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Chapter 95: Toys, games and sports requisites
Toys, games and sports requisites, and the parts and accessories of them.
The 7 codes this site holds in chapter 95
| Code | What it covers | Markets priced | Duty range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, wheeled toys | 6 of 6 | 0% |
| 950430 | Coin-operated and arcade game machines | 5 of 6 | 0% |
| 950450 | Video game consoles (HS 2007 onward subheading) | 6 of 6 | 0% |
| 950490 | Board games, table games and other games | 5 of 6 | 0% |
| 950669 | Sports balls, other | 2 of 6 | 0% to 5% |
| 950691 | Gym and exercise equipment | 6 of 6 | 0% to 5% |
| 950720 | Fish hooks, whether or not snelled | 2 of 6 | 0% |
Where this chapter ends
Toys and games are separated from one another within the chapter, and the harder question is whether an article is a toy at all: a detailed scale model made for collectors is treated differently from the same subject made for a child to play with. Sports equipment is classified on the sport rather than on the materials it is made from.
The guides in chapter 95 name 2 codes outside it that goods reach when they turn out not to belong here.
- 847130 (chapter 84): Gaming laptops and portable PCs, which are computers
- 871200 (chapter 87): Bicycles, which are transport rather than toys
What the notes to section XX say
Chapter 95 sits in section XX, miscellaneous manufactured articles, which runs from chapter 94 to chapter 96. A section note governs every chapter in its section, so it stands one layer above the note to chapter 95 below and applies before it.
The nomenclature publishes no note to section XX at all. That is the published position rather than a gap on this page: the section groups its chapters and leaves the rules to them, so the note to chapter 95 below is the highest one that governs this chapter.
Read from the section notes published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/20, on 2026-09-08, and read a second time from the chapter endpoint quoted below, which carries the same section note and has to agree with it. Like the chapter and heading notes, a section note is part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so it decides classification and never a rate.
What the nomenclature excludes
The sentence above is this site's summary. This one is not. Note 1 to chapter 95 sets out what this chapter does not cover, and these are its 23 items as published, with the heading each one sends the goods to. Where a note names a chapter this site also covers, the chapter number is a link.
- (a) candles (heading 3406)
- (b) fireworks or other pyrotechnic articles of heading 3604
- (c) yarns, monofilament, cords or gut or the like for fishing, cut to length but not made up into fishing lines, of Chapter 39, heading 4206 or Section XI
- (d) sports bags or other containers of heading 4202, 4303 or 4304
- (e) fancy dress of textiles, of Chapter 61 or 62; sports clothing and special articles of apparel of textiles, of Chapter 61 or 62, whether or not incorporating incidentally protective components such as pads or padding in the elbow, knee or groin areas (for example, fencing clothing or soccer goalkeeper jerseys) see chapter 61 , chapter 62
- (f) textile flags or bunting, or sails for boats, sailboards or land craft, of Chapter 63 see chapter 63
- (g) sports footwear (other than skating boots with ice or roller skates attached) of Chapter 64, or sports headgear of Chapter 65 see chapter 64 , chapter 65
- (h) walking sticks, whips, riding-crops or the like (heading 6602), or parts thereof (heading 6603)
- (ij) unmounted glass eyes for dolls or other toys, of heading 7018
- (k) parts of general use, as defined in note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39)
- (l) bells, gongs or the like of heading 8306
- (m) pumps for liquids (heading 8413), filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids or gases (heading 8421), electric motors (heading 8501), electric transformers (heading 8504), discs, tapes, solidstate non-volatile storage devices, 'smart cards' and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded (heading 8523), radio remote control apparatus (heading 8526) or cordless infrared remote-control devices (heading 8543)
- (n) sports vehicles (other than bobsleighs, toboggans and the like) of Section XVII
- (o) children's bicycles (heading 8712)
- (p) Unmanned aircraft (heading 8806)
- (q) sports craft such as canoes and skiffs (Chapter 89), or their means of propulsion (Chapter 44 for such articles made of wood)
- (r) spectacles, goggles or the like, for sports or outdoor games (heading 9004)
- (s) decoy calls or whistles (heading 9208)
- (t) arms or other articles of Chapter 93
- (u) lighting strings of all kinds (heading 9405)
- (v) monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 9620)
- (w) racket strings, tents or other camping goods, or gloves, mittens and mitts (classified according to their constituent material)
- (x) tableware, kitchenware, toilet articles, carpets and other textile floor coverings, apparel, bedlinen, table linen, toilet linen, kitchen linen and similar articles having a utilitarian function (classified according to their constituent material)
Read from the chapter notes published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/95, on 2026-09-07. The first six digits of that nomenclature are the Harmonized System itself and the notes to a chapter are part of its international text, so this is the same note whichever of this site's destinations a shipment is going to. It decides classification and never a rate.
What the notes say about each heading
The note above governs chapter 95 as a whole. Underneath it the same published notes speak about individual four digit headings, and that is the layer a classification usually turns on. This site holds codes under 4 headings in this chapter. One of them is the subject of a numbered note. The notes say nothing about 2 of them, which is the published position rather than a gap here.
| Heading | What the nomenclature calls it | Codes here | What the notes say about it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9503 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size ('scale') models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds | 950300 | Subject of note 4, 5 |
| 9504 | Video game consoles and machines, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling equipment, amusement machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment | 950430 , 950450 , 950490 | Named in passing by note 6 |
| 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 | 950669 , 950691 | Not named in the chapter notes |
| 9507 | Fishing rods, fish-hooks and other line fishing tackle; fish landing nets, butterfly nets and similar nets; decoy 'birds' (other than those of heading 9208 or 9705) and similar hunting or shooting requisites | 950720 | Not named in the chapter notes |
How each of those notes opens, in the words the nomenclature uses. The note in full is on every code page under the heading it governs, which is where a reader deciding a classification is standing.
Note 4 to chapter 95, which takes heading 9503 as its subject
Opening, as published
Subject to the provision of note 1 above, heading 9503 applies, inter alia, to articles of this heading combined with on...
Note 4 in full on 950300 , and on every other code this site holds under that heading.
Note 5 to chapter 95, which takes heading 9503 as its subject
Opening, as published
Heading 9503 does not cover articles which, on account of their design, shape or constituent material, are identifiable...
Note 5 in full on 950300 , and on every other code this site holds under that heading.
One heading is named by a note whose subject is something else, which is a cross reference rather than a rule about the heading: 9504 (note 6) . The sentence that names each one is quoted on the code pages under it.
Read from the same chapter notes quoted above, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/95, on 2026-09-07, with each heading title read from its own endpoint. The Harmonized System publishes no separate heading notes: its legal text is section notes, chapter notes and subheading notes, and what governs a heading is a chapter note whose subject clause names it. The section notes are quoted at the top of this page, which is the layer above.
What chapter 95 costs to import
The dearest line this site holds in chapter 95 is 950669, sports balls, other, at 5% into Australia. 26 of the 32 rates charged on value in this chapter are zero. The widest gap between destinations is on 950669, sports balls, other, which runs from 0% to 5% depending on where it lands.
A destination that prices part of a chapter answers for part of it, so this is how much of chapter 95 each one covers, out of 7 codes.
| Destination | Codes priced | Duty range in this chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 7 of 7 | 0% |
| Australia | 5 of 7 | 0% to 5% |
| Germany | 5 of 7 | 0% to 2.7% |
| Portugal | 5 of 7 | 0% to 2.7% |
| United Kingdom | 5 of 7 | 0% to 2% |
| United States | 5 of 7 | 0% to 4.6% |
Third country rates, which is what applies with no trade agreement claimed. Destination tax is charged on top. Each code page carries the reading behind its own figures and the day they were read.