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Section XIX › Chapter 93

Chapter 93
Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof

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.

Rates as at 15 September 2026
HeadingCDDescriptionUnitGeneralEUEFTASADCMERCOSURAfCFTA
93.01Military weapons (excluding revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07):
9301.108Artillery weapons (for example, guns, howitzers and mortars)u15%free15%free15%15%
9301.202Rocket launchers; flame-throwers; grenade launchers; torpedo tubes and similar projectorsu15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.225Semi-automaticu15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.217Bolt actionu15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.101Fully automatic shotgunsu15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.233Fully automaticu15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.241Otheru15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.306Machine-gunsu15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.411Fully automatic pistolsu15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.428Otheru15%free15%free15%15%
9301.90.2Rifles:
9301.90.4Sub-machine-guns:
9301.90Other:
9302.00.392Otheru15%free15%free13,5%6%
9302.00.317Target shooting pistols of 5,6 mm calibreu15%free15%free13,5%6%
9302.00.295Otheru15%free15%free13,5%6%
9302.00.252Other, semi-automaticu15%free15%free13,5%6%
9302.00.236Target shooting pistols of 5,6 mm calibreu15%free15%free15%6%
9302.00.104Revolversu15%free15%free13,5%6%
9302.00Revolvers and pistols (excluding those of heading 93.03 or 93.04):
9302.00.3Pistols, multiple barrel:
9302.00.2Pistols, single barrel:
93.03Other 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):
9303.105Muzzle-loading firearmsu15%free15%free15%6%
9303.20Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles:
9303.20.131Otheru15%free15%free13,5%6%
9303.20.1Shotguns, single barrel:
9303.20.204Shotguns, multiple barrel, including combination gunsu15%free15%free13,5%6%
9303.20.115Pump-actionu15%free15%free13,5%6%
9303.20.123Semi-automaticu15%free15%free13,5%6%
9303.30.209Semi-automaticu15%free15%free13,5%6%
9303.30.101Single-shotu15%free15%free13,5%6%
9303.30Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles:
9303.30.909Otheru15%free15%free13,5%6%
9303.90.257Captive-bolt humane killers or stunners and line-throwing guns; anti- hail devicesufreefreefreefreefreefree
9303.90Other:
9303.90.907Otheru15%free15%free15%15%
9304.00.209Other spring, air or gas guns or pistolsufreefreefreefreefreefree
9304.00.101Spring, air or gas-powered guns or pistols, designed to project a missile suitable for the injection of animalsufreefreefreefreefreefree
9304.00Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons) (excluding those of heading 93.07):
9304.00.900Otheru15%free15%free15%15%
93.05Parts and accessories of articles of headings 93.01 to 93.04:
9305.10.101Firing mechanismskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.10Of revolvers or pistols:
9305.10.207Frames and receiverskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.10.304Barrelskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.10.401Pistons, locking lugs and gas bufferskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.10.908Otherkg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.10.509Magazines and parts thereofkg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.10.606Silencers (sound moderators) and parts thereofkg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.10.703Butts, grips and plateskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.10.800Slides (for pistols) and cylinders (for revolvers)kg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.20.058Shotgun barrelskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20Of shotguns or rifles of heading 93.03:
9305.20.457Breeches, bolts (gunlocks) and bolt carrierskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20.406Flash eliminators and parts thereofkg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20.359Silencers (sound moderators) and parts thereofkg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20.309Magazines and parts thereofkg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20.252Pistons, locking lugs and gas bufferskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20.201Rifle barrelskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20.155Frames and receiverskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20.104Firing mechanismskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.20.902Otherkg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9305.9Other:
9305.91.188Breeches, bolts (gunlocks) and bolt carrierskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.91.110Firing mechanismskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.91.1Of machine-guns, sub-machine-guns, shotguns or rifles:
9305.91Of military weapons of heading 93.01:
9305.91.153Magazines and parts thereofkg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.91.161Silencers (sound moderators) and parts thereofkg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.91.129Frames and receiverskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.91.137Barrelskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.91.175Flash eliminators and parts thereofkg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.91.145Pistons, locking lugs and gas bufferskg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.91.900Otherkg15%free15%free15%6%
9305.99.103Parts of spring, air or gas guns and pistolskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9305.99Other:
93.06Bombs, 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:
9305.99.901Otherkg15%free15%free15%6%
9306.2Shotgun cartridges and parts thereof; air gun pellets:
9306.217Cartridgeskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9306.298Otherkg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9306.30Other cartridges and parts thereof:
9306.30.102For riveting tools with a calibre not exceeding 6,35 mm, rimfire typekgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9306.30.209For captive-bolt humane killers or stunnerskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9306.30.900Otherkg15%free15%free13,5%6%
9306.902Otherkg15%free15%free15%6%
9307.005Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths thereforkg15%free15%free15%6%

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