HTS tariff line · chapter 92
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
Analysis
HTS 9208.10.00 covers music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other… under heading 9208 (music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 5.3% to 5.3%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9208.90.00 (music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical…), at 5.3%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.1 percentage points.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 12.5 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.2%. 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 3.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 92 (53rd percentile of 40 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $320 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |