.
The general duty rate is 2.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 96 (31st percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $270 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Within this group the rate runs from 1.8% to 3%. Compared with 9602.00.40 (molded or carved articles of wax), which pays 1.8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 0.9 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 9602.00.50.10 for unfilled vegetable capsules and 9602.00.50.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.7%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring 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% |