Chapter 92 at a glance
- HS chapter
- 92
- Section
- XVIII — Optical, medical & precision instruments
- Tariff headings
- 7 (17 subheadings)
- General customs duty
- 0%
- Import VAT
- 15% on the added tax value (ATV)
- Products listed
- 1
As at 2026-08-06. Source: SARS Tariff Book, Schedule 1 Part 1.
HS Chapter 92 covers musical instruments & parts. Every tariff heading in the chapter is listed below, with its subheadings. Headings we have researched carry a duty page link showing the South African customs duty, a worked landed-cost example and any anti-dumping or ITAC permit exposure.
Duty pages in this chapter
All 7 tariff headings in Chapter 92
Harmonised System HS 2022 nomenclature — the same headings and subheadings the SARS Tariff Book is built on. South Africa classifies to 8 digits, so confirm the last two digits of your line in the Tariff Book before you clear.
9201 Pianos; including automatic pianos, harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments
- 9201.10 Musical instruments; pianos, upright, including automatic pianos
- 9201.20 Musical instruments; pianos, grand
- 9201.90 Musical instruments; harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments n.e.c. in heading no. 9201
9202 Musical instruments; string, n.e.c. in heading no. 9201, (e.g. guitars, violins, harps)
- 9202.10 Musical instruments; string, played with a bow (e.g. violins)
- 9202.90 Musical instruments; string, played other than with a bow (e.g. guitars and harps) 0% duty
9205 Musical instruments; wind (e.g. keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs
- 9205.10 Musical instruments; brass-wind (e.g. trumpets), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs
- 9205.90 Musical instruments; wind, other than brass, (eg. clarinet, bagpipes, pipe organs), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs
9206 Musical instruments; percussion (e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas)
- 9206.00 Musical instruments; percussion (e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas)
9207 Musical instruments; the sound of which is produced or must be amplified, electrically (e.g. organs, guitars, accordions)
- 9207.10 Musical instruments; keyboard, (other than accordions), the sound of which is produced or must be amplified electrically
- 9207.90 Musical instruments; (other than keyboard), the sound of which is produced or must be amplified electrically
9208 Musical boxes, fairground and mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and musical instruments n.e.c. in chapter 92; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles; call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments
- 9208.10 Musical boxes
- 9208.90 Fairground and mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and musical instruments n.e.c. in chapter 92; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles; call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments
9209 Musical instrument parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments); metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes
- 9209.30 Musical instrument strings
- 9209.91 Musical instruments; parts and accessories for pianos
- 9209.92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories for string musical instruments other than keyboard instruments
- 9209.94 Musical instruments; parts and accessories for the musical instruments the sound of which is produced or must be amplified electrically (e.g. organs, guitars and accordions)
- 9209.99 Musical instruments; parts and accessories for musical instruments n.e.c. in heading no. 9209; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes