9608 — Ballpoint pens; felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609

Description

Ballpoint pens; felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609

Subheadings

• 960810Ballpoint pens
• 960820Felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers
• 960830Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens
• 960840Propelling or sliding pencils
• 960850Sets of articles from two or more of the foregoing subheadings
• 960860Refills for ballpoint pens, comprising the ball point and ink-reservoir
• 960891Other — Pen nibs and nib points
• 960899Other — Other

Common questions

What is HS code 9608?

Ballpoint pens; felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of…

What does 9608 include?

It covers 8 subheadings: 960810 Ballpoint pens; 960820 Felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; 960830 Fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; 960840 Propelling or sliding pencils; 960850 Sets of articles from two or more of the foregoing subheadings; 960860 Refills for ballpoint pens, comprising the ball point and ink-reservoir; 960891 Other — Pen nibs and nib points; 960899 Other — Other.

Other headings in Chapter 96

• 9601Worked ivory, bone, tortoiseshell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding)
• 9602Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatin
• 9603Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees)
• 9604Hand sieves and hand riddles
• 9605Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning
• 9606Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks
• 9607Slide fasteners and parts thereof
• 9609Pencils (other than pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
• 9610Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed
• 9611Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks
• 9612Typewriter 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
• 9613Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks
• 9614Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof
• 9615Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof
• 9616Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations
• 9617Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners
• 9618Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing
• 9619Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material
• 9620Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles