Code 9303 90 · Heading 9303

Other firearms and similar weapons using an explosive charge, excluding muzzle-loaders, hunting or sporting guns, revolvers and pistols, and military weapons

This category covers firearms and similar weapons that work by igniting an explosive charge. It excludes muzzle-loading firearms, hunting or sporting guns, revolvers and pistols covered by heading 9302, and weapons for military use.

For example

Signal pistol used exclusively to give light signals
Captive-bolt slaughterhouse gun

See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (excl. sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles, revolvers and pistols of heading 9302 and military weapons)

How we got to this code

XIX
93
9303
9303 90

Show the steps

The path to this code

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

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section XIX Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
Is the product a weapon, ammunition, or a part or accessory for one of these?
✓
Step 2 · Chapter 93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof 1 of 1 chapter in section XIX
What kind of item is it: a military weapon; a revolver or pistol; a firearm or similar weapon that works by igniting an explosive charge; an air- or spring-operated gun, club or other non-firearm weapon; a part or accessory for one of these weapons; a bomb, grenade, torpedo, mine, missile, other war ammunition, cartridge, projectile or part thereof; or a sword, cutlass, bayonet, lance or similar weapon, or a part or scabbard for one?
✓
Step 3 · Heading 9303 Firearms and similar devices which operate by the f… 3 of 7 headings under chapter 93
Which type is it: a muzzle-loading firearm; a hunting or sporting shotgun with at least one smooth barrel; a hunting or sporting firearm with only rifled barrel or barrels; or another firearm or similar weapon fired by igniting an explosive charge, excluding muzzle-loading firearms, hunting or sporting shotguns and rifles, revolvers and pistols covered under the separate heading, and military weapons?
✓
Step 4 · Subheading 9303 90 Firearms and similar devices which operate by the f… 4 of 4 subheadings under heading 9303
Is it a muzzle-loading firearm, a hunting or sporting gun with at least one smooth bore, a hunting or sporting gun only with rifled bore or bores, or another firearm or similar weapon?

Pick the 8-digit code

Import duty on the codes below: 3.2%

Only one code below

9303 90 00

Firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (excl. sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles, revolvers and pistols of heading 9302 and military weapons)

3.2%

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

Open 9303 90 00 Save

Compare the sibling codes

See all 4 codes at this level

9303 10 Muzzle-loading firearms, neither designed nor suitable for projecting cartridges 3.2%
9303 20 Sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, with at least one smooth barrel (excl. muzzle-loading firearms and spring, air or gas guns) 3.2%
9303 30 Sporting, hunting and target-shooting shotguns with one or more rifled bores (other than spring, air or gas guns) 3.2%
9303 90 Firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (excl. sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles, revolvers and pistols of heading 9302 and military weapons) you are here 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

93.03.9000 Other

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

2.0%

Their lines1 British line
EU originDuty free

9303 90 00 00 Other

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

9303.90.40.00 Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge

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.

93.03.9000

Other

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.

9303 90 00 00

Other

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 2 US lines

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.

9303.90.40.00

Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shot- guns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns), Other, Pistols and revolvers designed to fire only blank cartridges or blank ammunition

General rate

4.2%

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
9303.90.80.00

Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shot- guns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns), Other

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.