HS Code Detail
950691 Chapter 95 · Toys & Sports Gym and exercise equipment
Six-digit subheading in Toys & Sports, chapter 95 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 950691
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 950691: 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 | 5% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 0% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 2.7% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 2.7% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 2% | 20% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 4.6% | 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: 950691 into United States
An illustrative consignment of 950691 invoiced at USD 2,000.00, priced in USD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | USD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | USD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | USD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | USD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 4.6% | USD 92.00 |
| United States charges no consumption tax at the border | USD 0.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | USD 2,242.00 |
And if the consignment were small
United States relieves nothing: the duty free allowance was suspended, 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? USD 2,242.00 is what your buyer in United States pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to United States 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 950691 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 30 August 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.
- 🇦🇺AU
- Australian Border Force Schedule 3 working tariff, general rate for 9506.91.00, read from abf.gov.au.
- 🇨🇦CA
- CBSA Customs Tariff 2026, MFN rate for 9506.91.00, read from cbsa-asfc.gc.ca.
- 🇩🇪DE
- EU Access2Markets, third country duty for CN 9506911000 and 9506919000 and the German VAT rate, read from trade.ec.europa.eu.
- 🇬🇧GB
- UK Trade Tariff, third country duty for commodities 9506911000 and 9506919000, both 2%, read from trade-tariff.service.gov.uk.
- 🇵🇹PT
- EU Access2Markets, third country duty for CN 9506911000 and 9506919000 and the Portuguese IVA rate, read from trade.ec.europa.eu.
- 🇺🇸US
- USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, general rate for HTS 9506.91.00, read from hts.usitc.gov.
Re-check first: This subheading is general exercise, gymnastics and athletics equipment. Sport-specific goods sit elsewhere in 9506: golf clubs are 9506.31, rackets 9506.51, skis 9506.11 and surfboards 9506.29, and none of those rates are recorded here.
What falls under 950691
- Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics
- Home and commercial gym equipment: treadmills, rowers, exercise bikes, weights and benches
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
871200: Road and leisure bicycles
A stationary exercise bike is exercise equipment of 9506.91 because it is not a means of transport. A bicycle that can be ridden on the road stays in 8712 even where it is bought purely for fitness, and the test is whether the machine goes anywhere.
950669: Sports balls
A weighted medicine ball or slam ball used for conditioning is exercise equipment rather than a sports ball, because it is not used to play a game. Inflatable exercise and stability balls follow the same reasoning.
Classification & cost note
The distinction that decides this subheading is general physical exercise against a specific sport. Equipment for conditioning the body sits here; equipment for playing a defined game sits elsewhere in heading 9506. That test resolves most cases cleanly, including the one importers ask about most, which is the stationary exercise bike. Two commercial issues sit on top of the classification. Gym equipment is heavy and often bulky relative to its value, so freight and any weight based charges can exceed the duty, and the landed cost calculation is dominated by logistics rather than tariff. Connected equipment adds a further question: a treadmill with an integrated screen running subscription content is still a treadmill, since the exercise function gives the essential character, but the subscription itself is a service and is not part of the customs value of the goods.
Typical products: Treadmills and cross trainers · Cast iron and rubber coated dumbbells · Rowing machines and stationary exercise bikes · Weight benches, racks and resistance bands
What the notes to section XX say
Chapter 95 sits in section XX, miscellaneous manufactured articles, and the nomenclature publishes no note to that section at all, so the note to chapter 95 is the highest rule over this code; that is the published position rather than a gap here, and the chapter 95 page says the same, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/20 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 9506
950691 is a subheading of 9506, articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other sports (including table tennis) or outdoor games, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; swimming pools and paddling pools , and this site holds one other code under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
No numbered note to chapter 95 takes heading 9506 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 95 page.
Read from the notes to chapter 95 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/95, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/9506, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 95 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 950691
Is a stationary exercise bike classified with bicycles?
No. An exercise bike does not travel, so it is equipment for general physical exercise under 9506.91. Heading 8712 covers bicycles that can be ridden, regardless of whether the buyer wants one for fitness.
How is a treadmill with a built in screen classified?
As a treadmill. The exercise function gives the machine its essential character and the display is subsidiary to it. Any content subscription sold alongside is a service and does not form part of the customs value of the equipment.
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