HTS Index

HTS heading 9303

Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shot- guns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns) — 23 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
9303Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shot- guns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns) + Ch. 99not stated
9303.10.00.00Muzzle-loading firearms + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9303.20.00Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles + Ch. 992.6%
9303.20.00.20Autoloading + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 9303.20.00)No.
9303.20.00.30Pump action + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 9303.20.00)No.
9303.20.00.40Over and under + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 9303.20.00)No.
9303.20.00.65Other + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 9303.20.00)No.
9303.20.00.80Combination shotgun-rifles + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 9303.20.00)No.
9303.30Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles + Ch. 99not stated
9303.30.40Valued over $25 but not over $50 each + Ch. 993.8% on the value of the rifle + 10% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any
9303.30.40.10Telescopic sights imported with rifles + Ch. 993.8% on the value of the rifle + 10% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.40)No.
9303.30.40.20Centerfire + Ch. 993.8% on the value of the rifle + 10% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.40)No.
9303.30.40.30Rimfire + Ch. 993.8% on the value of the rifle + 10% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.40)No.
9303.30.80Other + Ch. 993.1% on the value of the rifle + 13% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any
9303.30.80.05Telescopic sights imported with rifles + Ch. 993.1% on the value of the rifle + 13% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.80)No.
9303.30.80.10Autoloading + Ch. 993.1% on the value of the rifle + 13% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.80)No.
9303.30.80.12Single shot + Ch. 993.1% on the value of the rifle + 13% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.80)No.
9303.30.80.17Other + Ch. 993.1% on the value of the rifle + 13% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.80)No.
9303.30.80.25Other + Ch. 993.1% on the value of the rifle + 13% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.80)No.
9303.30.80.30Rimfire + Ch. 993.1% on the value of the rifle + 13% on the value of the telescopic sight, if any (inherited from 9303.30.80)No.
9303.90Other + Ch. 99not stated
9303.90.40.00Pistols and revolvers designed to fire only blank cartridges or blank ammunition + Ch. 994.2%No.
9303.90.80.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.

14 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

23 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.