Firearms; other similar devices (e.g. sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, very pistols, devices for firing flares or blank ammunition, captive bolt humane killers, line throwing guns)

In plain English

This category covers firearms and similar devices, such as sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading guns, very pistols, devices for firing flares or blank ammunition, captive bolt humane killers, and line throwing guns. The items are divided into specific groups based on their type and intended use. One group includes muzzle-loading firearms, while another covers shotguns used for sporting, hunting, or target-shooting, including combination shotgun-rifles. A third group consists of sporting, hunting, or target-shooting rifles not already listed, with a final group for other firearms not specified elsewhere.

PARAPHRASE OF THE OFFICIAL HS 2022 TEXTS BELOW — NOT LEGAL ADVICE

6-digit subheadings (4)

Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.

Covered items classified under 9303

• 9303.30, 9303.20Firearms— country-by-country customs rules

Chapter 93 classification notes

Classification certainty

The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.

Other headings in Chapter 93

• 9301 — Military weapons; other than revolvers, pistols and arms of heading no…
• 9302 — Revolvers and pistols; other than those of heading no. 9303 or 9304
• 9304 — Firearms; (e.g. spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excl…
• 9305 — Firearms; parts and accessories of articles of heading no. 9301 to 930…
• 9306 — Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of w…
• 9307 — Arms; swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and the like, parts thereof …