HTS heading · chapter 92
9208
Music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signaling instruments
Analysis
Heading 9208 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles…. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 2 eight-digit tariff lines, with 3 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
None of its 2 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 3.2% to 5.3% with a median of 4.25%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
The largest subheadings are 9208.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 9208.90 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 4.25% sits at the 63rd percentile of the headings in chapter 92.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Musical Instrument Manufacturing (339992) and All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9208.10.00 | Music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signaling instruments: music boxes | 3.2% |
| 9208.90.00 | Music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signaling instruments: other | 5.3% |