HTS tariff line · chapter 95
9504.40.00
Video game consoles and machines, table or parlor games, including pinball machines, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling equipment, amusement machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment: playing cards
Analysis
HTS 9504.40.00 covers video game consoles and machines, table or parlor games, including pinball machines, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling… under heading 9504 (video game consoles and machines, table or parlor games, including pinball machines…).
This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 60% of the 84 tariff lines in chapter 95. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 323111 (Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)), an industry of 15,140 US establishments employing 280,276 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9504.20.20 | Articles and accessories for billiards of all kinds: balls | Free |
| 9504.20.40 | Articles and accessories for billiards of all kinds: chalk | Free |
| 9504.20.60 | Articles and accessories for billiards of all kinds: tables | Free |
| 9504.20.80 | Articles and accessories for billiards of all kinds: other, including parts and accessories | Free |
| 9504.30.00 | Video game consoles and machines, table or parlor games, including pinball machines, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling equipment, amusement machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment: other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment, other than automatic bowling alley equipment; parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9504.50.00 | Video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9504.90.40 | Game machines, other than those operated by coins, banknotes (paper currency), discs or similar articles; parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9504.90.60 | Chess, checkers, parchisi, backgammon, darts and other games played on boards of a special design, all the foregoing games and parts there of (including their boards); mah-jong and dominoes; any of the foregoing games in combination with each other, or with other games, packaged together as a unit in immediate containers of a type used in retail sales; poker chips and dice | Free |
| 9504.90.90 | Other: other | Free |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.08 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter