ESP Horizon Electric Guitar from China
ESP Horizon offers sleek angular design with active EMG pickups and set-thru neck for extreme metal performance. Classified HTS 9202.90.4000 as other guitars due to solid-body electric configuration excluding named exceptions like resonators.
Duty Rate — China → United States
28.7%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Battery compartment documentation confirms active electronics under guitar heading
• CITES certs mandatory for ebony fingerboards regardless of quantity
• Avoid bulk shipments mislabeled as parts to prevent reclassification