HTS heading 9017
Drawing, 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 — 23 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9017 | Drawing, 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 + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9017.10 | Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9017.10.40.00 | Plotters + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9017.10.80.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.9% | No. |
| 9017.20 | Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9017.20.40.00 | Disc calculators, slide rules and other mathematical calculating instruments + Ch. 99 | 3.9% | No. |
| 9017.20.70.00 | Plotters + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9017.20.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | 4.6% | — |
| 9017.20.80.40 | Hand operated input devices which transmit position data to computer processors or displays (digitizers) + Ch. 99 | 4.6% (inherited from 9017.20.80) | No. |
| 9017.20.80.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | 4.6% (inherited from 9017.20.80) | kg |
| 9017.30 | Micrometers, calipers and gauges + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9017.30.40.00 | Micrometers and calipers + Ch. 99 | 5.8% | No. |
| 9017.30.80.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.9% | No. |
| 9017.80.00.00 | Other instruments + Ch. 99 | 5.3% | No. |
| 9017.90.01 | Parts and accessories + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory | — |
| 9017.90.01.05 | Of articles of subheading 9017.10.40 + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory (inherited from 9017.90.01) | kg |
| 9017.90.01.15 | Of articles of subheading 9017.10.80 + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory (inherited from 9017.90.01) | kg |
| 9017.90.01.20 | Of articles of subheading 9017.20.40 + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory (inherited from 9017.90.01) | kg |
| 9017.90.01.32 | Of articles of subheading 9017.20.70 + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory (inherited from 9017.90.01) | kg |
| 9017.90.01.36 | Of articles of subheading 9017.20.80 + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory (inherited from 9017.90.01) | kg |
| 9017.90.01.40 | Of articles of subheading 9017.30.40 + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory (inherited from 9017.90.01) | kg |
| 9017.90.01.50 | Of articles of subheading 9017.30.80 + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory (inherited from 9017.90.01) | kg |
| 9017.90.01.60 | Other + Ch. 99 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory (inherited from 9017.90.01) | kg |
10 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
23 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.