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  "summary": "Board games are usually classified under HS code 9504.90 when it is a table or parlour game, such as a board game, that is not playing cards or a video game. It sits in heading 95.04, “Video game consoles and machines, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling equipment, amusement machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment”.",
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      "question": "What is the HS code for board games?",
      "answer": "Board games are usually classified under HS code 9504.90 when it is a table or parlour game, such as a board game, that is not playing cards or a video game. It sits in heading 95.04, “Video game consoles and machines, table or parlour games, including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling equipment, amusement machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by any other means of payment”."
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    {
      "question": "Does the type of game change the HS code for board games?",
      "answer": "Yes. Use 9504.90 when it is a table or parlour game, such as a board game, that is not playing cards or a video game. Use 9504.40 when it is a pack of playing cards."
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        "Is it a board or table game, or a pack of playing cards? Use 9504.90 when it is a table or parlour game, such as a board game, that is not playing cards or a video game. Use 9504.40 when it is a pack of playing cards.",
        "Some similar goods are classified elsewhere: 9504.40 applies when it is a pack of playing cards and 9503.00 applies when it is a puzzle, which is classified with toys."
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        "Each code is listed with its legal text from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, quoted as published, and the condition under which it applies to board games."
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        "Products in the same category as board games, or classified under the same headings."
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        "National tariff lines for board games are live for the United States. Each page lists the lines under the codes above, with their duty rates where they are live."
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        "Describe your product, or paste its page, and the classifier suggests the code with its reasons."
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      "id": "note",
      "title": "Classification depends on the exact product",
      "text": [
        "The right code depends on what the product is made of, how it is made and what it is for, so two products sold as board games can fall under different codes.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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        "The legal texts are from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.",
        "The conditions and questions on this page were written for board games by border.bot and checked against those legal texts; the page changes when a new release goes live or the topic is reviewed again."
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