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    9403.20.00

    Other metal furniture

    This code covers metal furniture, including household items like beds, cribs, and shelving, as well as other fixtures like lockers and racks. Use this code for importing these metal goods into the US—duty is generally free for standard trade partners, but may be subject to preference programs—as defined within Chapter 94 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

    Other metal furniture

    Detailed information for HTS Code 9403.20.00

    AI Summary

    This tariff code falls within Chapter 94, which covers furniture, bedding, and related items. Code 9403.20.00 specifically covers other metal furniture, encompassing a wide range of items like cribs, toddler beds, and shelving units, as well as more general metal furniture not specifically detailed elsewhere. Numerous subdivisions exist to categorize these items further, from floor-standing ironing boards to specific types of mattress foundations and storage lockers. When selecting a statistical suffix, carefully review the detailed descriptions of each subdivision to pinpoint the item's exact characteristics and ensure accurate classification.

    ChapterChapter 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps a
    SectionSection XX - Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

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    General Duty

    Free

    Standard trade partners (NTR)

    Special Duty

    N/A

    Eligible FTA or preference programs

    The general duty rate for 9403.20.00 and all its subdivisions is Free, meaning no duties are assessed on goods from Standard Trade Partners (NTR). Special rates are not specified, indicating that no preferential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or other preference program reduces the duty below the standard rate. This applies to all subdivisions listed (9403.20.00.11 through 9403.20.00.90). No report units are required for this HTS code.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): 45%

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    Code subdivisions

    9403.20.00.11

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Household: > Floor-standing, metal-top ironing boards

    Parent subheading for dairy herd replacements
    9403.20.00.16

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Household: > Other: > Cribs

    9403.20.00.17

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Household: > Other: > Toddler beds, bassinets, cradles, play yards and other enclosures for confining children

    9403.20.00.35

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Household: > Other: > Mechanically adjustable bed or mattress base, not foldable, having the characteristics of a bed or bed frame, of a width exceeding 91.44 cm, of a length exceeding 184.15 cm, and of a depth exceeding 8.89 cm

    9403.20.00.40

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Household: > Other: > Mattress bases with legs, not foldable, having the characteristics of a stationary (not mechanically adjustable) bed frame, of a width exceeding 91.44 cm, of a length exceeding 184.15 cm and of a depth exceeding 8.89 cm

    Parent subheading for dairy herd replacements
    9403.20.00.46

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Household: > Other: > Foldable mattress foundations with legs, having the characteristics of a bed or bed frame, whether or not mechanically adjustable: > Mechanically adjustable

    9403.20.00.48

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Household: > Other: > Foldable mattress foundations with legs, having the characteristics of a bed or bed frame, whether or not mechanically adjustable: > Stationary (not mechanically adjustable)

    9403.20.00.50

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Household: > Other: > Other

    9403.20.00.75

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Other: > Counters, lockers, racks, display cases, shelves, partitions and similar fixtures: > Boltless or press-fit steel shelving units prepackaged for sale as described in statistical note 4 to this chapter

    9403.20.00.78

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Other: > Counters, lockers, racks, display cases, shelves, partitions and similar fixtures: > Storage lockers, other than exchange lockers as described in statistical note 5 to this chapter

    9403.20.00.82

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Other: > Counters, lockers, racks, display cases, shelves, partitions and similar fixtures: > Steel racks, other than those described in statistical reporting number 9403.20.0075

    9403.20.00.86

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Other: > Counters, lockers, racks, display cases, shelves, partitions and similar fixtures: > Other

    9403.20.00.90

    Other furniture and parts thereof: > Other metal furniture > Other: > Other

    Chapter & section notes

    Chapter notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 94 FURNITURE; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, MATTRESS SUPPORTS, CUSHIONS AND SIMILAR STUFFED FURNISHINGS; LUMINAIRES AND LIGHTING FITTINGS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; ILLUMINATED SIGNS, ILLUMINATED NAMEPLATES AND THE LIKE; PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS XX 94-1 Notes 1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Pneumatic or water mattresses, pillows or cushions, of chapter 39, 40 or 63; (b) Mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground (for example, cheval-glasses (swing-mirrors)) of heading 7009; (c) Articles of chapter 71; (d) Parts of general use as defined in note 2 to section XV, of base metal (section XV), or similar goods of plastics (chapter 39), or safes of heading 8303; (e) Furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment of heading 8418; furniture specially designed for sewing machines (heading 8452); (f) Lamps or light sources and parts thereof of chapter 85; (g) Furniture specially designed as parts of apparatus of heading 8518 (heading 8518), of heading 8519 or 8521 (heading 8522) or of headings 8525 to 8528 (heading 8529); (h) Articles of heading 8714; (ij) Dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 9018 or dentists' spittoons (heading 9018); (k) Articles of chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases); (l) Toy furniture or toy luminaires and lighting fittings (heading 9503), billiard tables or other furniture specially constructed for games (heading 9504), furniture for conjuring tricks or decorations (other than lighting strings) such as Chinese lanterns (heading 9505); or (m) Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 9620). 2. The articles (other than parts) referred to in headings 9401 to 9403 are to be classified in those headings only if they are designed for placing on the floor or ground. The following are, however, to be classified in the above-mentioned headings even if they are designed to be hung, to be fixed to the wall or to stand one on the other: (a) Cupboards, bookcases, other shelved furniture (including single shelves presented with supports for fixing them to the wall) and unit furniture; (b) Seats and beds. 3. (a) In headings 9401 to 9403 references to parts of goods do not include references to sheets or slabs (whether or not cut to shape but not combined with other parts) of glass (including mirrors), marble or other stone or of any other material referred to in chapter 68 or 69. (b) Goods described in heading 9404, entered separately, are not to be classified in heading 9401, 9402 or 9403 as parts of goods. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XX 94-2 Notes (con.) 4. For the purposes of heading 9406, the expression "prefabricated buildings" means buildings which are finished in the factory or put up as elements, entered together, to be assembled on site, such as housing or worksite accommodation, offices, schools, shops, sheds, garages or similar buildings. Prefabricated buildings include “modular building units” of steel, normally presented in the size and shape of a standard shipping container, but substantially or completely pre-fitted internally. Such modular building units are normally designed to be assembled together to form permanent buildings. Additional U.S. Note 1. For the purposes of subheading 9401.20.00, "seats of a kind used for motor vehicles" does not include child safety seats. Statistical Notes 1. In heading 9401, stationary activity centers do not have castors or wheels. 2. For the purposes of statistical reporting number 9401.99.9030, mechanically collapsible sofa bed seat deck components are characterized by an articulating array of metal torsion hinges and struts that square-fold to transition from flat to erect and vice versa and are attached permanently to a controller frame consisting of a metal bar that acts as a bi-directional transit controller. 3. For the purposes of statistical reporting in this chapter, the term “plantation-harvested” means wood harvested from trees grown on a plantation. A plantation is an area of land where trees are established through deliberate planting and/or seeding and are generally harvested at maturity. 4. For the purposes of statistical reporting number 9403.20.0075, the term "boltless or press-fit steel shelving units prepackaged for sale" refers to steel shelving in which the steel vertical and horizontal supports lock together to form the frame for the shelving unit and are assembled primarily without the use of nuts and bolts or screws. Boltless steel shelving includes rivet shelving, welded frame shelving, slot and tab shelving, and punched rivet (quasi-rivet) shelving but does not include wall-mounted shelving or wire shelving units in which a wire deck and wire horizontal supports are integrated into a single piece. 5. For the purposes of statistical reporting number 9403.20.0078, "metal exchange lockers" are lockers with individual locking doors mounted on one master locking door to access multiple units used by commercial businesses, hospitals, police departments, condominiums, apartments, hotels, automobile dealerships, etc. 6. For the purposes of statistical reporting numbers 9404.90.1030, 9404.90.1060, 9404.90.2030 and 9404.90.2060, "bed pillows" are pillows used on a bed to support the head and neck while sleeping. 7. For purposes of heading 9406, the unit of quantity, m2, refers to the floor area of the building when assembled. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XX 94-3

    Section notes

    SECTION XX MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES XX-1 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XX-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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