HTS chapter 90

HTS chapter 90: optical, medical and measuring instruments codes and duty rates

Chapter 90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States has 32 headings and 302 rate lines, split into 421 ten-digit statistical codes. Each heading below lists its rate lines with the official description and the general (Column 1) rate of duty. The general rate is only the starting point: Section 301, Section 232 and other programs can add to it depending on the country of origin, and the calculator applies them for any line.

9001Optical fibers and optical fiber bundles; optical fiber cables other than those of heading 8544; sheets and plates of polarizing material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9001.10.00Optical fibers, optical fiber bundles and cables6.7%
9001.20.00Sheets and plates of polarizing materialFree
9001.30.00Contact lenses9001.30.00.002%
9001.40.00Spectacle lenses of glass2%
9001.50.00Spectacle lenses of other materials9001.50.00.002%
9001.90.40LensesFree
9001.90.50PrismsFree
9001.90.60MirrorsFree
9001.90.80Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processesFree
9001.90.90Other › Other › OtherFree

9002Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9002.11.40Objective lenses and parts and accessories thereof › For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers › Projection2.45%
9002.11.60Objective lenses and parts and accessories thereof › For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers › Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motors9002.11.60.00Free
9002.11.90Objective lenses and parts and accessories thereof › For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers9002.11.90.002.3%
9002.19.00Objective lenses and parts and accessories thereof9002.19.00.00Free
9002.20.40Filters and parts and accessories thereof › PhotographicFree
9002.20.80Filters and parts and accessories thereofFree
9002.90.20PrismsFree
9002.90.40MirrorsFree
9002.90.70Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processesFree
9002.90.85Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motorsFree
9002.90.95Other › Other › OtherFree

9003Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9003.11.00Frames and mountings › Of plastics9003.11.00.002.5%
9003.19.00Frames and mountings › Of other materials9003.19.00.00Free
9003.90.00Parts2.5%

9004Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9004.10.00Sunglasses9004.10.00.002%
9004.90.00Other2.5%

9005Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9005.10.00BinocularsFree
9005.80.40Other instruments › Optical telescopes9005.80.40.408%
9005.80.60Other instruments6%
9005.90.40Parts and accessories (including mountings) › Incorporating goods of heading 9001 or 9002The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory
9005.90.80Parts and accessories (including mountings)The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory

9006Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9006.30.00Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey, or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes9006.30.00.00Free
9006.40.40Instant print cameras › Fixed focusFree
9006.40.60Instant print cameras › Other than fixed focus › Valued not over $10 each6.8%
9006.40.90Instant print cameras › Other than fixed focus › Valued over $10 each9006.40.90.00Free
9006.53.02Other cameras › For roll film of a width of 35 mmFree
9006.59.01Other cameras › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › With through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR))Free
9006.59.05Other cameras › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › Fixed focus › Hand held › 110 camerasFree
9006.59.08Other cameras › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › Fixed focus › Hand held4%
9006.59.10Other cameras › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › Fixed focusFree
9006.59.12Other cameras › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › Other than fixed focus › Valued not over $10 each6.8%
9006.59.15Other cameras › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › Other than fixed focus › Valued over $10 eachFree
9006.59.20Other cameras › Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylindersFree
9006.59.40Other cameras › Fixed focus4%
9006.59.60Other cameras › Other than fixed focus › Valued not over $10 each6.8%
9006.59.91Other cameras › Other than fixed focus › Valued over $10 eachFree
9006.61.00Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs › Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatusFree
9006.69.01Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbsFree
9006.91.00Parts and accessories › For cameras5.8%
9006.99.00Parts and accessories3.9%

9007Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9007.10.00Cameras9007.10.00.00Free
9007.20.20Projectors › For film of less than 16 mm › With sound recording and reproducing systems; and those capable of projecting only sound motion picturesFree
9007.20.40Projectors › For film of less than 16 mm4.9%
9007.20.60Projectors › With sound recording and reproducing systems; and those capable of projecting only sound motion picturesFree
9007.20.80Projectors3.5%
9007.91.40Parts and accessories › For cameras › PartsFree
9007.91.80Parts and accessories › For cameras3.9%
9007.92.00Parts and accessories › For projectors3.5%

9008Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9008.50.10Projectors, enlargers and reducers › Slide projectors7%
9008.50.20Projectors, enlargers and reducers › Microfilm, microfiche or other microform readers, whether or not capable of producing copies › Capable of producing copiesFree
9008.50.30Projectors, enlargers and reducers › Microfilm, microfiche or other microform readers, whether or not capable of producing copies3.5%
9008.50.40Projectors, enlargers and reducers › Other image projectors4.6%
9008.50.50Projectors, enlargers and reducers › Photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducersFree
9008.90.40Parts and accessories › Of image projectors, other than cinematographicFree
9008.90.80Parts and accessories2.9%

9010Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9010.10.00Apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper2.4%
9010.50.10Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes › Contact printersFree
9010.50.20Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes › Developing tanksFree
9010.50.30Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes › Photographic film viewers, titlers, splicers and editors, all the foregoing and combinations thereof › Articles containing an optical lens or designed to contain such a lens › Editors and combination editor-splicers, for cinematographic filmFree
9010.50.40Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes › Photographic film viewers, titlers, splicers and editors, all the foregoing and combinations thereof › Articles containing an optical lens or designed to contain such a lensFree
9010.50.50Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes › Photographic film viewers, titlers, splicers and editors, all the foregoing and combinations thereofFree
9010.50.60Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopesFree
9010.60.00Projection screens9010.60.00.00Free
9010.90.85Parts and accessories › Parts and accessories of articles of subheadings 9010.50 and 9010.60Free
9010.90.95Parts and accessories2.9%

9011Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinemicrography or microprojection; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9011.10.40Stereoscopic microscopes › Provided with a means for photographing the imageFree
9011.10.80Stereoscopic microscopesFree
9011.20.40Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinemicrography or microprojection › Provided with a means for photographing the image9011.20.40.003.9%
9011.20.80Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinemicrography or microprojection7.2%
9011.80.00Other microscopes9011.80.00.00Free
9011.90.00Parts and accessoriesFree

9012Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9012.10.00Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus9012.10.00.00Free
9012.90.00Parts and accessoriesFree

9013Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9013.10.10Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or section XVI › Telescopic sights for rifles › Not designed for use with infrared light14.9%
9013.10.30Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or section XVI › Telescopic sights for rifles1.4%
9013.10.45Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or section XVI › Telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter of section XVIFree
9013.10.50Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or section XVI5.3%
9013.20.00Lasers, other than laser diodes9013.20.00.00Free
9013.80.20Other devices, appliances and instruments › Hand magnifiers, magnifying glasses, loupes, thread counters and similar apparatus6.6%
9013.80.40Other devices, appliances and instruments › Door viewers (door eyes)5.8%
9013.80.91Other devices, appliances and instruments4.5%
9013.90.20Parts and accessories › Of telescopic sights for rifles16%
9013.90.70Parts and accessories › Other parts and accessories, other than for telescopic sights for fitting to arms or for periscopesFree
9013.90.80Parts and accessories9013.90.80.004.5%

9014Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9014.10.10Direction finding compasses › Optical instrumentsFree
9014.10.60Direction finding compasses › Gyroscopic compasses, other than electricalFree
9014.10.70Direction finding compasses › ElectricalFree
9014.10.90Direction finding compassesFree
9014.20.20Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) › Optical instruments and appliancesFree
9014.20.40Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) › Automatic pilotsFree
9014.20.60Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) › ElectricalFree
9014.20.80Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses)Free
9014.80.10Other instruments and appliances › Optical instrumentsFree
9014.80.20Other instruments and appliances › Ships' logs and depth-sounding apparatusFree
9014.80.40Other instruments and appliances › ElectricalFree
9014.80.50Other instruments and appliancesFree
9014.90.10Parts and accessories › Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.40Free
9014.90.20Parts and accessories › Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.80Free
9014.90.40Parts and accessories › Of articles covered by subheading 9014.80.50Free
9014.90.60Parts and accessoriesFree

9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9015.10.40Rangefinders › ElectricalFree
9015.10.80RangefindersFree
9015.20.40Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers) › ElectricalFree
9015.20.80Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)Free
9015.30.40Levels › ElectricalFree
9015.30.80Levels2.8%
9015.40.40Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances › ElectricalFree
9015.40.80Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliancesFree
9015.80.20Other instruments and appliances › Optical instruments and appliancesFree
9015.80.60Other instruments and appliances › SeismographsFree
9015.80.80Other instruments and appliancesFree
9015.90.01Parts and accessoriesFree

9016Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9016.00.20Electrical balances and parts and accessories thereof3.9%
9016.00.40Jewelers' balances and parts and accessories thereof2.9%
9016.00.60Other › Other3.3%

9017Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, calipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9017.10.40Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic › PlottersFree
9017.10.80Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic3.9%
9017.20.40Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments › Disc calculators, slide rules and other mathematical calculating instruments3.9%
9017.20.70Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments › PlottersFree
9017.20.80Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments4.6%
9017.30.40Micrometers, calipers and gauges › Micrometers and calipers5.8%
9017.30.80Micrometers, calipers and gauges3.9%
9017.80.00Other instruments5.3%
9017.90.01Parts and accessoriesThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory

9018Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9018.11.30Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereof › ElectrocardiographsFree
9018.11.60Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereof › Printed circuit assembliesFree
9018.11.90Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.12.00Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Ultrasonic scanning apparatusFree
9018.13.00Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Magnetic resonance imaging apparatusFree
9018.14.00Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Scintigraphic apparatusFree
9018.19.40Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.19.55Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Patient monitoring systemsFree
9018.19.75Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Printed circuit assemblies for parameter acquisition modulesFree
9018.19.95Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof9018.19.95.60Free
9018.20.00Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.31.00Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof › Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof9018.31.00.40Free
9018.32.00Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof › Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.39.00Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.41.00Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences, and parts and accessories thereof › Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment, and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.49.40Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences, and parts and accessories thereof › Dental bursFree
9018.49.80Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences, and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.50.00Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.90.10Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Optical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Mirrors and reflectorsFree
9018.90.20Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Optical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.90.30Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Anesthetic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.90.40Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Percussion hammers, stethoscopes and parts of stethoscopesFree
9018.90.50Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.90.60Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Electro-medical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof9018.90.60.00Free
9018.90.64Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Electro-medical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › DefibrillatorsFree
9018.90.68Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Electro-medical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Printed circuit assemblies for the defibrillators of subheading 9018.90.64Free
9018.90.75Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Electro-medical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.90.80Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof9018.90.80.00Free

9019Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9019.10.20Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; parts and accessories thereof › Mechano-therapy appliances and massage apparatus; parts and accessories thereof9019.10.20.10Free
9019.10.40Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; parts and accessories thereof › Electrically operated apparatus and parts thereofFree
9019.10.60Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; parts and accessories thereofFree
9019.20.00Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus; parts and accessories thereofFree

9020Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9020.00.40Underwater breathing devices designed as a complete unit to be carried on the person and not requiring attendantsFree
9020.00.60Other breathing appliances and gas masks2.5%
9020.00.90Other2.5%

9021Orthopedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9021.10.00Orthopedic or fracture appliances, and parts and accessories thereofFree
9021.21.40Artificial teeth and dental fittings, and parts and accessories thereof › Artificial teeth and parts and accessories thereof › Of plastics9021.21.40.00Free
9021.21.80Artificial teeth and dental fittings, and parts and accessories thereof › Artificial teeth and parts and accessories thereofFree
9021.29.40Artificial teeth and dental fittings, and parts and accessories thereof › Of plasticsFree
9021.29.80Artificial teeth and dental fittings, and parts and accessories thereofFree
9021.31.00Other artificial parts of the body and parts and accessories thereof › Artificial joints and parts and accessories thereofFree
9021.39.00Other artificial parts of the body and parts and accessories thereofFree
9021.40.00Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories thereofFree
9021.50.00Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories thereofFree
9021.90.40Parts and accessories for hearing aids and for pacemakers for stimulating heart musclesFree
9021.90.81Other › OtherFree

9022Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9022.12.00Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus › Computed tomography apparatusFree
9022.13.00Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus › Other, for dental usesFree
9022.14.00Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus › Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary usesFree
9022.19.00Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus › For other usesFree
9022.21.00Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus › For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary usesFree
9022.29.40Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus › For other uses › Smoke detectors, ionization typeFree
9022.29.80Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus › For other usesFree
9022.30.00X-ray tubesFree
9022.90.05Other, including parts and accessories › Radiation generator units0.8%
9022.90.15Other, including parts and accessories › Radiation beam delivery units1.4%
9022.90.25Other, including parts and accessories › Other apparatus0.8%
9022.90.40Other, including parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of X-ray tubes9022.90.40.000.9%
9022.90.60Other, including parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of apparatus based on the use of X-raysFree
9022.90.70Other, including parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of smoke detectors, ionization type1%
9022.90.95Other, including parts and accessories › Parts and accessories1.4%

9023Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses, and parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9023.00.00Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses, and parts and accessories thereof9023.00.00.00Free

9024Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics), and parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9024.10.00Machines and appliances for testing metalsFree
9024.80.00Other machines and appliances9024.80.00.00Free
9024.90.00Parts and accessoriesFree

9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9025.11.20Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments › Liquid-filled, for direct reading › ClinicalFree
9025.11.40Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments › Liquid-filled, for direct readingFree
9025.19.40Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments › PyrometersFree
9025.19.80Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments9025.19.80.20Free
9025.80.10Other instruments › Electrical1.7%
9025.80.15Other instruments › Barometers, not combined with other instruments1%
9025.80.20Other instruments › Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, whether or not incorporating a thermometer, non-recording2.9%
9025.80.35Other instruments › Hygrometers and psychrometers, non-recording1.4%
9025.80.40Other instruments › Thermographs, barographs, hygrographs and other recording instruments1%
9025.80.50Other instruments1.6%
9025.90.06Parts and accessories9025.90.06.00Free

9026Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9026.10.20For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids › ElectricalFree
9026.10.40For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids › Flow metersFree
9026.10.60For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquidsFree
9026.20.40For measuring or checking pressure › Electrical9026.20.40.00Free
9026.20.80For measuring or checking pressureFree
9026.80.20Other instruments and apparatus › ElectricalFree
9026.80.40Other instruments and apparatus › Heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and anemometersFree
9026.80.60Other instruments and apparatusFree
9026.90.20Parts and accessories › Of electrical instruments and apparatusFree
9026.90.40Parts and accessories › Of flow meters, heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters and anemometersFree
9026.90.60Parts and accessories9026.90.60.00Free

9027Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9027.10.20Gas or smoke analysis apparatus › Electrical9027.10.20.00Free
9027.10.40Gas or smoke analysis apparatus › Optical instruments and apparatus9027.10.40.00Free
9027.10.60Gas or smoke analysis apparatusFree
9027.20.50Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments › ElectricalFree
9027.20.80Chromatographs and electrophoresis instrumentsFree
9027.30.40Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) › Electrical9027.30.40.40Free
9027.30.80Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared)Free
9027.50.10Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) › Exposure meters9027.50.10.001.2%
9027.50.40Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) › ElectricalFree
9027.50.80Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared)Free
9027.81.00Other instruments and apparatus › Mass spectrometersFree
9027.89.25Other instruments and apparatus › Nuclear magnetic resonance instrumentsFree
9027.89.45Other instruments and apparatus › ElectricalFree
9027.89.80Other instruments and apparatusFree
9027.90.20Microtomes; parts and accessories › MicrotomesFree
9027.90.45Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of electrical instruments and apparatus › Printed circuit assemblies for the goods of subheading 9027.81 or 9027.89Free
9027.90.54Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of electrical instruments and apparatus › Of electrophoresis instruments not incorporating an optical or other measuring deviceFree
9027.90.56Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of electrical instruments and apparatus › Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.81 or 9027.899027.90.56.30Free
9027.90.59Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of electrical instruments and apparatusFree
9027.90.64Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of optical instruments and apparatus › Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.81 or 9027.89Free
9027.90.68Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of optical instruments and apparatusFree
9027.90.84Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.81 or 9027.89Free
9027.90.88Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessoriesFree

9028Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9028.10.00Gas meters16¢ each + 2.5%
9028.20.00Liquid meters16¢ each + 2.5%
9028.30.00Electricity metersFree
9028.90.00Parts and accessoriesFree

9029Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, pedometers and the like; speedometers and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9029.10.40Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, pedometers and the like › Taximeters5.3%
9029.10.80Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, pedometers and the like9029.10.80.00Free
9029.20.20Speedometers and tachometers; stroboscopes › Bicycle speedometers6%
9029.20.40Speedometers and tachometers; stroboscopes › Other speedometers and tachometers9029.20.40.80Free
9029.20.60Speedometers and tachometers; stroboscopes › Stroboscopes16¢ each + 2.5%
9029.90.20Parts and accessories › Of taximeters5.3%
9029.90.40Parts and accessories › Of bicycle speedometers6%
9029.90.60Parts and accessories › Of stroboscopes3.2%
9029.90.80Parts and accessoriesFree

9030Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionizing radiations; parts and accessories thereof:​

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9030.10.00Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionizing radiationsFree
9030.20.05Oscilloscopes and oscillographs › Specially designed for telecommunicationsFree
9030.20.10Oscilloscopes and oscillographs › Other oscilloscopes and oscillographsFree
9030.31.00Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) › Multimeters, without a recording deviceFree
9030.32.00Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) › Multimeters, with a recording device9030.32.00.00Free
9030.33.34Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) › Other, without a recording device › Resistance measuring instruments1.7%
9030.33.38Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) › Other, without a recording deviceFree
9030.39.01Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) › Other, with a recording deviceFree
9030.40.00Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)Free
9030.82.00Other instruments and apparatus › For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)9030.82.00.00Free
9030.84.00Other instruments and apparatus › Other, with a recording deviceFree
9030.89.01Other instruments and apparatusFree
9030.90.25Parts and accessories › For articles of subheading 9030.10 › Printed circuit assembliesFree
9030.90.46Parts and accessories › For articles of subheading 9030.109030.90.46.00Free
9030.90.66Parts and accessories › Printed circuit assemblies › Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.40 or 9030.82Free
9030.90.68Parts and accessories › Printed circuit assembliesFree
9030.90.84Parts and accessories › Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.829030.90.84.00Free
9030.90.89Parts and accessoriesFree

9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9031.10.00Machines for balancing mechanical partsFree
9031.20.00Test benches9031.20.00.001.7%
9031.41.00Other optical instruments and appliances › For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)Free
9031.49.10Other optical instruments and appliances › Profile projectorsFree
9031.49.40Other optical instruments and appliances › Coordinate-measuring machinesFree
9031.49.70Other optical instruments and appliances › For inspecting masks (other than photomasks) used in manufacturing semiconductor devices; for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor devicesFree
9031.49.90Other optical instruments and appliances9031.49.90.00Free
9031.80.40Other instruments, appliances and machines › Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticlesFree
9031.80.80Other instruments, appliances and machines9031.80.80.85Free
9031.90.21Parts and accessories › Of profile projectorsFree
9031.90.45Parts and accessories › Of other optical instruments and appliances, other than test benches › Bases and frames for the coordinate-measuring machines of subheading 9031.49.40Free
9031.90.54Parts and accessories › Of other optical instruments and appliances, other than test benches › Of optical instruments and appliances of subheading 9031.41 or 9031.49.70Free
9031.90.59Parts and accessories › Of other optical instruments and appliances, other than test benches9031.90.59.00Free
9031.90.70Parts and accessories › Of articles of subheading 9031.80.40Free
9031.90.91Parts and accessoriesFree

9032Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9032.10.00Thermostats9032.10.00.601.7%
9032.20.00ManostatsFree
9032.81.00Other instruments and apparatus › Hydraulic and pneumatic9032.81.00.80Free
9032.89.20Other instruments and apparatus › Automatic voltage and voltage-current regulators › Designed for use in a 6, 12 or 24 V system1.1%
9032.89.40Other instruments and apparatus › Automatic voltage and voltage-current regulators1.7%
9032.89.60Other instruments and apparatus1.7%
9032.90.21Parts and accessories › Of automatic voltage and voltage-current regulators › Designed for use in a 6, 12 or 24 V system1.1%
9032.90.41Parts and accessories › Of automatic voltage and voltage-current regulators1.7%
9032.90.61Parts and accessories1.7%

9033Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90

HTS codeDescriptionGeneral rate
9033.00.20Light-emitting diode (LED) backlights modules, the foregoing which are lighting sources that consist of one or more LEDs and one or more connectors and are mounted on a printed circuit or other similar substrate, and other passive components, whether or not combined with optical components or protective diodes, and used as backlights illumination for liquid crystal displays (LCDs)Free
9033.00.30Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called “touch screens”) without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infrared lights or other touch-sensitive technology)Free
9033.00.90Other4.4%

Descriptions and general rates from the current USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The general rate excludes additional duties such as Section 301, Section 232 and antidumping or countervailing duties, which depend on the country of origin.