HTS Index

HTS heading 9014

Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances; parts and accessories thereof — 27 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
9014Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances; parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99not stated
9014.10Direction finding compasses + Ch. 99not stated
9014.10.10.00Optical instruments + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.10.60.00Gyroscopic compasses, other than electrical + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.10.70Electrical + Ch. 99Free
9014.10.70.30Gyroscopic compasses + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9014.10.70)No.
9014.10.70.60Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9014.10.70)No.
9014.10.90.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.20Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) + Ch. 99not stated
9014.20.20.00Optical instruments and appliances + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.20.40.00Automatic pilots + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.20.60.00Electrical + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.20.80Other + Ch. 99Free
9014.20.80.40For use in civil aircraft + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9014.20.80)No.
9014.20.80.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9014.20.80)No.
9014.80Other instruments and appliances + Ch. 99not stated
9014.80.10.00Optical instruments + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.80.20.00Ships' logs and depth-sounding apparatus + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.80.40.00Electrical + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.80.50.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9014.90Parts and accessories + Ch. 99not stated
9014.90.10.00Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.40 + Ch. 99Freekg
9014.90.20Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.80 + Ch. 99Free
9014.90.20.40For use in civil aircraft + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9014.90.20)No.
9014.90.20.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9014.90.20)No.
9014.90.40.00Of articles covered by subheading 9014.80.50 + Ch. 99Freekg
9014.90.60.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg

6 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

27 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.