Miscellaneous manufactured articles (chapter 96): which countries import it

Fact sheet

Code

96

Sector

Furniture and Decoration

Headings in this chapter

• Ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material and articles of these materials; worked, (including articles obtained by moulding)Heading 9601
• Vegetable, mineral carving material and articles of these materials, moulded or carved articles of wax, stearin, natural gums, resins or modelling pastes, worked unhardened gelatin (not heading no. 3503)Heading 9602
• Brooms, brushes (including parts of machines), hand operated floor sweepers, mops and feather dusters; knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegeesHeading 9603
• Hand sieves and hand riddlesHeading 9604
• Travel sets; for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaningHeading 9605
• Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanksHeading 9606
• Slide fasteners and parts thereofHeading 9607
• 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. 9609Heading 9608
• Pencils (not of heading no. 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalksHeading 9609
• Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framedHeading 9610
• Stamps; date, numbering, sealing stamps and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating by hand; hand operated composing sticks and printing setsHeading 9611
• Typewriter, similar ribbons, inked, otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxesHeading 9612
• Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical and parts thereof other than flints and wicksHeading 9613
• Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereofHeading 9614
• Combs, hair-slides and similar; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips and hair curlers and the like, other than those of heading no. 8516 and parts thereofHeading 9615
• Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparationsHeading 9616
• Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass innersHeading 9617
• Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressingHeading 9618
• Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any materialHeading 9619
• Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articlesHeading 9620

Trade fairs in this sector

• Feria Internacional del Mueble e Iluminación de València
• Intergift, Feria Internacional del Regalo y la Decoración
• Maison&Objet
• Salone del Mobile.Milano

What to check before exporting products in this chapter

Chapter 96 groups products with little in common beyond their classification: a cigarette lighter and a sanitary towel share a chapter but nothing else in terms of regulation. The first step is always to confirm the exact heading and subheading for the specific product, since duty rates and any licensing requirements are set at that level, not at chapter level.

The tariff a shipment faces depends on the subheading, the destination country and any trade agreement in force between Spain, as an EU member state, and that market. This is checked heading by heading in Access2Markets, which shows the applied duty and any preferential rate under EU agreements.

Some headings carry specific controls beyond customs duty. Products such as sanitary towels and tampons (heading 9619) or hair curlers with electrical parts (heading 9615, which excludes electrical devices covered elsewhere) can fall under additional product safety or health rules depending on the destination market; these are verified against the importing country's own regulations, not assumed from the heading description alone.

The table of importing markets above reflects global import demand as declared by each country, not Spain's export flows specifically. A Spanish exporter should treat it as a map of where demand exists, then check bilateral trade conditions with the EU for each candidate market before committing to one.

Products in this chapter are frequently sold through general trade fairs for gift, home and decoration rather than fairs dedicated to a single heading. This is relevant when planning market entry, since buyers for items like combs, lighters or travel sets are often found at the same events as buyers for furniture and decor.