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    9205.10.00

    Brass-wind instruments

    HTS code 9205.10.00 covers brass-wind musical instruments like trumpets and trombones. Use this code when importing these instruments, keeping in mind a general duty rate of 2.9% applies, though free duty may be available for goods from certain countries with eligible trade agreements.

    Brass-wind instruments

    Detailed information for HTS Code 9205.10.00

    Chapter 92 covers musical instruments, including their parts and accessories, but excludes items like general-use parts, microphones, and toy instruments. Code 9205.10.00 specifically covers brass-wind instruments such as trumpets and trombones. This code has two subdivisions based on value: 9205.10.00.40 for instruments valued at or below $10 each and 9205.10.00.80 for those valued over $10 each, so be sure to select the correct suffix based on the instrument’s value.

    ChapterChapter 92 - Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
    SectionSection XVIII - Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instrume

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    General Duty

    2.90%

    Standard trade partners (NTR)

    Special Duty

    Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Eligible FTA or preference programs

    The general duty rate for HTS code 9205.10.00 (Brass-wind instruments) is 2.90% applicable to goods originating from countries without a specified preferential trade agreement. Special duty rates of Free apply to goods originating from Australia (AU), Bahrain (BH), Chile (CL), Colombia (CO), Germany (D), European Union (E), Israel (IL), Jordan (JO), Japan (JP), Korea (KR), Morocco (MA), Oman (OM), Panama (P), Peru (PE), Singapore (SG) and other eligible FTA or preference program countries. These rates apply to both subdivisions 9205.10.00.40 (valued not over $10 each) and 9205.10.00.80 (valued over $10 each). No report units are specified.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): 40%

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    Code subdivisions

    9205.10.00.40

    Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs: > Brass-wind instruments > Valued not over $10 each

    9205.10.00.80

    Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs: > Brass-wind instruments > Valued over $10 each

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    Chapter & section notes

    Chapter notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 92 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES XVIII 92-1 Notes 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Parts of general use, as defined in note 2 to section XV, of base metal (section XV), or similar goods of plastics (chapter 39); (b) Microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, headphones, switches, stroboscopes or other accessory instruments, apparatus or equipment of chapter 85 or 90, for use with but not incorporated in or housed in the same cabinet as instruments of this chapter; (c) Toy instruments or apparatus (heading 9503); (d) Brushes for cleaning musical instruments (heading 9603), or monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 9620); or (e) Collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 9705 or 9706). 2. Bows and sticks and similar devices used in playing the musical instruments of heading 9202 or 9206 entered with such instruments in numbers normal thereto and clearly intended for use therewith, are to be classified in the same heading as the relative instruments. Cards, discs and rolls of heading 9209 entered with an instrument are to be treated as separate articles and not as forming a part of such instrument. Statistical Notes 1. For statistical reporting purposes under subheading 9201.10, the height of an upright piano case is determined by measuring from the floor to the top of the back of the case. 2. For statistical reporting purposes under subheading 9201.20, the length of a grand piano case is determined by measuring perpendicularly from the front edge of the cabinet in front of the keys to the farthest point at the center of the grand rim tail. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XVIII 92-2

    Section notes

    SECTION XVIII OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF XVIII-1 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XVIII-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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    November 15, 2025

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