Chapter 92 — Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 4-digit heading

92.09 Musical instrument parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments); metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes

One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.

Section XVIII, Instruments & Clocks — optical, photographic, measuring and medical instruments, clocks and musical instruments.

  1. 92 Chapter Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
  2. 09 Heading Musical instrument parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments); metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 5 six-digit codes below

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 92

The 5 six-digit codes under 92.09

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 92

92.01 Pianos; including automatic pianos, harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments 92.02 Musical instruments; string, n.e.c. in heading no. 9201, (e.g. guitars, violins, harps) 92.05 Musical instruments; wind (e.g. keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs 92.06 Musical instruments; percussion (e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas) 92.07 Musical instruments; the sound of which is produced or must be amplified, electrically (e.g. organs, guitars, accordions) 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

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 92.09? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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92.09 FAQ

Heading 92.09 covers musical instrument parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments); metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes. It is part of chapter 92 (musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles), and it is subdivided into 5 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 5 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.

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.

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