HS code 9609: Pencils (other than pencils of heading 9608)
Heading 9609 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 96, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
9609Pencils (other than pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
Place in the nomenclature: 96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles > 9609
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Pencils, crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks (excl. articles of heading 9608)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 5
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 9609
- 9609 10Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a sheath
- 9609 10 10 With leads of graphite
- 9609 10 90 Other
- 9609 20Pencil leads, black or coloured
- 9609 20 00 Pencil leads, black or coloured
- 9609 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Pencils, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
- 9609 90 10 Pastels and drawing charcoals
- 9609 90 90 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.