9603.10.90.00 - Other

This HTS category, 9603.10.90.00, encompasses "Other" brooms and brushes made from twigs or other vegetable materials, bound together, with or without handles. It serves as a residual category for items that do not fit into the more specific sibling classifications. Essentially, if a broom or brush is constructed primarily from vegetable materials like straw, reeds, or other plant fibers, and it doesn't fall under the specific descriptions of whiskbrooms or other brooms wholly or in part of broom corn, then it is classified here.

The distinction from its siblings, "Whiskbrooms, wholly or in part of broom corn" and "Other brooms, wholly or in part of broom corn," lies in the specific material composition and form. While those categories are limited to brooms utilizing broom corn in their construction, this "Other" category is broader, allowing for a wider range of vegetable materials. For instance, brooms made from palm leaves, rice straw, or other plant fibers that are not broom corn would be classified under this heading, provided they meet the general criteria of being vegetable material bound together with or without a handle.

As this is a leaf node in the HTS classification structure, there are no further subcategories to introduce. Therefore, the focus for classification under 9603.10.90.00 is on meticulously examining the material used and ensuring it aligns with the general definition of a broom or brush made from vegetable materials while not meeting the criteria for the more specific broom corn-related subheadings.