Analysis
HTS 9206.00.60 covers sets of tuned bells known as chimes, peals or carillons under heading 9206 (percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 9206.00.80 (percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones…) at 5.3%, a difference of 5.3 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 50% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 50% 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.
The other lines in the same group are 9206.00.20 (percussion musical instruments (for example, drums…, 4.8%), 9206.00.40 (percussion musical instruments (for example, drums…, duty-free) and 9206.00.80 (percussion musical instruments (for example, drums…, 5.3%).
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9206.00.20 | Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas): drums | 4.8% |
| 9206.00.40 | Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas): cymbals | Free |
| 9206.00.80 | Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas): other | 5.3% |