CHAPTER 94 · LEGAL NOTES
Chapter 94
The 134 legal notes below govern classification under Chapter 94. They are part of the official Harmonized Tariff Schedule and are cited verbatim in CBP rulings.
As of June 9, 2026
Chapter notes
Note 1
Chapter Note 1: This chapter does not cover: (a) Pneumatic or water mattresses, pillows or cushions, of chapter 39, 40 or 63; (b) Mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground (for example, cheval-glasses (swing-mirrors)) of heading 7009; (c) Articles of chapter 71; (d) Parts of general use as defined in note 2 to section XV, of base metal (section XV), or similar goods of plastics (chapter 39), or safes of heading 8303; (e) Furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment of heading 8418; furniture specially designed for sewing machines (heading 8452); (f) Lamps or light sources and parts thereof of chapter 85; (g) Furniture specially designed as parts of apparatus of heading 8518 (heading 8518), of heading 8519 or 8521 (heading 8522) or of headings 8525 to 8528 (heading 8529); (h) Articles of heading 8714; (ij) Dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 9018 or dentists' spittoons (heading 9018);
Note 2
Chapter Note 2: The articles (other than parts) referred to in headings 9401 to 9403 are to be classified in those headings only if they are designed for placing on the floor or ground. The following are, however, to be classified in the above-mentioned headings even if they are designed to be hung, to be fixed to the wall or to stand one on the other: (a) Cupboards, bookcases, other shelved furniture (including single shelves presented with supports for fixing them to the wall) and unit furniture; (b) Seats and beds.
Note 3
Chapter Note 3: (a) In headings 9401 to 9403 references to parts of goods do not include references to sheets or slabs (whether or not cut to shape but not combined with other parts) of glass (including mirrors), marble or other stone or of any other material referred to in chapter 68 or 69. (b) Goods described in heading 9404, entered separately, are not to be classified in heading 9401, 9402 or 9403 as parts of goods.
Note 4
Chapter Note 4: For the purposes of heading 9406, the expression "prefabricated buildings" means buildings which are finished in the factory or put up as elements, entered together, to be assembled on site, such as housing or worksite accommodation, offices, schools, shops, sheds, garages or similar buildings. Prefabricated buildings include “modular building units” of steel, normally presented in the size and shape of a standard shipping container, but substantially or completely pre-fitted internally. Such modular building units are normally designed to be assembled together to form permanent buildings.
Additional U.S. notes
Note 1
Additional U.S. Note 1: For the purposes of subheading 9401.20.00, "seats of a kind used for motor vehicles" does not include child safety seats.
Statistical notes
Note 1
Statistical Note 1: In heading 9401, stationary activity centers do not have castors or wheels.
Note 2
Statistical Note 2: For the purposes of statistical reporting number 9401.99.9030, mechanically collapsible sofa bed seat deck components are characterized by an articulating array of metal torsion hinges and struts that square-fold to transition from flat to erect and vice versa and are attached permanently to a controller frame consisting of a metal bar that acts as a bi-directional transit controller.
Note 3
Statistical Note 3: For the purposes of statistical reporting in this chapter, the term “plantation-harvested” means wood harvested from trees grown on a plantation. A plantation is an area of land where trees are established through deliberate planting and/or seeding and are generally harvested at maturity.
Note 4
Statistical Note 4: For the purposes of statistical reporting number 9403.20.0075, the term "boltless or press-fit steel shelving units prepackaged for sale" refers to steel shelving in which the steel vertical and horizontal supports lock together to form the frame for the shelving unit and are assembled primarily without the use of nuts and bolts or screws. Boltless steel shelving includes rivet shelving, welded frame shelving, slot and tab shelving, and punched rivet (quasi-rivet) shelving but does not include wall-mounted shelving or wire shelving units in which a wire deck and wire horizontal supports are integrated into a single piece.
Note 5
Statistical Note 5: For the purposes of statistical reporting number 9403.20.0078, "metal exchange lockers" are lockers with individual locking doors mounted on one master locking door to access multiple units used by commercial businesses, hospitals, police departments, condominiums, apartments, hotels, automobile dealerships, etc.
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Statistical Note 6: For the purposes of statistical reporting numbers 9404.90.1030, 9404.90.1060, 9404.90.2030 and 9404.90.2060, "bed pillows" are pillows used on a bed to support the head and neck while sleeping.
Note 7
Statistical Note 7: For purposes of heading 9406, the unit of quantity, m2 , refers to the floor area of the building when assembled. Unit Rates of Duty of Quantity Article Description Stat. Suffix Heading/ Subheading 1 2 General Special Seats (other than those of heading 9402), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof: 9401
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