9601.90.80.00 - Other

This category, HTS 9601.90.80.00, encompasses "Other" articles derived from animal carving materials. It serves as a residual category for items made from materials such as worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl, and similar animal-derived substances, where the specific type of material or finished product is not explicitly detailed in preceding subheadings under 9601.90. The key criterion for inclusion is that the article is manufactured from one or more of these specified animal carving materials.

To distinguish this category from its siblings, consider the following: HTS 9601.90.20.00 specifically covers worked shell and articles thereof, and 9601.90.60.00 is designated for articles of bone, horn, hoof, whalebone, quill, or combinations thereof. HTS 9601.90.40.00 is limited to coral, cut but not set, and cameos suitable for jewelry. Therefore, HTS 9601.90.80.00 captures articles made from the aforementioned animal carving materials that do not fall neatly into these more specific sibling categories, such as articles of worked ivory or mother-of-pearl that are not otherwise specified.

As this is a leaf node in the HTS classification structure, there are no further subcategories to introduce. Classification within HTS 9601.90.80.00 relies on a careful assessment of the material composition and the absence of a more specific classification elsewhere within heading 9601. Examples of goods that might fall under this classification include carved ivory figurines (not specifically covered elsewhere), decorative items made from mother-of-pearl, or small articles crafted from antler not falling into the bone/horn category.