HTS Index

HTS heading 9209

Parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments) of musical instruments; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds — 24 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
9209Parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments) of musical instruments; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds + Ch. 99not stated
9209.30.00.00Musical instrument strings + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9209.91Parts and accessories for pianos + Ch. 99not stated
9209.91.40.00Tuning pins + Ch. 99Freethousands
9209.91.80.00Other + Ch. 994.2%No.
9209.92Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202 + Ch. 99not stated
9209.92.20.00Mutes, collapsible musical instrument stands and music holders for attachment to musical instruments + Ch. 993.9%No.
9209.92.40.00Tuning pins + Ch. 9910¢/1,000 pins + 3.5%thousands
9209.92.60.00Bows, parts of bows, bow hair, chin rests and other parts and accessories for string instruments played with a bow + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9209.92.80.00Other + Ch. 994.6%No.
9209.94Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9207 + Ch. 99not stated
9209.94.40.00Collapsible musical instrument stands + Ch. 995.7%No.
9209.94.80.00Other + Ch. 992.7%No.
9209.99Other + Ch. 99not stated
9209.99.05.00Metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes + Ch. 99FreeNo., kg
9209.99.10.00Mutes for musical instruments; pedals, dampers and spurs for drums; pedals and holders for cymbals; lyres and other music holders for attachment to musical instruments; and collapsible stands for holding music or for holding musical instruments + Ch. 995.7%No.
9209.99.16.00For pipe organs of subheading 9205.90.12 + Ch. 99FreeNo., kg
9209.99.18.00For instruments of subheading 9205.90.14 + Ch. 992.7%No.
9209.99.20.00For bagpipes + Ch. 99FreeNo., kg
9209.99.40For other woodwind and brass wind musical instruments + Ch. 99Free
9209.99.40.40For woodwind musical instruments + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9209.99.40)No., kg
9209.99.40.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9209.99.40)No., kg
9209.99.61.00For music boxes + Ch. 99FreeNo., kg
9209.99.80.00Other + Ch. 995.3%No.

2 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

24 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.