HS Code Detail
920110 Chapter 92 · Musical Instruments Pianos, upright
Six-digit subheading in Musical Instruments, chapter 92 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 920110
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 920110: 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 | 0% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 4% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 4% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 0% | 20% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 4.7% | 0% |
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: 920110 into Germany
An illustrative consignment of 920110 invoiced at EUR 2,000.00, priced in EUR because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | EUR 2,000.00 |
| International freight | EUR 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | EUR 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, CIF basis | EUR 2,150.00 |
| Duty at 4% | EUR 86.00 |
| Germany tax at 19%, charged on the value plus the duty | EUR 424.84 |
| Total, before commercial charges | EUR 2,660.84 |
And if the consignment were small
Germany relieves nothing: the relief was abolished, so the duty above is charged whatever the consignment is worth. A smaller shipment pays less because the value is lower, not because a threshold spared it.
Selling rather than buying? EUR 2,660.84 is what your buyer in Germany pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Germany 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 920110 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 920110 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=9201.10 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=92&to=93&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned 4.7%. 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: 9201.10.00 4.7%
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 920110 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/9201101000 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 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 9201101000 0.00 %; 9201109000 0.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 920110 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch92-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 0%. 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: 9201.10.00 Free
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 920110 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-92 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: 9201.10.00 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 920110 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/9201101000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=920110&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 4%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 9201101000 4.00 %; 9201109000 4.00 %
Re-check first: Upright is the distinction here: a grand piano is 9201.20 and a harpsichord or other keyboard string instrument is 920190, which the United States charges at a lower rate than this one. Instruments containing protected timber also carry CITES paperwork the tariff says nothing about.
What falls under 920110
- Upright pianos
- Acoustic vertical pianos of every size, including spinet, console and studio uprights
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
920190: Harpsichords and clavichords
Heading 9201 covers pianos and other keyboard stringed instruments, splitting uprights and grands into their own subheadings and leaving harpsichords and the rest in the residual line. The mechanism rather than the appearance decides it: a piano strikes its strings with hammers and a harpsichord plucks them.
920290: Other string instruments
A keyboard is what keeps an instrument in heading 9201. A stringed instrument played directly by hand belongs in 9202 however similar its soundboard construction, so a zither and a piano are in different headings despite both being struck or plucked strings on a frame.
Classification & cost note
The classification is straightforward and the compliance around it is not. Pianos made before the late twentieth century very often have ivory key coverings, and ivory is subject to CITES controls that apply to the whole instrument, so moving an antique piano across a border can require permits and, in some markets, is restricted regardless of the instrument's age. Pre-Convention documentation matters enormously here and is frequently missing on instruments that have changed hands privately for decades. Tropical hardwoods used in the action and the case raise a parallel question under timber legality rules in several markets. Digital pianos are not in this heading at all, since an instrument producing sound electrically belongs in heading 9207, so a showroom range routinely spans two chapters' worth of different treatment.
Typical products: Studio and console upright pianos · Spinet pianos · Full size vertical concert uprights · Restored antique upright pianos · Silent system acoustic uprights · School and practice room uprights
What the notes to section XVIII say
Chapter 92 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 92 is the highest rule over this code; that is the published position rather than a gap here, and the chapter 92 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 9201
920110 is a subheading of 9201, pianos, including automatic pianos; harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments , and this site holds one other code under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
No numbered note to chapter 92 takes heading 9201 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 92 page.
Read from the notes to chapter 92 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/92, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/9201, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 92 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 920110
Are digital pianos classified here?
No. Heading 9201 covers acoustic keyboard stringed instruments. An instrument producing its sound electrically belongs in heading 9207, so a retailer's range spans two quite different classifications.
What is the main obstacle to importing an old piano?
Ivory. Key coverings on instruments made before the late twentieth century are frequently ivory, which is subject to CITES controls applying to the whole instrument, and pre-Convention documentation is often missing.
What separates a piano from a harpsichord?
The mechanism. A piano strikes its strings with hammers and a harpsichord plucks them. Uprights and grands have their own subheadings, and harpsichords fall to the residual line in the same heading.
Is a piano stool included with the instrument?
Not normally. A stool or bench is furniture in Chapter 94 and is classified separately even when it is shipped with the piano and matches its finish, because it is not part of the instrument.
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