Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof
HS v2017 Code: 9614
About smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof
hs code 9614 covers a range of smoking accessories, including pipes, pipe bowls, and cigar/cigarette holders. This industry plays a significant role in the global tobacco and smoking culture, catering to the preferences and needs of smokers worldwide. These products are not only functional but also often serve as fashion accessories and collectibles, contributing to the broader consumer goods and lifestyle sectors.
Production process
The production of smoking pipes and related accessories typically involves a combination of traditional craftsmanship and modern manufacturing techniques. Skilled artisans often hand-carve pipe bowls from materials like briar wood, meerschaum, or clay, while the stems and other components may be produced using automated processes. The assembly of these parts, including the fitting of the bowl to the stem, is a delicate and precise operation that requires specialized knowledge and experience.
Production inputs
The main inputs for the production of hs code 9614 items include raw materials such as briar wood, meerschaum, clay, and various metals for the stems and fittings. Additionally, specialized tools and machinery, such as lathes, carving tools, and finishing equipment, are essential for the manufacturing process. The industry also relies on skilled labor, with experienced pipe makers and accessory craftsmen playing a crucial role in the production of high-quality smoking products.
Production outputs
The primary outputs of hs code 9614 are smoking pipes, pipe bowls, and cigar/cigarette holders, which are then consumed by 2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes and 2403 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; 'homogenized' or 'reconstituted' tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences industries. These smoking accessories may also be used in conjunction with 2401 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse products, catering to the broader tobacco and smoking-related market.
Family tree for smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof
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A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/96'>96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9614'>9614: Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof</a>"]
A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9601'>9601: Ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material and articles of these materials; worked, (including articles obtained by moulding)</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9602'>9602: Vegetable, mineral carving material and articles of these materials, moulded or carved articles of wax, stearin, natural gums, resins or modelling pastes, worked unhardened gelatin (not heading no. 3503)</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9603'>9603: 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</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9604'>9604: Hand sieves and hand riddles</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9605'>9605: Travel sets; for personal toilet, sewing, shoe or clothes cleaning</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9606'>9606: Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9607'>9607: Slide fasteners and parts thereof</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9608'>9608: Pens; ball-point, felt tipped, other porous tipped pens; fountain pens, stylograph pens duplicating stylos, propelling or sliding pencils; parts of the foregoing, excluding those of heading no. 9609</a>"]
A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9609'>9609: Pencils (not of heading no. 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks</a>"]
A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9610'>9610: Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed</a>"]
A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9611'>9611: Stamps; date, numbering, sealing stamps and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating by hand; hand operated composing sticks and printing sets</a>"]
A --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9612'>9612: Typewriter, similar ribbons, inked, otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes</a>"]
A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9613'>9613: Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical and parts thereof other than flints and wicks</a>"]
A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9615'>9615: Combs, hair-slides and similar; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips and hair curlers and the like, other than those of heading no. 8516 and parts thereof</a>"]
A --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9616'>9616: Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations</a>"]
A --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9617'>9617: Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners</a>"]
A --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9618'>9618: Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing</a>"]
A --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9619'>9619: Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material</a>"]
A --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/9620'>9620: Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles</a>"]
B --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/961400'>961400: Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts thereof</a>"]
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