HS code 9608: Pens; ball-point, felt tipped, other porous tipped pens; fountain…
Pens; ball-point, felt tipped, other porous tipped pens; fountain pens, stylograph pens duplicating stylos, propelling or sliding pencils; parts of the foregoing, excluding those of heading no. 9609 — heading 9608 of the Harmonized System (HS 2022).
Chapter 96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Subheadings of 9608 (6 digits)
- Pens; ball point
- Pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers
- Pens; fountain, stylograph and other pens
- Pencils; propelling or sliding
- Pen and pencil sets; of articles from two or more of the foregoing sub-headings
- Pens; ball-point, refills comprising the ball point and ink-reservoir
- Pens; nibs and nib points
- Pens and pencils; duplicating stylos, pen-holders, pencil-holders, and similar holders, parts of the articles of heading 9608, including caps and clips
Pick the subheading that describes your product. A subheading marked “n.e.c.” (not elsewhere classified) or “other” covers only what the subheadings before it do not. Click a code to copy it.
Common products under 9608
Confirm the full code and the duty rate
The first 6 digits are the same in every country that uses HS 2022. Each country adds 2–4 more digits and sets the duty in its own tariff, and the section and chapter notes can include or exclude products, so check the destination’s official tariff before you put the code on the invoice.
Other headings in chapter 96
- 9601 Ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material and…
- 9602 Vegetable, mineral carving material and articles of these materials, moulded or carved articles of wax…
- 9603 Brooms, brushes (including parts of machines), hand operated floor sweepers, mops and feather dusters; knots…
- 9604 Hand sieves and hand riddles
- 9605 Travel sets; for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning
- 9606 Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles…
- 9607 Slide fasteners and parts thereof
- 9609 Pencils (not of heading no. 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing…
- 9610 Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed
- 9611 Stamps; date, numbering, sealing stamps and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels)…
- 9612 Typewriter, similar ribbons, inked, otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in…
- 9613 Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical and parts thereof other than…
- 9614 Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof
- 9615 Combs, hair-slides and similar; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips and hair curlers and the like, other…
- 9616 Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the…
- 9617 Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners
- 9618 Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing
- 9619 Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material
- 9620 Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles
Source: HS 2022 nomenclature, 6-digit level (UN Comtrade). Descriptions are in English, as in the official nomenclature. Digits after the 6th differ by country.
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Common questions
What is HS code 9608?
9608 is the HS 2022 heading for Pens; ball-point, felt tipped, other porous tipped pens; fountain pens, stylograph pens duplicating stylos, propelling or sliding pencils; parts of the foregoing, excluding those of heading no. 9609. It is in chapter 96 (Miscellaneous manufactured articles), section XX, and has 8 six-digit subheadings, from 9608.10 to 9608.99.
Can I write 9608 on a commercial invoice?
Customs usually need at least the 6-digit subheading (for example 9608.10), and the import declaration uses the destination country’s full code of 8 to 10 digits. Use the subheading that matches your product, and confirm the national digits with the buyer, the customs broker or the official tariff.
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