Subheading · Chapter 95 · Heading 9504
9504.30: Other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment, other than automatic bowling alley equipment
Coin-operated games (other)
9504.30 is the HS subheading for coin-operated games (other), under heading 9504 in chapter 95.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9504 30 00 00 Other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment, other than automatic bowling alley equipment
- 9504 30 10 00 Games with screen Freep/st
- 9504 30 20 00 Other games Freep/st
- 9504 30 90 00 Parts 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 1
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
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 on luxury goods
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y945 Travellers' personal effects or goods of a non-commercial nature for travellers' personal use contained in their luggage (Art 10.2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y946 Goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in the DPRK or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff (Art 10.3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
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 |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £36.2m | 29.4% | -25.4% | |
| £29.7m | 24.2% | -6.8% | |
| £20m | 16.2% | -2.1% | |
| £14m | 11.4% | -21.2% | |
| £4m | 3.3% | +184.1% | |
| £3.3m | 2.7% | +32.9% | |
| £3.1m | 2.5% | -12.3% | |
| £2.2m | 1.8% | -13.4% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$123kUS$123k+US$3m+US$62m+> US$181m
Exports: 152
- China: US$922m
- United States: US$626m
- Austria: US$311m
- Australia: US$292m
- Mexico: US$181m
- Taiwan: US$162m
- Bulgaria: US$144m
- Czechia: US$131m
- Slovenia: US$119m
- Germany: US$114m
- Poland: US$89m
- South Korea: US$89m
- Vietnam: US$84m
- Spain: US$76m
- United Kingdom: US$62m
- Japan: US$59m
- Italy: US$51m
- Netherlands: US$41m
- Hungary: US$41m
- Belgium: US$40m
- Canada: US$29m
- Philippines: US$29m
- Portugal: US$26m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$23m
- Macao SAR China: US$16m
- Romania: US$14m
- Singapore: US$13m
- France: US$12m
- Serbia: US$10m
- Greece: US$10m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$9m
- Croatia: US$8m
- Indonesia: US$8m
- Ireland: US$8m
- Denmark: US$5m
- Lithuania: US$5m
- Türkiye: US$3m
- Luxembourg: US$3m
- Latvia: US$3m
- South Africa: US$3m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- Finland: US$2m
- North Macedonia: US$2m
- Peru: US$2m
- Colombia: US$2m
- Cambodia: US$2m
- Sweden: US$1m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- India: US$1m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1m
- Malaysia: US$1m
- Georgia: US$1m
- Estonia: US$1m
- Cyprus: US$779k
- Sint Maarten: US$770k
- Argentina: US$763k
- Sierra Leone: US$746k
- Albania: US$628k
- Thailand: US$627k
- New Zealand: US$622k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1mUS$1m+US$9m+US$43m+> US$145m
Imports: 206
- United States: US$710m
- Canada: US$261m
- Philippines: US$206m
- Spain: US$194m
- United Kingdom: US$187m
- Australia: US$150m
- Mexico: US$145m
- Austria: US$125m
- Germany: US$109m
- France: US$89m
- Japan: US$87m
- Macao SAR China: US$77m
- Vietnam: US$73m
- Singapore: US$72m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$70m
- Czechia: US$67m
- Malaysia: US$64m
- Italy: US$55m
- South Korea: US$51m
- Netherlands: US$46m
- South Africa: US$43m
- United Arab Emirates: US$41m
- Greece: US$40m
- Romania: US$40m
- Serbia: US$37m
- North Macedonia: US$36m
- Bulgaria: US$36m
- Colombia: US$35m
- Peru: US$34m
- Türkiye: US$34m
- China: US$33m
- Hungary: US$32m
- Poland: US$32m
- Ireland: US$31m
- Croatia: US$31m
- Belgium: US$30m
- Indonesia: US$30m
- India: US$24m
- Taiwan: US$23m
- Switzerland: US$22m
- New Zealand: US$22m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$21m
- Portugal: US$21m
- Slovenia: US$18m
- Argentina: US$16m
- Panama: US$14m
- Chile: US$10m
- Montenegro: US$10m
- Brazil: US$10m
- Saudi Arabia: US$9m
- Sweden: US$9m
- Slovakia: US$9m
- Luxembourg: US$9m
- Guatemala: US$8m
- Thailand: US$8m
- Dominican Republic: US$8m
- Georgia: US$8m
- Aruba: US$7m
- Uruguay: US$6m
- Denmark: US$6m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$922m | 23.6% | |
| 2 | US$626m | 16% | |
| 3 | US$311m | 8% | |
| 4 | US$292m | 7.5% | |
| 5 | US$181m | 4.6% | |
| 6 | US$162m | 4.2% | |
| 7 | US$144m | 3.7% | |
| 8 | US$131m | 3.4% | |
| 9 | US$119m | 3.1% | |
| 10 | US$114m | 2.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$710m | 18.2% | |
| 2 | US$261m | 6.7% | |
| 3 | US$206m | 5.3% | |
| 4 | US$194m | 5% | |
| 5 | US$187m | 4.8% | |
| 6 | US$150m | 3.8% | |
| 7 | US$145m | 3.7% | |
| 8 | US$125m | 3.2% | |
| 9 | US$109m | 2.8% | |
| 10 | US$89m | 2.3% |
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.
- 15%median duty
- 32number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 50%highest: Bahamas, Cape Verde, Egypt
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9.4% | 5% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 50% | 45% – 60% | 2022 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9.4% | 5% – 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 9.4% | 5% – 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 0% – 30% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11% | 0% – 30% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 0% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 12% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.8% | 0% – 7% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 9.4% | 5% – 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 17% | 10% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 15% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0.4% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · 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
- 89435 Other games, coin-/disc-operated (not bowling alley equipment)
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 712
- CPC 2.1 product
- 38590 Other articles for funfair, table or parlour games (including articles for billiards, pintables, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment), except video games of a kind used with a television receiver
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3240 Manufacture of games and toys
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9504.30 | changed |
| 2012 | 9504.30 | changed |
| 2007 | 9504.30 | changed |
| 2002 | 9504.30 | changed |
| 1996 | 9504.30, 9504.90 | changed |
| 1992 | 9504.30, 9504.90 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 2
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.
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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The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk
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Trade Tariff news 5806 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 9504.30 covers 3 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides subheading 9504.30 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported coin-operated games (other) worth £122.9m (down 15% on the year before), at an average of £20.53 per kg; China supplied 29%, followed by Germany.
World trade in coin-operated games (other) reached US$4bn in 2024, down 4.8% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 23.6% of the total, ahead of the United States.
Legal notes
Subheading note
1. Subheading 950450 covers:
(a) video game consoles from which the image is reproduced on a television receiver, a monitor or other external screen or surface; or
(b) video game machines having a self-contained video screen, whether or not portable.
This subheading does not cover video game consoles or machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment (subheading 950430).
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment, other than automatic bowling alley equipment?
Other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment, other than automatic bowling alley equipment fall under HS subheading 9504.30, part of heading 9504, in section XX of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9504.30 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 other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9504.30 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank…?
China, with US$922m in 2024 (23.6% of world exports).
Which countries can export coin-operated games (other) to the UK duty-free?
174 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 coin-operated games (other)?
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 coin-operated games (other) from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (29%), Germany (24%) and Austria (16%), out of total imports of £122.9m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.