HTS Index

HTS heading 9205

Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs — 17 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
9205Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs + Ch. 99not stated
9205.10.00Brass-wind instruments + Ch. 992.9%
9205.10.00.40Valued not over $10 each + Ch. 992.9% (inherited from 9205.10.00)No.
9205.10.00.80Valued over $10 each + Ch. 992.9% (inherited from 9205.10.00)No.
9205.90Other + Ch. 99not stated
9205.90.12.00Keyboard pipe organs + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9205.90.14.00Other + Ch. 992.7%No.
9205.90.15.00Piano accordions + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9205.90.18.00Other + Ch. 992.6%No.
9205.90.19.00Mouth organs + Ch. 99Freedoz.
9205.90.20.00Bagpipes + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9205.90.40Other + Ch. 994.9%
9205.90.40.20Clarinets + Ch. 994.9% (inherited from 9205.90.40)No.
9205.90.40.40Saxophones + Ch. 994.9% (inherited from 9205.90.40)No.
9205.90.40.60Flutes and piccolos (except bamboo) + Ch. 994.9% (inherited from 9205.90.40)No.
9205.90.40.80Other + Ch. 994.9% (inherited from 9205.90.40)No.
9205.90.60.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.

6 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

17 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.