HS Code Detail
910221 Chapter 91 · Watches Wristwatches, automatic winding
Six-digit subheading in Watches, chapter 91 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 910221
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 910221: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what the 6 rates below differ on.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 6 countries| Country | Duty | VAT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 0% | 10% | |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 5% | 5% | |
| 🇩🇪Germany | Not a % | 19% | |
| Official duty for Germany
Read it at the official tariff. | |||
| 🇵🇹Portugal | Not a % | 23% | |
| Official duty for Portugal
Read it at the official tariff. | |||
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Not a % | 20% | |
| 🇺🇸United States | Not a % | 0% | |
| Official duty for United States
The United States schedule has 6 national lines under this code and 6 different rate texts; 3 more are not listed here. Read it at the official tariff. | |||
Germany, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States charge this code by the hectolitre, the item or the kilogram rather than on its value, sometimes alongside a percentage, which is why the duty column reads Not a % there; a charge of that kind cannot be shown as a single percentage, so none is shown, the calculator does not estimate it, and the official wording is under each of those rows.
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 910221 into Canada
An illustrative consignment of 910221 invoiced at CAD 2,000.00, priced in CAD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | CAD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | CAD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | CAD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | CAD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 5% | CAD 100.00 |
| Canada tax at 5%, charged on the value plus the duty | CAD 105.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | CAD 2,355.00 |
And if the consignment were small
Canada relieves customs duties and taxes on consignments at or under CAD 20. The 910221 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly CAD 20 with no freight would be charged CAD 0.00 of duty and CAD 0.00 of tax, a total of CAD 20.00. The rate on the 910221 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved.
Selling rather than buying? CAD 2,355.00 is what your buyer in Canada pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Canada sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 910221 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 7 September 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 910221 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=9102.21 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=91&to=92&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned the official wording "75¢ each + 6% on the case + 14% on the strap, band or bracelet ; 75¢ each + 6% on the case + 2.8% on the strap, band or bracelet ; $1.75 each + 4.8% on the case + 11.2% on the strap, band or bracelet ; $1.75 each + 4.8% on the case + 2.2% on the strap, band or bracelet ; $1.53 each + 4.2% on the case + 9.8% on the strap, band or bracelet ; $1.53 each + 4.2% on the case + 2% on the strap, band or b". The United States International Trade Commission is the only body that publishes this schedule. The second reading was taken in a different format to check the reading, not to corroborate the schedule, because there is no second schedule to corroborate it against. Retrieved text: 9102.21.10 75¢ each + 6% on the case + 14% on the strap, band or bracelet; 9102.21.25 75¢ each + 6% on the case + 2.8% on the strap, band or bracelet; 9102.21.30 $1.75 each + 4.8% on the case + 11.2% on the strap, band or bracelet; 9102.21.50 $1.75 each + 4.8% on the case + 2.2% on the strap, band or bracelet; 9102.21.70 $1.53 each + 4.2% on the case + 9.8% on the strap, band or bracelet; 9102.21.
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 910221 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/9102210000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Both returned the official wording "0.20 GBP / p/st". The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 9102210000 0.20 GBP / p/st
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 910221 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch91-eng.html and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 5%. The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 9102.21.00 5%
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 910221 AU, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-xviii/chapter-91 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04997/latest/text. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 9102.21.00 Free
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 910221 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/9102210000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=910221&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned the official wording "4.50 % MIN 0.30 EUR / p/st MAX 0.80 EUR / p/st". The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 9102210000 4.50 % MIN 0.30 EUR / p/st MAX 0.80 EUR / p/st
Re-check first: The duty is an amount per watch plus separate percentages on the case and on the strap, and the strap material moves the figure. Automatic winding is what separates this code from the battery and quartz watches at 910211.
What falls under 910221
- Wrist watches other than those of heading 9101, with automatic winding, whether or not incorporating a stop watch facility
- Mechanical self winding watches with cases of base metal, steel, ceramic or other non precious materials
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
910111: Precious metal cased watches
Headings 9101 and 9102 divide on the case material before anything else. An automatic watch in a gold case is 9101, and the same movement in a steel case is 9102.21, so the case rather than the movement decides the heading and the rate difference is significant.
910211: Quartz watches
Within heading 9102 the subheadings divide on how the watch is powered and how it displays. An automatic mechanical watch is 9102.21; a battery powered watch with hands is 9102.11. Solar and kinetic movements are argued between them and turn on whether energy is stored electrically.
Classification & cost note
Chapter 91 is structured around two questions asked in order: what the case is made of, which separates heading 9101 from 9102, and then how the watch is powered and displays, which fixes the subheading. Automatic winding means the movement is wound by the wearer's motion, and it is a mechanical rather than an electrical characteristic, which is why solar and kinetic watches are argued so persistently. A kinetic watch generates and stores electrical energy and is generally treated as electrically operated rather than as automatic winding, despite the visual similarity in how it is wound. Watches also carry substantial ancillary compliance: precious metal cases attract hallmarking obligations, luminous markings can raise material questions, and watches are a heavily counterfeited category in which brand authorisation evidence is examined more closely than the classification.
Typical products: Stainless steel automatic dive watches · Self winding dress watches in base metal cases · Automatic chronographs with mechanical movements · Ceramic cased automatic watches · Skeleton dial automatics with exhibition casebacks
What the notes to section XVIII say
Chapter 91 sits in section XVIII, optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof, and the nomenclature publishes no note to that section at all, so the note to chapter 91 is the highest rule over this code; that is the published position rather than a gap here, and the chapter 91 page says the same, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/18 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 9102
910221 is a subheading of 9102, wristwatches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stopwatches, other than those of heading 9101 , and this site holds one other code under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
No numbered note to chapter 91 takes heading 9102 as its subject, which is what the published notes say rather than a gap on this page: the heading is defined by its own wording above and by the note to the chapter, quoted in full on the chapter 91 page.
One further note to chapter 91 names heading 9102 from elsewhere in its own text, usually to send goods into it or away from it, and the sentence that names it is quoted below.
Note 2 to chapter 91, which is about something else
Watches with case of base metal inlaid with precious metal fall in heading 9102.
Read from the notes to chapter 91 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/91, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/9102, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 91 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 910221
Does the movement or the case decide the heading?
The case decides between headings 9101 and 9102, and the movement then decides the subheading. An automatic watch in a precious metal case is in 9101; the same movement in a steel case is in 9102.
Is a kinetic or solar watch automatic winding?
Generally not. Automatic winding describes a mechanical movement wound by the wearer's motion. Kinetic and solar watches generate and store electrical energy, so they are usually treated as electrically operated despite the resemblance.
How are watch straps shipped on their own classified?
As straps and bracelets in their own heading, not as watches or watch parts. A strap, bracelet or buckle imported separately for the aftermarket takes its own code determined by its material, so a consignment of watches and spare straps needs more than one line.
Codes in nearby chapters
Chapter 91 holds 3 subheadings on this site, so these are the closest chapters by number rather than codes for similar goods.
Related codes in Chapter 91
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