HTS tariff line · chapter 96
9612.10.10
Measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put up in plastic or metal cartridges (whether or not containing spools) of a kind used in typewriters, automatic data processing or other machines
Analysis
HTS 9612.10.10 covers measuring less than 30 mm in width, permanently put up in plastic or metal cartridges (whether or not containing spools) of a kind used in typewriters… under heading 9612 (typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens and kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 3.5% to 7.9%. Compared with 9612.10.90 (ribbons: other), which pays 7.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 7.9 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 78.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 78.5% duty.
For statistics it divides in two: 9612.10.10.10 for woven, of man-made fibers and 9612.10.10.20 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 25% of the 104 tariff lines in chapter 96, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9612.10.90 | Ribbons: other | 7.9% |
| 9612.20.00 | Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes: ink pads | 3.5% |