Plastic hair clip Hs Code

Plastic hair clip harmonized system code

Product Overview Plastic hair clips classified under HS Code 961511 are defined as small, molded fastening devices primarily composed of durable thermoplastic polymers, designed to secure hair in place. These clips typically measure between 4 to 8 centimeters in length, with variations in shape including claw, snap, and butterfly styles, featuring spring-loaded or hinge mechanisms for operational functionality. Manufactured through injection molding processes, they exhibit high tensile strength, resistance to deformation, and color stability, ensuring consistent performance in everyday use. The HS Code 961511 encompasses subcategories such as plastic hair clips with or without metal components, differentiated by design complexity and finishing techniques. Commercially, these hair clips serve diverse sectors including personal grooming retail, salon equipment suppliers, and promotional merchandise distributors, with notable applications in packaging and presentation of hair accessories. Positioned competitively, these products offer cost-effective, lightweight, and corrosion-resistant advantages over metal alternatives, aligning with global demand for versatile and hygienic hair fastening solutions. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The complete HS Code 961511 falls under Chapter 96 (Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles), Heading 9615 (Combs, Hair-slides, and the Like), and specifically Subheading 961511, which designates plastic hair clips. This classification is justified by the product’s primary material composition (plastic) and its functional design as a hair fastening device, consistent with the Harmonized System nomenclature. Trade considerations for shipment include packaging in bulk quantities, typically in polybags or blister packs, with preservation methods emphasizing protection against UV degradation and mechanical stress during transit. Standard shipping practices adhere to international containerization norms, ensuring compliance with WTO agreements and customs documentation protocols. Quality standards reference ISO 9001 for manufacturing processes and ASTM D638 for tensile properties, ensuring product durability and conformity. Documentation must accurately reflect product specifications, origin, and classification to facilitate customs clearance, tariff determination, and trade compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

Plastic hair clip 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.