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  "summary": "Playing cards are usually classified under HS code 9504.40 when it is a pack of playing cards. 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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      "label": "Candidate codes",
      "value": "1",
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      "value": "HS2022",
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      "question": "What is the HS code for playing cards?",
      "answer": "Playing cards are usually classified under HS code 9504.40 when it is a pack of playing cards. 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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      "id": "choose",
      "title": "How to choose the right code",
      "text": [
        "Use 9504.40 when it is a pack of playing cards."
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    },
    {
      "id": "codes",
      "title": "Codes for playing cards",
      "text": [
        "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 playing cards."
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    },
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      "id": "similar",
      "title": "Similar products",
      "text": [
        "Products in the same category as playing cards, or classified under the same headings."
      ]
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    {
      "id": "countries",
      "title": "Duty rates by country",
      "text": [
        "National tariff lines for playing cards 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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      "text": [
        "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 playing cards 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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      "text": [
        "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 playing cards 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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        "code": "US",
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  "attribution": "border.bot tariff reference (border.bot), compiled from the official publishers named on each page.",
  "terms": "https://border.bot/legal/terms",
  "notice": "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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