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
HS heading 96.03 covers 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. Within Chapter 96 it splits into 7 six-digit subheadings spanning brooms and brushes to brushes, each carrying its own customs duty line.
- India exports 2024
- $106.5M
- Share of Chapter 96
- 14.8%
- Rank in its chapter
- #3 of 20
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
HS 96.03 covers 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. At the six-digit line it separates brooms and brushes and brushes, among others — each a distinct duty line shown below. India exports writing instruments, brushware, buttons, combs and a range of finished consumer articles. India exported $106.5M under this code worldwide in 2024, about 14.8% of all Chapter 96 exports, ranking #3 of 20 lines in its chapter (UN Comtrade).
How to read this code
96.03 is the four-digit HS heading for brooms, brushes (including parts of machines), han. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many miscellaneous manufactured articles lines — check our import guides for your market.
Subheadings under HS 96.03
The Harmonised System breaks 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 into these 7 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Brooms and brushes; consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles
Brushes; toothbrushes
Brushes; shaving, hair, nail, eyelash and other toilet brushes for use on the person, including brushes as parts of appliances
Brushes; artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of cosmetics
Brushes; paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (not those of item no. 9603.30), paint pads and rollers
Brushes; constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles
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.
Top destinations for Chapter 96 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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