Section XVIII · Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
Chapter 92: Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
Chapter 92 of the Harmonized System has 7 four-digit headings, from 92.01 to 92.09. Each heading is split further into six-digit subheadings, then into national 8- and 10-digit commodity codes.
Headings in chapter 92
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| 92.01 | Pianos, including automatic pianos; harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments |
| 92.02 | Other string musical instruments (for example, guitars, violins, harps) |
| 92.05 | Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs |
| 92.06 | Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas) |
| 92.07 | Musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically (for example, organs, guitars, accordions) |
| 92.08 | Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments |
| 92.09 | Parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments) of musical instruments; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds |
Classifying goods in chapter 92
Start with the chapter and section notes: they are legally binding and often decide what is included or excluded. Then choose the heading whose wording best describes your product (GRI 1), and work down to the six-digit subheading before choosing the national commodity code.
The six-digit code is shared internationally. The UK and EU add digits for their own tariffs and statistics, and the US uses its own 10-digit HTS lines, so always confirm the final code in the tariff of the country you are importing into.
Official sources
Check chapter 92 in the UK Trade Tariff, the EU TARIC and the US HTS.