9616

Analysis

Heading 9616 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 2 eight-digit tariff lines, with 2 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

1 of its 2 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (50%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 4.3%. The median line pays 2.15%.

The largest subheadings are 9616.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 9616.20 (unnamed, 1 line).

Its median rate of 2.15% sits at the 28th percentile of the headings in chapter 96.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339999) and All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills (314999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.