95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
The broadest level of the Harmonized System. Pick the heading below that fits your goods, then the six-digit code under it — that last one is what you declare.
Section XX, Miscellaneous Manufactures — furniture, lighting, toys, games, sports equipment and other manufactured articles.
- 95 Chapter Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
- —— Heading Pick one of the 6 headings below
- —— Subheading Six digits, the level every country shares
Chapter 95 covers toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof: from children's toys to sporting goods and gaming equipment. Toy safety regulations (lead content, choking hazards) commonly apply on top of the base customs classification. Classification tip: Toy safety testing (small-parts, lead paint, flammability) is typically a separate compliance regime from the HS code itself, and non-compliant toys can be seized at the border even with a correctly declared classification.
6 headings in chapter 95
Four-digit groups. Pick the one that fits, then the six-digit code inside it.
- 95.03 Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds 1 code
- 95.04 Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment 5 codes
- 95.05 Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, including conjuring tricks and novelty jokes 2 codes
- 95.06 Gymnastics, athletics, other sports (including table tennis) or outdoor games equipment, n.e.c. in this chapter, swimming pools and paddling pools 17 codes
- 95.07 Fishing rods, fish-hooks and other line fishing tackle; fish landing nets and the like; decoy birds (not those of heading no. 9208 or 9705) and similar hunting or shooting requisites 4 codes
- 95.08 Travelling circuses and travelling menageries, amusement park rides and water park amusements, fairground amusements, including shooting galleries and travelling theatres 10 codes
Other chapters in Section XX
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 from chapter 95? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipmentChapter 95 FAQ
Chapter 95 covers toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof: from children's toys to sporting goods and gaming equipment. Toy safety regulations (lead content, choking hazards) commonly apply on top of the base customs classification. Classification tip: Toy safety testing (small-parts, lead paint, flammability) is typically a separate compliance regime from the HS code itself, and non-compliant toys can be seized at the border even with a correctly declared classification.
Pick the heading below that describes the goods, then the six-digit subheading under it. Six digits is the level the Harmonized System defines and the level customs everywhere recognises; anything beyond that is added by the importing country.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section XX and to chapter 95. 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.