HTS heading · chapter 96
9619
Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material
Analysis
Heading 9619 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material. It has 19 tariff lines.
The spread of 16 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 16%, applies to 9619.00.41 (of synthetic fibers (239)) and 9619.00.74 (of man-made fibers).
2 of its 19 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (11%) and 17 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 16%. The median line pays 7%.
Its median rate of 7% sits at the 72nd percentile of the headings in chapter 96.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills (314999) and Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing (322291). 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.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9619.00.05 | Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material: of plastics | 5% |
| 9619.00.11 | Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material: of paper pulp | Free |
| 9619.00.15 | Of paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibers | Free |
| 9619.00.21 | Of textile wadding: of cotton (369) | 3.6% |
| 9619.00.25 | Of textile wadding: other (669) | 6.3% |
| 9619.00.31 | Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (239) | 8.1% |
| 9619.00.33 | Of cotton: other (239) | 9.3% |
| 9619.00.41 | Of synthetic fibers (239) | 16% |
| 9619.00.43 | Of artificial fibers (239) | 14.9% |
| 9619.00.46 | Of knitted or crocheted textile fabric (839) | 5.6% |
| 9619.00.48 | Of other textile fibers: other (839) | 2.8% |
| 9619.00.61 | Knitted or crocheted: of cotton | 10.8% |
| 9619.00.64 | Of man-made fibers | 14.9% |
| 9619.00.68 | Knitted or crocheted: other | 5.6% |
| 9619.00.71 | Other: of cotton | 8.1% |
| 9619.00.74 | Of man-made fibers | 16% |
| 9619.00.78 | Other: menʼs or boysʼ | 2.8% |
| 9619.00.79 | Other: womenʼs or girlsʼ | 7.3% |
| 9619.00.90 | Sanitary pads (towels) and tampons, diapers (napkins), diaper liners and similar articles, of any material: other | 7% |