ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) · CET code · HS 9206.00
9206.00.00.00: Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals..).
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), in force from 7 September 2023 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into Nigeria
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
9206.00 Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas)
UK specific or compound duty Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU 3.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 3.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA Free – 5.3% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
Canada Free – 6% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 1.5% 
Mexico 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Brazil 16.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 18% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines 
Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 6.8% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 9% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 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.
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(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);
(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;
(c) toy instruments and apparatus (heading 9503);
(d) brushes for cleaning musical instruments (heading 9603), or monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 9620); or
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.
CET code 9206.00.00.00 is a line of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) under HS subheading 9206.00 (percussion musical instruments).
The import duty is 10%, and quantities are declared in U.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 3.2%, the Türkiye duty is 3.2%, the US duty is 0%–5.3%, the Canada duty is 0%–6%, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 16.2%, the Argentina duty is 18%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 6.8%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free and the North Macedonia duty is 9%.
Nigeria imported goods of subheading 9206.00 worth US$3m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.
Questions and answers
What is the Nigeria import duty for CET code 9206.00.00.00?
The import duty in the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) is 10%; the supplementary unit is U. 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 Nigeria import these goods from?
For subheading 9206.00 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$3m).