Code 9616 20 · Heading 9616

Powder puffs and powder pads

This code covers powder puffs and powder pads. It is separate from the other child category for toilet refreshers and similar items, sprayers and spray heads.

For example

Powder puff
Powder pad

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Official tariff text

Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations

How we got to this code

XX
96
9616
9616 20

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The path to this code

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

Step 4 of 4

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 9616 Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts … 16 of 20 headings under chapter 96
Is the product a toilet refresher, similar perfume dispenser, atomizer or spray head, or is it a powder puff or powder pad?
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Step 4 · Subheading 9616 20 Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmet… 2 of 2 subheadings under heading 9616
Is the item a powder puff or powder pad, rather than a toilet refresher or similar item, sprayer or spray head?

Pick the 8-digit code

Import duty on the codes below: 2.7%

Only one code below

9616 20 00

Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations

2.7%

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

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9616 10 Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor 2.7%
9616 20 Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations you are here 2.7%

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

96.16.2000 Powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

2.0%

Their lines1 British line
EU originDuty free

9616 20 00 00 Powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations

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

9616.20.00.00 Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs

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.

96.16.2000

Powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations

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.

9616 20 00 00

Powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

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.

9616.20.00.00

Scent sprayers and similar toilet sprayers, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations, Powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations

General rate

4.3%

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.