9302 00 — Revolvers and pistols (excl. those of heading 9303 or 9304 and sub-machine guns for military purposes)
Revolvers and pistols (excl. those of heading 9303 or 9304 and sub-machine guns for military purposes)
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Where it sits in the nomenclature
Section XIX. Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
Codes inside
Only the ten-digit code carries a duty rate
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 9302 00 00 | Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 9303 or 9304 |
Explanatory notes to heading 9302 2 paragraphs
Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.
9302 Revolvers and pistols other than those of heading 93 03 or 9304
This heading covers revolvers and pistols, irrespective of calibre, capable of firing any projectiles (other than signal flares) by means of an explosive charge, and designed to be held and fired with one hand. Revolvers are single-barrelled weapons having a revolving cylinder. Pistols have one or more barrels. They may also have interchangeable barrels. Semi-automatic pistols have a magazine which can be loaded with several cartridges, the trigger having to be pulled to fire each cartridge. The heading includes miniature pistols and revolvers; it also covers weapons made in the form of other articles, e.g., pencils, pocket knives or cigarette cases, provided they are in fact firearms. The heading does not cover weapons capable of automatic fire (i.e., weapons which use pistol ammunition and continue firing after the trigger is pulled until the magazine is empty or the trigger is released); these weapons fall in heading 93 01 as submachine guns (machine pistols). They can be fired with one hand but usually have folding stocks. The heading also excludes: (a) captive-bolt humane killers, Very pistols for firing signal flares, pistols or revolvers for firing blank ammunition (with solid or blocked barrels or with a tapered bore) for giving the starting signal at competitions, theatrical dummy pistols, muzzle-loading "black powder" pistols not designed for, and not capable of, firing cartridged ammunition (heading 9303); (b) spring, air or gas pistols (heading 9304).
Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board
Notes to chapter 93 — Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof 3 items
Notes
English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) goods of Chapter 36 (for example, percussion caps, detonators, signalling flares);
(b) parts 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 8710);
(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 9705 or 9706).
2. In heading 9306, the reference to ‘parts thereof’ does not include radio or radar apparatus of heading 8526.
Additional note of the Eurasian Economic Union
Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.
1. In subheading 9305 20 000 1 the following shall be taken into account in determining the number of barrels in additional units of measurement:
(a) a barrel having one channel for throwing is considered as one barrel;
(b) non-separable barrels, e.g. soldered or solid, having multiple channels for throwing, are considered as a single barrel.
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