Code 9611 00 · Heading 9611

Hand date stamps, seals, numbering stamps and similar stamps; label printing or embossing devices; type holders and hand printing sets with type holders

This covers hand-used date stamps, seals, numbering stamps and similar stamps, as well as devices for printing or embossing labels. It also includes type holders and hand printing sets with type holders.

For example

Hand date stamp
Hand numbering stamp
Handheld label embossing device
Type holder with a hand printing set

See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Hand-operated date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets

How we got to this code

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Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

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Step 1 · Section XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Is the item furniture, bedding or a lighting article; a toy, game or sports article; or another miscellaneous good?
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Step 2 · Chapter 96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3 of 3 chapters in section XX
Which named product group best describes the item: carved material goods, brushes, hand sieves, travel sets, buttons, zips, writing or drawing items, boards, hand stamps, ink ribbons or stamp pads, lighters, pipes, hairdressing items, toilet-use sprays or powder puffs, vacuum-insulated containers, shop-window display figures, hygiene products, or stands?
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Step 3 · Heading 9611 Datostempler, signeter, nummeratører og lignende st… 11 of 20 headings under chapter 96
Is the product a hand-operated date stamp, seal, numbering stamp or similar stamp, a label printing or embossing device, a type holder, or a hand printing set with type holders?
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Step 4 · Subheading 9611 00 Hand-operated date, sealing or numbering stamps, an… 1 of 1 subheading under heading 9611
Is it a hand-used date stamp, seal, numbering stamp or similar stamp, a device for printing or embossing labels, or a type holder or hand printing set with type holders?

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Import duty on the codes below: 2.7%

Only one code below

9611 00 00

Hand-operated date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets

2.7%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

96.11.0000 Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

9611 00 00 00 Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

9611.00.00.00 Date, sealing or numbering stamps and the like

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 1 Norwegian line

Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

96.11.0000

Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

9611 00 00 00

Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

See the 1 US line

Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

9611.00.00.00

Date, sealing or numbering stamps and the like, (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks

General rate

2.7%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.