Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles

What HS code 92 covers

Chapter 92 of the Harmonized System is about things that make music, plus the parts and accessories that go with them. If you ship a violin, a drum kit or a set of piano strings, this is the chapter you check first.

Each product gets a heading of four digits and a subheading of six digits. That pairing is the base of customs tariff classification for musical instruments. A clock or a watch is not here, because those belong to a different chapter.

HS code 92 headings in plain words

Each heading below has its own page. Open it to see every six-digit code and its full wording. This page only shows a few examples.

• 9201 pianos: upright, grand and automatic pianos, plus harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments.
• 9202 string instruments: guitars, violins and harps.
• 9205 wind instruments: brass-wind such as trumpets, plus clarinets, bagpipes, accordions and keyboard pipe organs.
• 9207 electric musical instruments: organs, guitars and accordions whose sound is made or boosted electrically.
• 9208 musical boxes and whistles: also fairground organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws, decoy calls and call horns.

How to choose the right Chapter 92 code

Start with how the sound is made. If it is made or boosted by electricity, look at 9207 first. If not, find the family: keys, strings, wind or percussion.

Pianos split by shape. Use 920110 for upright pianos, including automatic ones. Use 920120 for grand pianos.

String instruments split by how you play them. A violin is played with a bow, so it goes to 920210. A guitar or harp is played another way, so it goes to 920290.

Wind instruments split into brass and the rest. A trumpet is brass-wind and goes to 920510.

Electric instruments also split in two. Keyboards, other than accordions, go to 920710. Other electric instruments, such as an electric guitar, go to 920790.

Parts are sorted by the instrument they fit. Piano parts go to 920991. Parts for string instruments that are not keyboards go to 920992. Metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes also sit in 9209.

If you are unsure, test your product description in the HS code classifier before you file.

Why the heading numbers jump from 9202 to 9205

Headings in this chapter go from 9202 straight to 9205. Some older lists you may find online show other numbers in between, but the current chapter does not use them.

You can still find accordions and keyboard pipe organs. They are named in the wind heading, 9205. If an organ or accordion makes its sound electrically, heading 9207 names it instead.

Who imports musical instruments by HS code?

EximDataX shows shipment-level import and export records from official customs sources. Coverage: 43 direct customs feeds plus 184 mirror-derived countries. Named buyers and named suppliers are available in 38 of the 43 direct markets. Most markets refresh weekly and some refresh daily. You can search by HS code to see who imports and exports a product, and book a free demo.

To go further, look at import data and export data for these goods, or find buyers and suppliers by HS code. They cover optical and medical instruments, and clocks and watches.