Heading 96.03 — Brooms, brushes (including parts of machines), h... 6-digit code

9603.21 Brushes; toothbrushes

A full HS code. These six digits are what goes on a customs declaration, and they mean the same thing in every country that uses the Harmonized System.

Section XX, Miscellaneous Manufactures — furniture, lighting, toys, games, sports equipment and other manufactured articles.

  1. 96 Chapter Miscellaneous manufactured articles
  2. 03 Heading 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; squeegees
  3. 21 Subheading Brushes; toothbrushes

Chapter 96 covers miscellaneous manufactured articles that don't fit any other chapter: buttons, pens, lighters, brushes, combs and similar everyday manufactured goods. Classification tip: Lighters and matches-adjacent products sometimes attract child-resistant packaging or fire-safety compliance requirements in destination markets beyond the base HS classification.

All of chapter 96

Other codes under 96.03

9603.10 Brooms and brushes; consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles 9603.29 Brushes; shaving, hair, nail, eyelash and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including brushes as parts of appliances 9603.30 Brushes; artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics 9603.40 Brushes; paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (not those of item no. 9603.30), paint pads and rollers 9603.50 Brushes; constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles 9603.90 Brooms, brushes, mops, feather dusters, squeegees, hand operated mechanical floor sweepers; (not motorised), prepared knots and tufts for brooms or brush making n.e.c.

The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.

Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.

Shipping goods under 9603.21? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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9603.21 FAQ

9603.21 covers brushes; toothbrushes. It sits under heading 96.03 (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; squeegees) in chapter 96, Section XX of the Harmonized System.

It is the international part of it. Six digits are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System; the importing country then extends them to eight or ten for its own tariff and statistics. Declare 9603.21 plus whatever national digits the destination’s tariff schedule adds to it.

The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section XX and to chapter 96. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.

A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.

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