The Product
- A solderless electronic hobby kit designed to teach a hobbyist about electricity.
- Components install on a transparent pegboard and wire together into circuits from the printed manual; a 9 volt battery, not included, powers lights and sound.
- Includes LEDs, a diode, integrated circuits, transistors, a speaker, a buzzer, a motor, capacitors, resistors, spring contacts, small PCBs, a screwdriver, a wire cutter and a parts box.
- The components can be combined and reused repeatedly for multiple experiments, and the kit works with Lego blocks.
- Intended and principally designed for the amusement of hobbyists ages 14 and older.
CBP's Ruling
| Item | HTS code | CBP's description of the line |
|---|---|---|
| miniTesla Starter Kit | HTS 9503.00.0090 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys…dolls, other toys…puzzles of all kinds; parts and accessories thereof…Other |
Explanation
Heading 9503 names tricycles, scooters and similar wheeled toys, dolls, other toys and puzzles, with their parts and accessories. CBP placed the miniTesla Starter Kit on that heading's Other line; the letter describes the kit as a solderless electronic hobby kit that teaches a hobbyist about electricity and is intended and principally designed for the amusement of hobbyists ages 14 and older.
Does this apply to your product?
It likely does if you can answer yes to each of these:
- Is it a solderless electronics kit for building battery-powered experiments?
- Do its components combine and reuse to build multiple circuits from an instruction manual?
- Is it intended and principally designed for the amusement of hobbyists?
- Is it made for ages 14 and older?
A no to any of them can mean a different code. A licensed broker can classify your product.
The code today
| HTS code | In today's schedule | Where it sits | Today's duty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9503.00.0090 | ✓ Still in the schedule | Heading 9503 | Today's duty from China |
Checked against today's tariff schedule. The duty calculator opens with the code and country filled in.
Related rulings
N325867, on a 3 Piece Clock Kit, and N293790, on a craft kit, put those kits on the same line. N330543, N297476, N301847, N337737, N358429 and N348903 cover shrink art kits, craft kits, a mosaics kit, the Blinger toy craft kit and the Razzle Dazzle children's craft kit on a different line of heading 9503.
- N325867May 23, 2022“3 Piece Clock Kit” from China9503.00.0090
- N330543February 3, 2023Shrink art kit from China9503.00.0073
- N348903June 9, 2025Shrink art kit from China9503.00.0073
- N293790February 22, 2018Craft kit from China9503.00.0090
- N297476June 19, 2018Craft kit from China9503.00.0073
- N301847December 17, 2018Mosaics kit from China9503.00.0073
- N337737February 9, 2024“Blinger” toy craft kit from China9503.00.0073
- N358429March 2, 2026“Razzle Dazzle” children’s craft kit from China9503.00.0073
Borderless, a licensed U.S. customs brokerage, summarized CBP ruling N342040 in plain English and checked its codes against the letter and today's tariff schedule. A ruling applies only to goods that match its facts; our terms explain the rest. Terms