9209.94.80

Analysis

HTS 9209.94.80 covers parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9207: other under heading 9209 (parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories (for example, cards…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9209.99.10 (mutes for musical instruments; pedals, dampers and spurs for drums…), at 5.7%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3 percentage points.

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.