9208.10 Musical boxes
A full HS code. These six digits are what goes on a customs declaration, and they mean the same thing in every country that uses the Harmonized System.
Section XVIII, Instruments & Clocks — optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments, clocks and musical instruments.
- 92 Chapter Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
- 08 Heading Musical boxes, fairground and mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and musical instruments n.e.c. in chapter 92; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles; call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments
- 10 Subheading Musical boxes
Chapter 92 covers musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles: from pianos and guitars to electronic instruments and their strings, cases and components. Classification tip: Instruments containing protected woods or materials (certain rosewoods used in guitars, ivory in older pianos) can require CITES documentation alongside the standard HS classification.
All of chapter 92Other codes under 92.08
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 9208.10? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment9208.10 FAQ
9208.10 covers musical boxes. It sits under heading 92.08 (musical boxes, fairground and mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and musical instruments n.e.c. in chapter 92; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles; call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments) in chapter 92, Section XVIII of the Harmonized System.
It is the international part of it. Six digits are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System; the importing country then extends them to eight or ten for its own tariff and statistics. Declare 9208.10 plus whatever national digits the destination’s tariff schedule adds to it.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section XVIII and to chapter 92. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.