Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns)
Chapter: Arms and ammunition. MFN tariff rates, zero-rate jurisdictions, FTA preferences, and import permit/compliance requirements across 13 customs authorities for HS Heading 9303.
Cross-jurisdiction matrix
Tariff = primary MFN/BCD column; compliance = LARTAS, FDA permits, BIS, TISI, prohibition lists etc.
| ISO | Country | Codes | MFN range | Zero | FTA | Permits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | United States | 20 | 2.6% – 4.2% | 2 | Yes | None | Browse → |
| IN | India | 4 | 10% – 10% | — | — | 4 | Browse → |
| ID | Indonesia | 7 | 5% – 5% | — | Yes | 7 | Browse → |
| MY | Malaysia | 7 | 30% – 30% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| PH | Philippines | 10 | — | — | — | None | Browse → |
| TH | Thailand | 7 | 40% – 40% | — | Yes | 7 | Browse → |
| VN | Vietnam | 7 | 5% – 45% | — | Yes | 3 | Browse → |
| JP | Japan | 4 | 6.6% – 7.6% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| KR | Korea | 18 | 8% – 8% | — | Yes | None | Browse → |
| AU | Australia | 4 | — | 4 | Yes | None | Browse → |
| GB | United Kingdom | 5 | 2% – 2% | — | — | None | Browse → |
| BR | Brazil | 5 | 18% – 18% | — | — | None | Browse → |
| MX | Mexico | 6 | 5% – 15% | — | — | None | Browse → |
| No data for this heading: CN | |||||||
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HS Legal Notes · Chapter 93
Chapter and Section Notes are the legal basis of HS classification (GIR Rule 1), overriding intuitive readings of heading texts.
Chapter 93 Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
a. goods of Chapter 36 (for example, percussion caps, detonators, signalling flares);
b. parts of general use, as defined in note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
c. armoured fighting vehicles (heading 8710);
d. telescopic sights or other optical devices suitable for use with arms, unless mounted on a firearm or presented with the firearm on which they are designed to be mounted (Chapter 90);
e. bows, arrows, fencing foils or toys (Chapter 95); or
f. collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 9705 or 9706).
2. In heading 9306, the reference to 'parts thereof' does not include radio or radar apparatus of heading 8526
Source: HS legal notes as enacted (via UK Trade Tariff official publication)