HS HEADING 9504

Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment

HEADING

9504

CHAPTER

95 — Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof

In plain English

This category includes video game consoles, arcade machines, and various items for funfairs, tables, or parlors, such as billiards and casino tables. Specific groups within this category separate billiard accessories from games that use coins, banknotes, or other payment methods. Other distinct groups cover playing cards and video game equipment that does not rely on payment mechanisms. Any remaining funfair, table, or parlour games not listed elsewhere in this section fall into the final group.

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

6-digit subheadings (5)

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

9504.20

Billiard articles and accessories of all kinds

9504.30

Games; operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment, other than billiard articles and accesssories, and automatic bowling alley equipment

9504.40

Games; playing cards

9504.50

Games; video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30

9504.90

Games; articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pintables, special tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, n.e.c. in heading 9504

Covered items classified under 9504

9504Toys (CE Marking)— country-by-country customs rules

Chapter 95 classification notes

Toy safety standards are mandatory: EU Toy Safety Directive (EN 71), US CPSIA/CPSC, UK Toy Regulations. Testing and certification required before import. Duty rates 0-6.5% in most markets. Age labelling and choking hazard warnings legally required.

Frequent misclassification in this chapter

Drones classified as toys vs aircraft equipment — depends on whether marketed as a toy or as professional equipment. Educational kits may classify under the component they most resemble rather than as toys.

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.

Binding tariff ruling database

Other headings in Chapter 95

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