Analysis
HTS 9209.99.05 covers metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes under heading 9209 (parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories (for example, cards…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 9209.99.10 (mutes for musical instruments; pedals, dampers and spurs for drums…) at 5.7%, a difference of 5.7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 9209.99.10 | Mutes for musical instruments; pedals, dampers and spurs for drums; pedals and holders for cymbals; lyres and other music holders for attachment to musical instruments; and collapsible stands for holding music or for holding musical instruments | 5.7% |
| 9209.99.16 | For pipe organs of subheading 9205.90.12 | Free |
| 9209.99.18 | For instruments of subheading 9205.90.14 | 2.7% |
| 9209.99.20 | Other: for bagpipes | Free |
| 9209.99.40 | For other woodwind and brass wind musical instruments | Free |
| 9209.99.61 | Other: for music boxes | Free |
| 9209.99.80 | Other: other | 5.3% |