Analysis
HTS 9603.21.00 covers toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushes under heading 9603 (brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 32%. The costliest confusion would be with 9603.10.60 (valued over 96¢ each) at 32%, a difference of 32 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 25% of the 104 tariff lines in chapter 96 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339994 (Broom, Brush, and Mop Manufacturing), an industry of 145 US establishments employing 8,781 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9603.10.05 | In any calendar year prior to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for comsumption, of 61,655 dozen whiskbrooms classifiable under subheadings 9603.10.05 to 9603.10.35, inclusive | 8% |
| 9603.10.15 | Valued not over 96¢ each: other | 5¢ each |
| 9603.10.35 | Valued over 96¢ each | 14% |
| 9603.10.40 | In any calendar year prior to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of 121,478 dozen brooms classifiable under subheadings 9603.10.40 to 9603.10.60, inclusive | 8% |
| 9603.10.50 | Valued not over 96¢ each: other | 32¢ each |
| 9603.10.60 | Valued over 96¢ each | 32% |
| 9603.10.90 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles: other | 10% |
| 9603.29.40 | Valued not over 40¢ each | 0.2¢ each + 7% |
| 9603.29.80 | Valued over 40¢ each | 0.3¢ each + 3.6% |
| 9603.30.20 | Valued not over 5¢ each | 2.6% |
| 9603.30.40 | Valued over 5¢ but not over 10¢ each | Free |
| 9603.30.60 | Valued over 10¢ each | Free |
| 9603.40.20 | Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers: paint rollers | 7.5% |
| 9603.40.40 | Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers: other | 4% |
| 9603.50.00 | Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees): other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles | Free |
| 9603.90.40 | Other: feather dusters | Free |
| 9603.90.80 | Other: other | 2.8% |