HTS tariff line · chapter 95
9504.90.40
Game machines, other than those operated by coins, banknotes (paper currency), discs or similar articles; parts and accessories thereof
Analysis
HTS 9504.90.40 covers game machines, other than those operated by coins, banknotes (paper currency), discs or similar articles; 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.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 60% of the 84 tariff lines in chapter 95, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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.
The other lines in the same group are 9504.90.60 (chess, checkers, parchisi, backgammon, darts and other…, duty-free) and 9504.90.90 (other: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339930 (Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing), an industry of 485 US establishments employing 5,442 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |