9810.00.35.00
Letters, numbers, and other symbols; number cards and other arithmetical materials; printed matter; blocks and other dimensional shapes; geometrical figures, plane or solid; geographical globes; tuned bells and basic materials for understanding music; model articles and figures of animate objects; puzzles and games; flags; dressing frames; dummy clocks; bottles, boxes, and other containers or holders; all the foregoing, whether or not in sets, fabricated to specification and designed for the classroom instruction of children; and containers or holders fabricated to specification and designed for the storage of such instructional articles when not in use
Classification path
- Articles imported for the use of any public library, any other public institution or any nonprofit institution established for educational, scientific, literary or philosophical purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts
- Letters, numbers, and other symbols; number cards and other arithmetical materials; printed matter; blocks and other dimensional shapes; geometrical figures, plane or solid; geographical globes; tuned bells and basic materials for understanding music; model articles and figures of animate objects; puzzles and games; flags; dressing frames; dummy clocks; bottles, boxes, and other containers or holders; all the foregoing, whether or not in sets, fabricated to specification and designed for the classroom instruction of children; and containers or holders fabricated to specification and designed for the storage of such instructional articles when not in use
Rates of duty
- General (MFN)
- Free
- Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus
- The rate applicable in the absence of this subheading
- Unit of quantity
- kg
Related lines in heading 9810
- 9810.00.05.00Drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, sound recordings, recorded video tapes and photographic and other prints, all the foregoing whether bound or unbound, and exposed photographic films (including motion-picture films) whether or not developedFree
- 9810.00.10.00Painted, colored or stained glass windows and parts thereof, all the foregoing valued over $161 per square meter and designed by, and produced by or under the direction of, a professional artistFree
- 9810.00.15.00Articles imported for the use of an institution established solely for religious purposes / RegaliaFree
- 9810.00.20.00Hand-woven fabrics, to be used by the institution in making religious vestments for its own use or for saleFree
- 9810.00.25.00Altars, pulpits, communion tables, baptismal fonts, shrines, mosaics, iconostases, or parts, appurtenances or adjuncts of any of the foregoing, whether to be physically joined thereto or not, and statuary (except granite or marble cemetery headstones, granite or marble grave markers and granite or marble feature memorials, and except casts of plaster of Paris, or of compositions of paper or papier-mâché)Free
- 9810.00.30.00Drawings and plans, reproductions thereof, engravings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, globes, sound recordings, recorded video tapes and photographic and other prints, all the foregoing whether bound or unbound, and exposed photographic films (including motion-picture films) whether or not developedFree
- 9810.00.40.00Sculptures and statuaryFree
- 9810.00.45.00RegaliaFree
- 9810.00.50.00Any textile machine or machinery or part thereof, solely for the instruction of studentsFree
- 9810.00.55.00Patterns and models exclusively for exhibition or educational use at any such institutionFree
- 9810.00.60.00Instruments and apparatus, if no instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value for the purposes for which the instrument or apparatus is intended to be used is being manufactured in the United States (see U.S. note 6 to this subchapter)Free
- 9810.00.65.00Repair components for instruments or apparatus admitted under subheading 9810.00.60Free
About heading 9810
Articles imported for the use of an institution established solely for religious purposes
Heading 9810 covers articles imported for the use of institutions established solely for religious purposes, plus a few religious articles that qualify whether or not a religious institution is the importer. The lines split by article type: artwork and prints, stained glass windows, regalia, hand-woven vestment fabric, church furnishings and statuary, educational materials and equipment, scientific and medical apparatus, and religious observance items such as prayer shawls and Gohonzon scrolls. Most lines in this heading carry a general (MFN) rate of Free.
Full guide to heading 9810Products in this heading
- Prayer shawls and bags for keeping prayer shawls used in religious observance
- Gohonzon scrolls or tablets of wood or paper used in public or private religious observances
- Hand-woven fabric imported by a religious institution to make its own vestments
- Altars, pulpits, communion tables and baptismal fonts for a church
- Stained glass windows designed by a professional artist and valued over $161 per square meter
- Regalia used by a religious institution
- Sculptures and statuary for a religious institution
- Tuned bells and other basic materials for teaching music in a religious school classroom
Frequently asked questions
What is the HTS code for prayer shawls?
Prayer shawls, bags for keeping prayer shawls, and headwear used for public or private religious observances are classified under 9810.00.90.00. The general (MFN) rate for that line is Free.
What is the duty on regalia imported by a religious institution?
Regalia is provided for at 9810.00.15.00 and at 9810.00.45.00, depending on the line that applies to the goods. Both lines carry a general (MFN) rate of Free.
Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, retrieved October 22, 2026.