Code 9209 30 · Heading 9209

Strings for musical instruments

This code covers strings used on musical instruments. The deciding point is that the product is a string, rather than another part or accessory for a musical instrument.

For example

Guitar strings
Violin strings

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Official tariff text

Musical instrument strings

How we got to this code

XVIII
92
9209
9209 30

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The path to this code

Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, …
Is the product an optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, control, precision, medical or surgical instrument or apparatus; a watch; or a musical instrument?
✓
Step 2 · Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such … 3 of 3 chapters in section XVIII
What is the item: a keyboard string instrument; another string instrument; a wind instrument; a percussion instrument; an instrument whose sound is produced or amplified electrically; another listed musical instrument; or a part or accessory for a musical instrument?
✓
Step 3 · Heading 9209 Parts and accessories for musical instruments, e.g.… 7 of 7 headings under chapter 92
Is it a string for a musical instrument, a part or accessory for a piano, a part or accessory for a non-keyboard string instrument, a part or accessory for an electrically produced or amplified instrument, or another listed part or accessory?
✓
Step 4 · Subheading 9209 30 Musical instrument strings 1 of 5 subheadings under heading 9209
Is the product a string for a musical instrument, or another type of part or accessory listed under this heading?

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Import duty on the codes below: 2.7%

Only one code below

9209 30 00

Musical instrument strings

2.7%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

92.09.3000 Musical instrument strings

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

2.0%

Their lines1 British line
EU originDuty free

9209 30 00 00 Musical instrument strings

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

9209.30.00.00 Parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

92.09.3000

Musical instrument strings

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

9209 30 00 00

Musical instrument strings

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

See the 1 US line

Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

9209.30.00.00

Parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments) of musical instruments; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds, Musical instrument strings

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.