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Section XIX
Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof
Chapter 93
Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

goods of Chapter 36 (for example, percussion caps, detonators, signalling flares);

(b)

part 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 87.10);

(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 97.05 or 97.06).

2.

In heading 93.06, the reference to "parts thereof" does not include radio or radar apparatus of heading 85.26.

Heading CD Description Unit General EU EFTA SADC MERCOSUR AfCFTA
93.01 Military weapons (excluding revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07):
9301.10 8 - Artillery weapons (for example, guns, howitzers and mortars) u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.20 2 - Rocket launchers; flame-throwers; grenade launchers; torpedo tubes and similar projectors u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.90 - Other:
9301.90.10 1 -- Fully automatic shotguns u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.90.2 -- Rifles:
9301.90.21 7 --- Bolt action u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.90.22 5 --- Semi-automatic u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.90.23 3 --- Fully automatic u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.90.24 1 --- Other u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.90.30 6 -- Machine-guns u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.90.4 -- Sub-machine-guns:
9301.90.41 1 --- Fully automatic pistols u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9301.90.42 8 --- Other u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9302.00 Revolvers and pistols (excluding those of heading 93.03 or 93.04):
9302.00.10 4 - Revolvers u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9302.00.2 - Pistols, single barrel:
9302.00.23 6 -- Target shooting pistols of 5,6 mm calibre u 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9302.00.25 2 -- Other, semi-automatic u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9302.00.29 5 -- Other u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9302.00.3 - Pistols, multiple barrel:
9302.00.31 7 -- Target shooting pistols of 5,6 mm calibre u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9302.00.39 2 -- Other u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
93.03 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):
9303.10 5 - Muzzle-loading firearms u 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9303.20 - Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles:
9303.20.1 -- Shotguns, single barrel:
9303.20.11 5 --- Pump-action u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9303.20.12 3 --- Semi-automatic u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9303.20.13 1 --- Other u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9303.20.20 4 -- Shotguns, multiple barrel, including combination guns u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9303.30 - Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles:
9303.30.10 1 -- Single-shot u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9303.30.20 9 -- Semi-automatic u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9303.30.90 9 -- Other u 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9303.90 - Other:
9303.90.25 7 -- Captive-bolt humane killers or stunners and line-throwing guns; anti- hail devices u free free free free free free
9303.90.90 7 -- Other u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
9304.00 Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons) (excluding those of heading 93.07):
9304.00.10 1 - Spring, air or gas-powered guns or pistols, designed to project a missile suitable for the injection of animals u free free free free free free
9304.00.20 9 - Other spring, air or gas guns or pistols u free free free free free free
9304.00.90 0 - Other u 15% free 15% free 15% 15%
93.05 Parts and accessories of articles of headings 93.01 to 93.04:
9305.10 - Of revolvers or pistols:
9305.10.10 1 -- Firing mechanisms kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.10.20 7 -- Frames and receivers kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.10.30 4 -- Barrels kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.10.40 1 -- Pistons, locking lugs and gas buffers kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.10.50 9 -- Magazines and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.10.60 6 -- Silencers (sound moderators) and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.10.70 3 -- Butts, grips and plates kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.10.80 0 -- Slides (for pistols) and cylinders (for revolvers) kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.10.90 8 -- Other kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.20 - Of shotguns or rifles of heading 93.03:
9305.20.05 8 -- Shotgun barrels kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.10 4 -- Firing mechanisms kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.15 5 -- Frames and receivers kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.20 1 -- Rifle barrels kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.25 2 -- Pistons, locking lugs and gas buffers kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.30 9 -- Magazines and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.35 9 -- Silencers (sound moderators) and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.40 6 -- Flash eliminators and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.45 7 -- Breeches, bolts (gunlocks) and bolt carriers kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.20.90 2 -- Other kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9305.9 - Other:
9305.91 -- Of military weapons of heading 93.01:
9305.91.1 --- Of machine-guns, sub-machine-guns, shotguns or rifles:
9305.91.11 0 ---- Firing mechanisms kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.91.12 9 ---- Frames and receivers kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.91.13 7 ---- Barrels kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.91.14 5 ---- Pistons, locking lugs and gas buffers kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.91.15 3 ---- Magazines and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.91.16 1 ---- Silencers (sound moderators) and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.91.17 5 ---- Flash eliminators and parts thereof kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.91.18 8 ---- Breeches, bolts (gunlocks) and bolt carriers kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.91.90 0 --- Other kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9305.99 -- Other:
9305.99.10 3 --- Parts of spring, air or gas guns and pistols kg free free free free free free
9305.99.90 1 --- Other kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
93.06 Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads:
9306.2 - Shotgun cartridges and parts thereof; air gun pellets:
9306.21 7 -- Cartridges kg free free free free free free
9306.29 8 -- Other kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9306.30 - Other cartridges and parts thereof:
9306.30.10 2 -- For riveting tools with a calibre not exceeding 6,35 mm, rimfire type kg free free free free free free
9306.30.20 9 -- For captive-bolt humane killers or stunners kg free free free free free free
9306.30.90 0 -- Other kg 15% free 15% free 13,5% 6%
9306.90 2 - Other kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%
9307.00 5 Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor kg 15% free 15% free 15% 6%

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