HTS tariff line · chapter 95
9504.50.00
Video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30, and parts and accessories thereof
Analysis
HTS 9504.50.00 covers video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30, and parts and accessories thereof under heading 9504 (video game consoles and machines, table or parlor games, including pinball machines…).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 60% of the 84 tariff lines in chapter 95 that are also free. 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 339930 (Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing), an industry of 485 US establishments employing 5,442 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
All 9 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
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 |
| 9504.40.00 | 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 | 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 |