HTS 9027
Instruments 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
| General rate | Not stated for this line What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them. |
|---|---|
| Special rate | Not stated for this line Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes. |
| Column 2 rate | Not stated for this line Only for the few countries without normal trade relations. |
This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.
Additional duties may apply
This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.
Statistical breakouts
The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.
| Code | Description | Units | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9027.10 | Gas or smoke analysis apparatus | — | see above |
| 9027.10.20.00 | Electrical | kg, No. | Free |
| 9027.10.40.00 | Optical instruments and apparatus | kg | Free |
| 9027.10.60.00 | Other | kg | Free |
| 9027.20 | Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments | — | see above |
| 9027.20.50 | Electrical | — | Free |
| 9027.20.50.30 | Electrophoresis instruments | No. | Free |
| 9027.20.50.50 | Gas chromatographs | No. | Free |
| 9027.20.50.60 | Liquid chromatographs | No. | Free |
| 9027.20.50.80 | Other | No. | Free |
| 9027.20.80 | Other | — | Free |
| 9027.20.80.30 | Gas chromatographs | No. | Free |
| 9027.20.80.60 | Liquid chromatographs | No. | Free |
| 9027.20.80.90 | Other | No. | Free |
| 9027.30 | Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) | — | see above |
| 9027.30.40 | Electrical | — | Free |
| 9027.30.40.40 | Spectrophotometers | No. | Free |
| 9027.30.40.80 | Other | No. | Free |
| 9027.30.80 | Other | — | Free |
| 9027.30.80.20 | Spectroscopes | No. | Free |
| 9027.30.80.80 | Other | No. | Free |
| 9027.50 | Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) | — | see above |
| 9027.50.10.00 | Exposure meters | No. | 1.2% |
| 9027.50.40 | Electrical | — | Free |
| 9027.50.40.15 | Chemical analysis instruments and apparatus | No. | Free |
| 9027.50.40.20 | Thermal analysis instruments and apparatus | No. | Free |
| 9027.50.40.50 | Photometers | No. | Free |
| 9027.50.40.60 | Other | No. | Free |
| 9027.50.80 | Other | — | Free |
| 9027.50.80.15 | Chemical analysis instruments and apparatus | No. | Free |
| 9027.50.80.20 | Thermal analysis instruments and apparatus | No. | Free |
| 9027.50.80.60 | Other | No. | Free |
| 9027.81.00.00 | Mass spectrometers | No. | Free |
| 9027.89 | Other | — | see above |
| 9027.89.25.00 | Nuclear magnetic resonance instruments | No. | Free |
| 9027.89.45 | Electrical | — | Free |
| 9027.89.45.30 | Chemical analysis instruments and apparatus | kg | Free |
| 9027.89.45.60 | Physical analysis instruments and apparatus | kg | Free |
| 9027.89.45.90 | Other | kg | Free |
| 9027.89.80 | Other | — | Free |
| 9027.89.80.30 | Chemical analysis instruments and apparatus | kg | Free |
| 9027.89.80.60 | Physical analysis instruments and apparatus | kg | Free |
| 9027.89.80.90 | Other | kg | Free |
| 9027.90 | Microtomes; parts and accessories | — | see above |
| 9027.90.20.00 | Microtomes | No. | Free |
| 9027.90.45.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for the goods of subheading 9027.81 or 9027.89 | No. | Free |
| 9027.90.54.00 | Of electrophoresis instruments not incorporating an optical or other measuring device | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.56 | Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.81 or 9027.89 | — | Free |
| 9027.90.56.25 | Of articles of subheading 9027.20.50 | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.56.30 | Of articles of subheading 9027.30.40 | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.56.40 | Of articles of subheading 9027.50.10 | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.56.50 | Of articles of subheading 9027.50.40 | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.56.95 | Other | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.59 | Other | — | Free |
| 9027.90.59.10 | Of articles of subheading 9027.10.20 | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.59.95 | Other | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.64.00 | Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.81 or 9027.89 | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.68.00 | Other | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.84.00 | Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.81 or 9027.89 | kg | Free |
| 9027.90.88.00 | Other | kg | Free |
What changed
No recorded change to this line since we began reading the schedule daily. That is the ordinary state: USITC revises it fifteen to eighteen times a year, and most codes are untouched in any given revision.
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Before you rely on this
Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call. This page publishes the schedule as USITC does; it does not calculate what an entry will cost.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.