| Heading/ Subheading | Stat Suffix | Article Description | Unit of Quantity | Rates of Duty  | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| General | Special | |||||
| 9201 | Pianos, including player pianos; harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments: | |||||
| 9201.10.00 | Upright pianos | 4.7% 1/ | Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% | ||
| 9201.10.00.05 | 05 | Used | No. | |||
| Other: | ||||||
| 9201.10.00.11 | 11 | Containing a case measuring less than 111.76 cm in height | No. | |||
| 9201.10.00.21 | 21 | Containing a case measuring 111.76 cm or more but less than 121.92 cm in height | No. | |||
| 9201.10.00.31 | 31 | Containing a case measuring 121.92 cm or more but less than 129.54 cm in height | No. | |||
| 9201.10.00.41 | 41 | Containing a case measuring 129.54 cm or more in height | No. | |||
| 9201.20.00 | Grand pianos | 4.7% 1/ | Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% | ||
| 9201.20.00.05 | 05 | Used | No. | |||
| Other: | ||||||
| 9201.20.00.11 | 11 | Containing a case measuring less than 152.40 cm in length | No. | |||
| 9201.20.00.21 | 21 | Containing a case measuring 152.40 cm or more but less than 167.64 cm in length | No. | |||
| 9201.20.00.31 | 31 | Containing a case measuring 167.64 cm or more but less than 180.34 cm in length | No. | |||
| 9201.20.00.41 | 41 | Containing a case measuring 180.34 cm or more but less than 195.58 cm in length | No. | |||
| 9201.20.00.51 | 51 | Containing a case measuring 195.58 cm or more in length | No. | |||
| 9201.90.00 | 00 | Other | No. | 3.5% 1/ | Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9202 | Other string musical instruments (for example, guitars, violins, harps): | |||||
| 9202.10.00 | 00 | Played with a bow | No. | 3.2% | Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 37.5% |
| 9202.90 | Other: | |||||
| Guitars: | ||||||
| 9202.90.20 | 00 | Valued not over $100 each, excluding the value of the case | No. | 4.5% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9202.90.40 | 00 | Other | No. | 8.7% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9202.90.60 | 00 | Other | No. | 4.6% | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9205 | Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs: | |||||
| 9205.10.00 | Brass-wind instruments | 2.9% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% | ||
| 9205.10.00.40 | 40 | Valued not over $10 each | No. | |||
| 9205.10.00.80 | 80 | Valued over $10 each | No. | |||
| 9205.90 | Other: | |||||
| Keyboard pipe organs; harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds: | ||||||
| 9205.90.12 | 00 | Keyboard pipe organs | No. | Free 1/ | 35% | |
| 9205.90.14 | 00 | Other | No. | 2.7% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| Accordions and similar instruments; mouth organs: | ||||||
| Accordions and similar instruments: | ||||||
| 9205.90.15 | 00 | Piano accordions | No. | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| 9205.90.18 | 00 | Other | No. | 2.6% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9205.90.19 | 00 | Mouth organs | doz. | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| Woodwind instruments: | ||||||
| 9205.90.20 | 00 | Bagpipes | No. | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| 9205.90.40 | Other | 4.9% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% | ||
| 9205.90.40.20 | 20 | Clarinets | No. | |||
| 9205.90.40.40 | 40 | Saxophones | No. | |||
| 9205.90.40.60 | 60 | Flutes and piccolos (except bamboo) | No. | |||
| 9205.90.40.80 | 80 | Other | No. | |||
| 9205.90.60 | 00 | Other | No. | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| 9206.00 | Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas): | |||||
| 9206.00.20 | 00 | Drums | No. | 4.8% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9206.00.40 | 00 | Cymbals | No. | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| 9206.00.60 | 00 | Sets of tuned bells known as chimes, peals or carillons | No. | Free 1/ | 50% | |
| 9206.00.80 | 00 | Other | No. | 5.3% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9207 | Musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically (for example, organs, guitars, accordions): | |||||
| 9207.10.00 | Keyboard instruments, other than accordions | 5.4% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) 2.7% (JP) | 40% | ||
| Music synthesizers: | ||||||
| 9207.10.00.05 | 05 | Valued under $100 each | No. | |||
| 9207.10.00.10 | 10 | Valued $100 or over each | No. | |||
| Other: | ||||||
| With more than one keyboard: | ||||||
| 9207.10.00.45 | 45 | Valued under $200 each | No. | |||
| 9207.10.00.55 | 55 | Valued $200 or over each | No. | |||
| With one keyboard: | ||||||
| 9207.10.00.60 | 60 | Hand-held | No. | |||
| Other: | ||||||
| 9207.10.00.65 | 65 | Valued under $100 each | No. | |||
| 9207.10.00.75 | 75 | Valued $100 or over each | No. | |||
| 9207.90.00 | Other | 5% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% | ||
| 9207.90.00.40 | 40 | Fretted stringed instruments | No. | |||
| 9207.90.00.80 | 80 | Other | No. | |||
| 9208 | Music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signaling instruments: | |||||
| 9208.10.00 | 00 | Music boxes | No. | 3.2% | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9208.90.00 | Other | 5.3% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% | ||
| 9208.90.00.40 | 40 | Musical instruments | No. | |||
| 9208.90.00.80 | 80 | Other | No. | |||
| 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: | |||||
| 9209.30.00 | 00 | Musical instrument strings | No. | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| Other: | ||||||
| 9209.91 | Parts and accessories for pianos: | |||||
| 9209.91.40 | 00 | Tuning pins | thousands | Free 1/ | $1/1,000 pins + 35% | |
| 9209.91.80 | 00 | Other | No. | 4.2% 1/ | Free (A+, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9209.92 | Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202: | |||||
| 9209.92.20 | 00 | Mutes, collapsible musical instrument stands and music holders for attachment to musical instruments | No. | 3.9% | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 45% |
| 9209.92.40 | 00 | Tuning pins | thousands | 10¢/1,000 pins + 3.5% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | $1/1,000 pins + 35% |
| 9209.92.60 | 00 | Bows, parts of bows, bow hair, chin rests and other parts and accessories for string instruments played with a bow | No. | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| 9209.92.80 | 00 | Other | No. | 4.6% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9209.94 | Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9207: | |||||
| 9209.94.40 | 00 | Collapsible musical instrument stands | No. | 5.7% | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 45% |
| 9209.94.80 | 00 | Other | No. | 2.7% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9209.99 | Other: | |||||
| 9209.99.05 | 00 | Metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes | No. kg | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| 9209.99.10 | 00 | Mutes 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 | No. | 5.7% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 45% |
| Other: | ||||||
| 9209.99.16 | 00 | For pipe organs of subheading 9205.90.12 | No. kg | Free 1/ | 35% | |
| 9209.99.18 | 00 | For instruments of subheading 9205.90.14 | No. | 2.7% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
| 9209.99.20 | 00 | For bagpipes | No. kg | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| 9209.99.40 | For other woodwind and brass wind musical instruments | Free 1/ | 40% | |||
| 9209.99.40.40 | 40 | For woodwind musical instruments | No. kg | |||
| 9209.99.40.80 | 80 | Other | No. kg | |||
| 9209.99.61 | 00 | For music boxes | No. kg | Free 1/ | 40% | |
| 9209.99.80 | 00 | Other | No. | 5.3% 1/ | Free (A*, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | 40% |
CHAPTER 92
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES
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Notes
- 1. This chapter does not cover:
- (a) Parts of general use, as defined in note 2 to section XV, of base metal (section XV), or similar goods of plastics (chapter 39);
- (b) Microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, headphones, switches, stroboscopes or other accessory instruments, apparatus or equipment of chapter 85 or 90, for use with but not incorporated in or housed in the same cabinet as instruments of this chapter;
- (c) Toy instruments or apparatus (heading 9503);
- (d) Brushes for cleaning musical instruments (heading 9603), or monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 9620); or
- (e) Collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 9705 or 9706).
- 2. Bows and sticks and similar devices used in playing the musical instruments of heading 9202 or 9206 entered with such instruments in numbers normal thereto and clearly intended for use therewith, are to be classified in the same heading as the relative instruments.Cards, discs and rolls of heading 9209 entered with an instrument are to be treated as separate articles and not as forming a part of such instrument.
Statistical Notes
- 1. For statistical reporting purposes under subheading 9201.10, the height of an upright piano case is determined by measuring from the floor to the top of the back of the case.
- 2. For statistical reporting purposes under subheading 9201.20, the length of a grand piano case is determined by measuring perpendicularly from the front edge of the cabinet in front of the keys to the farthest point at the center of the grand rim tail.
SECTION XVIII
OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION,
MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES;
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
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