HTS tariff line · chapter 92
9205.90.14
Keyboard pipe organs; harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds: other
Analysis
HTS 9205.90.14 covers keyboard pipe organs; harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds: other under heading 9205 (wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 9205.90.60 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 2.7 points on the customs value.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 14.8 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.7%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The general duty rate is 2.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 92 (44th percentile of 40 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $270 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9205.90.12 | Keyboard pipe organs | Free |
| 9205.90.15 | Accordions and similar instruments: piano accordions | Free |
| 9205.90.18 | Accordions and similar instruments: other | 2.6% |
| 9205.90.19 | Accordions and similar instruments; mouth organs: mouth organs | Free |
| 9205.90.20 | Woodwind instruments: bagpipes | Free |
| 9205.90.40 | Woodwind instruments: other | 4.9% |
| 9205.90.60 | Other: other | Free |