Code 9209 92 · Heading 9209

Parts and accessories for non-keyboard string instruments, not elsewhere specified (excluding strings and electric-sound instruments)

This code covers parts and accessories for string instruments without a keyboard when they are not otherwise specified. It excludes strings and parts or accessories for instruments whose sound is produced or amplified electrically.

For example

Bridge for an acoustic guitar, not an electric instrument and not a string
Chin rest for an acoustic violin, not an electric instrument and not a string

See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Parts and accessories for string musical instruments without keyboards, n.e.s. (excl. strings and those for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically)

How we got to this code

XVIII
92
9209
9209 92

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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?
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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 92 Parts and accessories for string musical instrument… 3 of 5 subheadings under heading 9209
Is the item a string, a piano part or accessory, a part or accessory for an electric-sound instrument, a part or accessory for a non-keyboard string instrument, or an item for one of the other instrument groups named in the alternatives?

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Import duty on the codes below: 2.7%

Only one code below

9209 92 00

Parts and accessories for string musical instruments without keyboards, n.e.s. (excl. strings and those for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically)

2.7%

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

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This is the catch-all under 9209: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within the parent group, this is where parts and accessories for non-keyboard string instruments go when they are not strings, for pianos, for electric-sound instruments, or in another sibling category named there.

Compare the sibling codes

See all 5 codes at this level

9209 30 Musical instrument strings 2.7%
9209 91 Parts and accessories for pianos, n.e.s. 2.7%
9209 92 Parts and accessories for string musical instruments without keyboards, n.e.s. (excl. strings and those for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically) you are here 2.7%
9209 94 Parts and accessories for musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically, n.e.s. 2.7%
9209 99 Parts and accessories for musical instruments "e.g. mechanisms for musical boxes, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments" n.e.s.; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds (excl. musical instrument strings and arts and accessories for pianos and for string musical instruments without keyboards) 1.7–3.2%

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

92.09.9200 Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 92.02

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

2.0%

Their lines1 British line
EU originDuty free

9209 92 00 00 Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10¢/1,000 pins + 3.5%. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines4 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

9209.92.20.00 Parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 1 Norwegian line

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.

92.09.9200

Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 92.02

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 92 00 00

Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202

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).

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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.

9209.92.20.00

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, Other, Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202, Mutes, collapsible musical instrument stands and music holders for attachment to musical instruments

General rate

3.9%

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
9209.92.40.00

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, Other, Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202, Tuning pins

General rate

10¢/1,000 pins + 3.5%

From the EU

No single figure Estimated from published US measures 10¢/1,000 pins + 3.5%. Unless this line is exempt, the additional US duty brings its duty to 10.0% of its customs value where the ordinary duty is lower. The amount depends on the quantity and the customs value, so we do not turn it into a percentage. 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
9209.92.60.00

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, Other, Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202, Bows, parts of bows, bow hair, chin rests and other parts and accessories for string instruments played with a bow

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
9209.92.80.00

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, Other, Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202, Other

General rate

4.6%

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.