HTS tariff line · chapter 96
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
Analysis
HTS 9603.50.00 covers brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and… under heading 9603 (brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 32%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9603.10.60 (valued over 96¢ each), at 32%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 32 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 25% of the 104 tariff lines in chapter 96. 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. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
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% |
| 9603.21.00 | Toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushes | Free |
| 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% |
| 9603.90.40 | Other: feather dusters | Free |
| 9603.90.80 | Other: other | 2.8% |