HS

Ball Point Pens; Soft Tipped Pens and Markers; Fountain Pens and Other Pens; Duplicating Stylos; Mechanical Pencils; Pen-Holders Etc.; Parts Thereof

Name: Heading 9608: Ball Point Pens; Soft Tipped Pens and Markers; Fountain Pens and Other Pens; Duplicating Stylos; Mechanical Pencils; Pen-Holders Etc.; Parts Thereof
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://www.census.gov/about/policies/open-gov/open-data.html

HS 9608Heading4-digit

U.S. imports · July 2026: $80.1M

U.S. exports · July 2026: $28.7M

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Last updated: July 2026 data

12-month trend

ImportsExports

Imports

$80.1MYoY · Pro

Exports

$28.7MYoY · Pro

12-mo low · imports

YoY · Pro

$104.7M$0

January 2025February 2026July 2026

Through July 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Heading 4 of 20 in chapter 96

Share of chapter 96 imports11%

Heading 9608 · $80.1M of $735.2M

Trading Partners

57

Where it comes from, where it lands, what it pays

Imports · July 2026

Countries

origin

China and Mexico together supply 59% of it.

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Districts

customs district

States

destination

Ports

entry

Tariff programs

rate provision · imports

27.4% enters free of duty.

Dutiable - HTS chapter 99 rate (duty reported)66.7%$53.4M
Free under HTS chapter 9919.2%$15.4M
Free under legislation, proclamation, or administrative action8.0%$6.4M
Bonded warehouse or Foreign Trade Zone (duty deferred)value hidden
Dutiable - general rate (HTS column 1)value hidden

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Subheadings

8 · ranked by total trade

Suppliers

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12-month trend

ImportsExports

Imports

$80.1MYoY · Pro

Exports

$28.7MYoY · Pro

12-mo low · imports

YoY · Pro

$104.7M$0

January 2025February 2026July 2026

Through July 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Where it comes from, where it lands, what it pays

Imports · July 2026

Countries

origin

China and Mexico together supply 59% of it.

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Districts

customs district

States

destination

Ports

entry

Tariff programs

rate provision · imports

27.4% enters free of duty.

Dutiable - HTS chapter 99 rate (duty reported)66.7%$53.4M
Free under HTS chapter 9919.2%$15.4M
Free under legislation, proclamation, or administrative action8.0%$6.4M
Bonded warehouse or Foreign Trade Zone (duty deferred)value hidden
Dutiable - general rate (HTS column 1)value hidden

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