The Product
- A fabric ball filled with colored chalk powder. By weight it is 94.45 percent chalk, 5.28 percent fabric and 0.27 percent plastic.
- Designed for outdoor play. It is thrown at a person or a surface, like a water balloon, and leaves a small amount of chalk powder on contact.
- It can be used until the chalk powder runs out.
- Sold at retail stores as a toy, principally designed for the amusement of children ages 6 and older.
CBP's Ruling
| Item | HTS code | CBP's description of the line |
|---|---|---|
| Chalk Blast Ball, item #859466 | HTS 9503.00.0073 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys… dolls, other toys… puzzles of all kinds; parts and accessories thereof… ‘Children’s products’ as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 2052: Other: Labeled or determined by importer as intended for use by persons: 3 to 12 years of age. |
Explanation
Heading 9503 names other toys, and CBP placed the ball on the line for children's products labeled or determined by the importer as intended for ages 3 to 12; the ball is sold as a toy and is principally designed for the amusement of children ages 6 and older. The requester proposed that line and CBP agreed.
Does this apply to your product?
It likely does if you can answer yes to each of these:
- Is it a fabric ball filled with chalk powder that leaves a chalk mark when thrown?
- Is it sold as a toy for the amusement of children?
- Is the youngest age it is intended for between 3 and 12 years?
A no to any of them can mean a different code. A licensed broker can classify your product.
The code today
| HTS code | In today's schedule | Where it sits | Today's duty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9503.00.0073 | ✓ Still in the schedule | Heading 9503 › 3 to 12 years of age | Today's duty from China |
Checked against today's tariff schedule. The duty calculator opens with the code and country filled in.
Related rulings
CBP put other toy balls on the same line: a toy pickle ball set in N338416, a light-up ball in N206717, a Super Skin Dodge Ball in N306655 and a hovering ball shooting toy in N310943. N353849 covers a plush soccer ball toy.
- N338416March 15, 2024Toy pickle ball set from China9503.00.0073
- N353849October 9, 2025Plush soccer ball toy from China9503.00.0073
- N206717March 22, 2012Light-up ball from China9503.00.0073
- N336465November 29, 2023Telescopes from China9005.80.4040, 9503.00.0073
- N306655October 22, 2019“Super Skin Dodge Ball” from China9503.00.0073
- N310943April 3, 2020Hovering ball shooting toy from China9503.00.0073
- N327599August 18, 2022Hypnotic aquarium from China9503.00.0090
- N339910May 24, 2024Paper puppets from China9503.00.0073
Borderless, a licensed U.S. customs brokerage, summarized CBP ruling N353374 in plain English and checked its codes against the letter and today's tariff schedule. A ruling applies only to goods that match its facts; our terms explain the rest. Terms