Subheading · Chapter 92 · Heading 9209
9209.99: Parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes): other, other
Official description Other
Subheading 9209.99 belongs to heading 9209 (parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example…) in chapter 92.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9209 99 00 00 Other
- 9209 99 20 00 Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9205 2%
- Other
- 9209 99 40 00 Metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes 2%
- 9209 99 50 00 Mechanisms for musical boxes Free
- 9209 99 70 00 Other 2%
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 1
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
Import requirements 4
- 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 control
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2018 No. 30
- Documents
- 9028
- 9029
- 9030
- 9037
- Tariff lines
- on 2 of 4 lines
- Import controlImport control - CITES
- Import controlImport control on cat and dog fur
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2009/1056
- Documents
- Y922 Other than cats and dogs fur as mentioned by Regulation (EC) No 1523/2007 (OJ L 343)
- Tariff lines
- on 2 of 4 lines
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free – 2% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3.2m | 27.2% | -0.7% | |
| £2.9m | 24.4% | +29.9% | |
| £1.9m | 15.8% | +63.4% | |
| £780k | 6.5% | +1.8% | |
| £714k | 6% | -5.6% | |
| £352k | 2.9% | +18.3% | |
| £322k | 2.7% | +2.4% | |
| £263k | 2.2% | +44% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$41kUS$41k+US$804k+US$6m+> US$69m
Exports: 136
- China: US$128m
- United States: US$84m
- Germany: US$72m
- France: US$69m
- Taiwan: US$61m
- Japan: US$26m
- Italy: US$22m
- Indonesia: US$14m
- Canada: US$12m
- United Kingdom: US$8m
- Netherlands: US$8m
- Czechia: US$7m
- Tunisia: US$6m
- Austria: US$5m
- Poland: US$4m
- Vietnam: US$4m
- Malaysia: US$4m
- Thailand: US$3m
- Spain: US$3m
- Belgium: US$3m
- Switzerland: US$3m
- Slovenia: US$3m
- Portugal: US$2m
- South Korea: US$2m
- India: US$2m
- Mexico: US$2m
- Sweden: US$2m
- Singapore: US$1m
- Hungary: US$1m
- Türkiye: US$1m
- Morocco: US$1m
- Denmark: US$804k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$648k
- Argentina: US$603k
- Philippines: US$601k
- Slovakia: US$561k
- Brazil: US$455k
- Australia: US$453k
- New Zealand: US$412k
- Serbia: US$410k
- Romania: US$404k
- Pakistan: US$385k
- Latvia: US$343k
- Lithuania: US$335k
- Chile: US$327k
- Ireland: US$296k
- Finland: US$287k
- Greece: US$265k
- Bulgaria: US$243k
- South Africa: US$222k
- Norway: US$204k
- Gabon: US$87k
- Peru: US$82k
- Russia: US$76k
- Croatia: US$74k
- Nepal: US$73k
- Ukraine: US$61k
- Kuwait: US$53k
- United Arab Emirates: US$49k
- Israel: US$45k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$87kUS$87k+US$1m+US$6m+> US$18m
Imports: 200
- United States: US$105m
- Germany: US$64m
- Japan: US$51m
- China: US$41m
- France: US$37m
- Netherlands: US$18m
- Austria: US$15m
- South Korea: US$15m
- United Kingdom: US$14m
- Canada: US$14m
- Indonesia: US$14m
- Spain: US$14m
- Italy: US$12m
- Switzerland: US$11m
- Taiwan: US$10m
- Poland: US$10m
- Australia: US$7m
- Brazil: US$7m
- Mexico: US$6m
- Belgium: US$6m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$5m
- Czechia: US$5m
- Singapore: US$4m
- India: US$4m
- Thailand: US$4m
- Norway: US$4m
- Finland: US$4m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Morocco: US$3m
- Sweden: US$3m
- Chile: US$3m
- Russia: US$3m
- Malaysia: US$3m
- Tunisia: US$3m
- Slovakia: US$3m
- Portugal: US$3m
- Peru: US$3m
- Slovenia: US$2m
- Guatemala: US$2m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Philippines: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Nigeria: US$2m
- Türkiye: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- Colombia: US$1m
- South Africa: US$1m
- New Zealand: US$1m
- Argentina: US$1m
- Israel: US$1m
- Ecuador: US$1m
- Vietnam: US$1m
- Kazakhstan: US$958k
- Sri Lanka: US$804k
- Luxembourg: US$758k
- United Arab Emirates: US$738k
- Serbia: US$677k
- Saudi Arabia: US$669k
- Hungary: US$669k
- Panama: US$636k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$128m | 22.3% | |
| 2 | US$84m | 14.7% | |
| 3 | US$72m | 12.5% | |
| 4 | US$69m | 12% | |
| 5 | US$61m | 10.7% | |
| 6 | US$26m | 4.6% | |
| 7 | US$22m | 3.9% | |
| 8 | US$14m | 2.4% | |
| 9 | US$12m | 2.1% | |
| 10 | US$8m | 1.5% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$105m | 18.3% | |
| 2 | US$64m | 11.2% | |
| 3 | US$51m | 8.9% | |
| 4 | US$41m | 7.1% | |
| 5 | US$37m | 6.5% | |
| 6 | US$18m | 3.1% | |
| 7 | US$15m | 2.7% | |
| 8 | US$15m | 2.6% | |
| 9 | US$14m | 2.5% | |
| 10 | US$14m | 2.5% |
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.
- 8%median duty
- 37number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 32%highest: Iran, Algeria, Cameroon
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 | ||
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 19% | 12% – 22% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 3.4% | 0% – 5.5% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.6% | 1.7% – 3.2% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 32% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 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 | ||
| 0.6%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 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 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 13% | 10% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 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 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0.5%* | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 13% | 12% – 13% | 2023 | |
| 9% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1.5% | 0% – 2% | 2023 | |
| 1.7% | 0% – 5.7% | 2023 | |
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 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
- 8989 Parts & accessories of musical instruments (e.g., mechanisms for music boxes, perforated cards, discs & rolls for mechanical instruments); metronomes, tuning-forks & pitch-pipes of all kinds
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 711220
- CPC 2.1 product
- 38360 Parts and accessories of musical instruments; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3220 Manufacture of musical instruments
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9209.99 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 9209.99 | changed |
| 2007 | 9209.99 | changed |
| 2002 | 9209.10, 9209.20, 9209.93, 9209.99 | changed |
| 1996 | 9209.10, 9209.20, 9209.93, 9209.99 | changed |
| 1992 | 9209.10, 9209.20, 9209.93, 9209.99 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 4
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.
- N359926 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of The tariff classification of cymbal blanks from Germany
- N298361 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a tuning hardware package from Taiwan
- N294156 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of flute head joints from Germany
- N287809 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of head joints from Germany
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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FR Doc. 2026-15961 · 91 FR 50756 · Source: federalregister.gov
The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 9209.99 into 4 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 2% (average 1.5%). 1 of them is duty-free.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, subheading 9209.99 covers 4 tariff lines and the duty is between 1.7% and 3.2%.
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 – 2%.
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 £11.9m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 17% on the year before); China supplied 27%, followed by United States.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$573m (+2% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$128m), followed by the United States.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes): other, other?
Parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes): other, other fall under HS subheading 9209.99, part of heading 9209, in section XVIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on parts (for example, mechanisms for musical… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9209.99 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 2%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on parts (for example, mechanisms for musical… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9209.99 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 1.7% to 3.2%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most parts (for example, mechanisms for musical…?
China, with US$128m in 2024 (22.3% 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 – 2% 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 (27%), United States (24%) and France (16%), out of total imports of £11.9m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.