Customs Tariff of Canada · tariff item · HS 9209.92

9209.92.20.00

9209.92.20.00: For other string instruments, except keyboard string instruments

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff of Canada, in force from 11 September 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 9209 Parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments) of musical instruments; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds.
  2. 92099 Other:
  3. 9209.92 Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 92.02
  4. 9209.92.20 For other string instruments, except keyboard string instruments
  5. 9209.92.20.00 For other string instruments, except keyboard string instruments

What you pay

Importing into Canada

Customs duty 6% standard rate depends on the country of origin

Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.

Same subheading in other tariffs

9209.92 Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202

UK 2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line EU 2.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 2.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free – 4.6% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 2.8% · 1× specific or compound duty Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 14.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 16% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan 3.5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Nigeria 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

Canada lines: 9209.92

Binding rulings for similar goods

Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.

  • N348916 U.S. CBP 22 May 2025 · 9209.92.80.00

    The tariff classification the “Stringprotech” from China

  • N340584 U.S. CBP 21 June 2024 · 9209.92.80.00

    The tariff classification of a guitar headstock support tool from China

  • N282208 U.S. CBP 12 January 2017 · 9209.92.80.00

    The tariff classification of a guitar strap from China

Legal notes

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

  1. (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);

  2. (b) microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, headphones, switches, stroboscopes and 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;

  3. (c) toy instruments and apparatus (heading 9503);

  4. (d) brushes for cleaning musical instruments (heading 9603), or monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 9620); or

  5. (e) collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 9705 or 9706).

2. Bows and sticks and similar devices used in playing the musical instruments of headings 9202 or 9206 presented 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 presented with an instrument are to be treated as separate articles and not as forming a part of such instrument.

Chapter notes: Chapter 92 →

In the Customs Tariff of Canada, 9209.92.20.00 is one of 3 lines under subheading 9209.92, parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202.

The MFN tariff rate is 6%.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 2%, the EU duty is 2.7%, the Türkiye duty is 2.7%, the US duty is 0%–4.6%, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 14.4%, the Argentina duty is 16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 3.5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 9% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.

Canada imported goods of subheading 9209.92 worth US$5m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.

Questions and answers

What is the Canada import duty for tariff item 9209.92.20.00?

The MFN tariff rate in the Customs Tariff of Canada is 6%. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.

Where does Canada import these goods from?

For subheading 9209.92 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$2m), followed by China.

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