Subheading · Chapter 92 · Heading 9208
9208.10: Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs: musical boxes
Official description Musical boxes
Subheading 9208.10 belongs to heading 9208 (musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing…) in chapter 92.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9208 10 00 00 Musical boxes Free
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Import requirements 2
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/707, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control - CITES
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2021 No. 54
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2.3m | 96.7% | -10.3% | |
| £38k | 1.6% | +1,305.9% | |
| £11k | 0.5% | +75,566.7% | |
| £11k | 0.5% | +237% | |
| £7k | 0.3% | — | |
| £6k | 0.2% | +266% | |
| £3k | 0.1% | — | |
| £2k | 0.1% | -82.2% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$17kUS$17k+US$181k+US$674k+> US$3m
Exports: 93
- China: US$48m
- Saudi Arabia: US$11m
- Germany: US$3m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- France: US$2m
- India: US$1m
- United States: US$1m
- Italy: US$742k
- Singapore: US$674k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$620k
- Japan: US$506k
- United Kingdom: US$500k
- Netherlands: US$458k
- Philippines: US$443k
- Bulgaria: US$395k
- Belgium: US$245k
- Spain: US$234k
- Denmark: US$228k
- Canada: US$188k
- United Arab Emirates: US$183k
- Poland: US$181k
- Czechia: US$137k
- Romania: US$131k
- Croatia: US$131k
- Taiwan: US$130k
- South Korea: US$93k
- Brazil: US$82k
- Pakistan: US$67k
- Indonesia: US$65k
- Türkiye: US$58k
- Qatar: US$54k
- Australia: US$43k
- Lithuania: US$42k
- Russia: US$41k
- Vietnam: US$37k
- Austria: US$31k
- South Africa: US$25k
- Greece: US$24k
- Sweden: US$22k
- Norway: US$21k
- El Salvador: US$17k
- Chile: US$17k
- Thailand: US$17k
- Ukraine: US$12k
- Slovakia: US$10k
- Ireland: US$10k
- Israel: US$9k
- Finland: US$9k
- Malaysia: US$8k
- Slovenia: US$7k
- Kuwait: US$6k
- Serbia: US$6k
- Portugal: US$6k
- New Zealand: US$6k
- Macao SAR China: US$5k
- Estonia: US$4k
- Kazakhstan: US$4k
- Bahrain: US$4k
- Hungary: US$4k
- Tanzania: US$4k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$29kUS$29k+US$158k+US$940k+> US$3m
Imports: 175
- United States: US$20m
- United Arab Emirates: US$11m
- Germany: US$5m
- United Kingdom: US$4m
- France: US$3m
- South Korea: US$3m
- Italy: US$2m
- Netherlands: US$2m
- Japan: US$2m
- Australia: US$1m
- Thailand: US$1m
- Spain: US$1m
- Switzerland: US$1m
- Brazil: US$1m
- Canada: US$1m
- Singapore: US$1m
- Mexico: US$940k
- Poland: US$930k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$856k
- Austria: US$820k
- Vietnam: US$594k
- Taiwan: US$534k
- Türkiye: US$459k
- Malaysia: US$435k
- Belgium: US$420k
- Russia: US$411k
- China: US$386k
- Romania: US$331k
- Denmark: US$322k
- Indonesia: US$251k
- Ireland: US$249k
- Finland: US$243k
- Chile: US$230k
- Greece: US$225k
- Qatar: US$223k
- Algeria: US$220k
- Czechia: US$208k
- Iran: US$200k
- Israel: US$185k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$183k
- Macao SAR China: US$172k
- India: US$158k
- Argentina: US$152k
- Saudi Arabia: US$142k
- Kazakhstan: US$135k
- Portugal: US$129k
- Peru: US$126k
- Hungary: US$121k
- Sweden: US$116k
- South Africa: US$110k
- Norway: US$107k
- Costa Rica: US$103k
- Philippines: US$103k
- Slovakia: US$96k
- Greenland: US$96k
- New Zealand: US$81k
- Ecuador: US$79k
- Bulgaria: US$77k
- Iraq: US$72k
- Colombia: US$70k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$48m | 63.7% | |
| 2 | US$11m | 14.1% | |
| 3 | US$3m | 4% | |
| 4 | US$2m | 2.6% | |
| 5 | US$2m | 2.3% | |
| 6 | US$1m | 1.9% | |
| 7 | US$1m | 1.9% | |
| 8 | US$742k | 1% | |
| 9 | US$674k | 0.9% | |
| 10 | US$620k | 0.8% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$20m | 27.3% | |
| 2 | US$11m | 15.3% | |
| 3 | US$5m | 6.7% | |
| 4 | US$4m | 4.8% | |
| 5 | US$3m | 4.4% | |
| 6 | US$3m | 3.4% | |
| 7 | US$2m | 2.9% | |
| 8 | US$2m | 2.8% | |
| 9 | US$2m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$1m | 1.8% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 10%median duty
- 29number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 55%highest: Iran, Kiribati, Sudan
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.7% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 55% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 2%* | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3.2% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0.2% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 89829 Music boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws & other musical instruments, n.e.s.; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns & other mouth-blown sound signaling instruments
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 713202
- CPC 2.1 product
- 38350 Other musical instruments (including percussion instruments, musical boxes and fairground organs); decoy calls; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3220 Manufacture of musical instruments
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9208.10 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 9208.10 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 9208.10 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 9208.10 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 9208.10 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 9208.10 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 3
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.
- N335478 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of the “Happy Loop” music box with note cards from China
- N279918 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of the “21-Piece Peanuts Display” assortment from China
- 600009978 HMRC
A musical tin. The item has a lid and base, made from iron and coated with tin plate. The musical element comes from a manual mechanism underneath which when wound by hand plays a musical tune. Approximate size 87mm x 87mm x 125 mm H. The musical tin is shipped empty to a manufacturing site in the…
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 9208.10; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 9208.10 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 2.7%.
173 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of Free.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £2.4m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 10% on the year before); China supplied 97%, followed by Japan.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$75m (+1.3% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$48m), followed by Saudi Arabia.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs: musical boxes?
Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs: musical boxes fall under HS subheading 9208.10, part of heading 9208, in section XVIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9208.10 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9208.10 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical…?
China, with US$48m in 2024 (63.7% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
173 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (97%), Japan (2%) and Poland (1%), out of total imports of £2.4m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.