Analysis
HTS 9205.90.20 covers woodwind instruments: bagpipes 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 9205.90.40 (woodwind instruments: other) at 4.9%, a difference of 4.9 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 38% of the 40 tariff lines in chapter 92 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339992 (Musical Instrument Manufacturing), an industry of 609 US establishments employing 11,633 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9205.90.12 | Keyboard pipe organs | Free |
| 9205.90.14 | Keyboard pipe organs; harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds: other | 2.7% |
| 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 |
| 9205.90.40 | Woodwind instruments: other | 4.9% |
| 9205.90.60 | Other: other | Free |