Hair brush Hs Code

Hair brush harmonized system code

Product Overview The hair brush classified under HS Code 960329 refers to manually operated grooming tools designed primarily for detangling, styling, and maintaining hair. These brushes typically consist of a handle and bristle or tufted sections made from synthetic fibers, natural hair, or mixed materials. Key characteristics include dimensions ranging from 15 cm to 25 cm in length, bristle density measured per square centimeter, and ergonomic handle designs to optimize grip and user comfort. The product encompasses several subcategories under 960329, including brushes with bristles of nylon, boar hair, or other animal hair, as well as those with mixed or synthetic fiber bristles. These brushes are manufactured through processes such as injection molding for handles and precision tufting for bristle placement, ensuring durability and consistent quality. Commercially, hair brushes are utilized extensively in retail personal care sectors, professional salon environments, and by consumers for daily grooming. Their design and material composition offer competitive advantages in terms of product lifespan, bristle resilience, and ergonomics, positioning them as essential items in global personal care markets. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The hair brush falls under the Harmonized System (HS) Code 960329, where ‘96’ denotes Chapter 96: “Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles,” ‘03’ corresponds to Heading 9603: “Brooms, Brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and feather dusters,” and ‘29’ specifies Subheading 960329: “Hair brushes.” This classification is based on the product’s primary function as a hand-operated brush designed for hair grooming, distinct from industrial or cleaning brushes. Trade considerations include packaging in standardized export cartons with internal cushioning to prevent deformation, maintaining humidity levels below 60% to avoid bristle damage, and shipment via containerized freight adhering to ISPM 15 regulations when wooden components are present. Quality standards align with ISO 22716 for cosmetic tools, emphasizing hygienic material sourcing and manufacturing processes. Adherence to WTO trade facilitation agreements requires precise product description and accurate tariff classification to ensure smooth customs clearance and compliance with import/export regulatory frameworks globally.

Hair brush Chapter Note

1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Pencils for cosmetic or toilet uses (Chapter 33); (b) Articles of Chapter 66 (for example, parts of umbrellas or walking-sticks); (c) Imitation jewellery (heading 71.17); (d) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39); (e) Cutlery or other articles of Chapter 82 with handles or other parts of carving or moulding materials; heading 96.01 or 96.02 applies, however, to separately presented handles or other parts of such articles; (f) Articles of Chapter 90 (for example, spectacle frames (heading 90.03), mathematical drawing pens (heading 90.17), brushes of a kind specialised for use in dentistry or for medical, surgical or veterinary purposes (heading 90.18)); (g) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases); (h) Musical instruments or parts or accessories thereof (Chapter 92); (ij) Articles of Chapter 93 (arms and parts thereof); (k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings); (l) Articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites); or (m) Works of art, collectors' pieces or antiques (Chapter 97). 2.- In heading 96.02 the expression “vegetable or mineral carving material” means : (a) Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts and similar vegetable materials of a kind used for carving (for example, corozo and dom); (b) Amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated meerschaum, jet and mineral substitutes for jet. 3.- In heading 96.03 the expression “prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making” applies only to unmounted knots and tufts of animal hair, vegetable fibre or other material, which are ready for incorporation without division in brooms or brushes, or which require only such further minor processes as trimming to shape at the top, to render them ready for such incorporation. 4.- Articles of this Chapter, other than those of headings 96.01 to 96.06 or 96.15, remain classified in the Chapter whether or not composed wholly or partly of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed). However, headings 96.01 to 96.06 and 96.15 include articles in which natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), precious metal or metal clad with precious metal constitute only minor constituents.