GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 9209.30

9209.30.00.00.03

9209.30.00.00.03: Musical instrument strings. - Violin strings

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: GCC Common Customs Tariff, in force from 1 January 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026

What you pay

Importing into GCC

Customs duty 5% 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

9209.30 Parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes): musical instrument strings

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 General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free – 4.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.3% Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 14.4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 16% – 25% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 17.8% Peru 6% 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 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

GCC lines: 9209.30

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 GCC Common Customs Tariff, 9209.30.00.00.03 is one of 4 lines under subheading 9209.30, parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes): musical instrument strings.

The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Kilograms.

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 free, the Canada duty is 0%–4.5%, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 14.4%, the Argentina duty is 16%–25%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 3.5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 9% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.

The GCC states imported goods of subheading 9209.30 worth US$1m in 2024.

Questions and answers

What is the GCC import duty for HS code 9209.30.00.00.03?

The customs duty in the GCC Common Customs Tariff is 5%; the supplementary unit is Kilograms. 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.

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