HTS Index

HTS heading 9026

Instruments 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 — 18 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
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 + Ch. 99not stated
9026.10For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids + Ch. 99not stated
9026.10.20Electrical + Ch. 99Free
9026.10.20.40Flow meters + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9026.10.20)No.
9026.10.20.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9026.10.20)No.
9026.10.40.00Flow meters + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9026.10.60.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9026.20For measuring or checking pressure + Ch. 99not stated
9026.20.40.00Electrical + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9026.20.80.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9026.80Other instruments and apparatus + Ch. 99not stated
9026.80.20.00Electrical + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9026.80.40.00Heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and anemometers + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9026.80.60.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9026.90Parts and accessories + Ch. 99not stated
9026.90.20.00Of electrical instruments and apparatus + Ch. 99Freekg
9026.90.40.00Of flow meters, heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters and anemometers + Ch. 99Freekg
9026.90.60.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg

2 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

18 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.