Analysis
HTS 9504.90.90 covers other: other under heading 9504 (video game consoles and machines, table or parlor games, including pinball machines…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
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 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.
The other lines in the same group are 9504.90.40 (game machines, other than those operated by coins…, duty-free) and 9504.90.60 (chess, checkers, parchisi, backgammon, darts and other…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339920 (Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing), an industry of 1,662 US establishments employing 39,073 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |