Last night, I had some time with NOTHING to do, so decided to try to clarify the situation on customs duty tariff on cues entering the US.
I looked at the the 2007 US Harmonized Tariff Schedule and the only things I could find relating to billiards are as shown in the picture below. There is no separate classification for cues but all billiard related items are FREE OF DUTY.
Just to be sure, I contacted the US International Trade Commission which is responsible and posed the question to them.
The reply was that cues fall under the category of Billiard Accessories with the HTS(some countries call HS) code number of 9504.20.80 and have no duty coming into the US. See quote below:
" The latest version of the HTS is at www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm and click on the link for chapter 95. The current number is 9504.20.80, and the duty rate as you mentioned is “Free”."
Making a leap of faith and assuming all this information from the government is correct, I would think it best when shipping a cue to the US to put the full value, insure it for that value, and be sure to put the HTS code on the shipping document. That way it is easy for the Customs officer to look it up and see that the item is "Free of Duty".
I have no more information than this.
I looked at the the 2007 US Harmonized Tariff Schedule and the only things I could find relating to billiards are as shown in the picture below. There is no separate classification for cues but all billiard related items are FREE OF DUTY.
Just to be sure, I contacted the US International Trade Commission which is responsible and posed the question to them.
The reply was that cues fall under the category of Billiard Accessories with the HTS(some countries call HS) code number of 9504.20.80 and have no duty coming into the US. See quote below:
" The latest version of the HTS is at www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm and click on the link for chapter 95. The current number is 9504.20.80, and the duty rate as you mentioned is “Free”."
Making a leap of faith and assuming all this information from the government is correct, I would think it best when shipping a cue to the US to put the full value, insure it for that value, and be sure to put the HTS code on the shipping document. That way it is easy for the Customs officer to look it up and see that the item is "Free of Duty".
I have no more information than this.
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