HTSUS Chapter 69 on the customs broker exam

Chapter 69 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers Ceramic products. Across the released customs broker exams, 7 questions turn on classifying goods in this chapter. Drawn from 5 released sittings, April 2018 through October 2024. Below: every heading CBP has tested, the official heading text, and each exam question that used it.

6911 — Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china

What is the CLASSIFICATION of a teacup that is made of a porcelain containing 28 percent of tricalcium phosphate, valued at $18, and offered for sale in the same pattern as all of the other articles listed in Additional U.S. Note 6(b) to Chapter 69, HTSUS, with the aggregate value of all those articles listed in that note being $900?
April 2018 exam, question 39 · tests 6911.10.2500. Full question, answer and citation →
What is the CLASSIFICATION of a teacup that is made of a porcelain containing 28 percent of tricalcium phosphate, valued at $18.00, and not available in specified sets?
April 2025 exam, question 33 · tests 6911.10.2500. Full question, answer and citation →
What is the CLASSIFICATION of a teacup that is made of a porcelain containing 28% tricalcium phosphate, valued at $18, and offered for sale in the same pattern as all of the other articles listed in Additional U.S. Note 6(b) to Chapter 69, HTSUS, with the aggregate value of all those articles listed in that note being $900?
October 2021 exam, question 43 · tests 6911.10.2500. Full question, answer and citation →

6907 — Ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing; finishing ceramics

What is the CLASSIFICIATION of glazed ceramic mosaic cubes on a mesh backing which measure approximately 1 centimeter wide by 1 centimeter long by 1 centimeter thick, and have a water absorption coefficient by weight of .3 percent?
April 2018 exam, question 32 · tests 6907.30.3000. Full question, answer and citation →
What is the CLASSIFICIATION of glazed ceramic mosaic cubes on a mesh backing which measure approximately 1 centimeter (cm) wide by 1 cm long by 1 cm thick, and have a water absorption coefficient by weight of 0.3%?
October 2021 exam, question 35 · tests 6907.30.3000. Full question, answer and citation →

6904 — Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like

What is the CLASSIFICATION of heat insulating solid building bricks made of ceramic?
October 2024 exam, question 31 · tests 6904.10.0010. Full question, answer and citation →

6912

What is the CLASSIFICATION of a single dinnerware plate that is made of stoneware, measures 15.3 cm in diameter, is offered for sale in the same pattern as all of the other articles listed in Chapter 69 Additional U.S. Note 6(b), with the aggregate value of all those articles listed in that note being $37?
October 2018 exam, question 51 · tests 6912.00.3510. Full question, answer and citation →

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