HTS Index

HTS heading 9030

Oscilloscopes, 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:​ — 30 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
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:​ + Ch. 99not stated
9030.10.00.00Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionizing radiations + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.20Oscilloscopes and oscillographs + Ch. 99not stated
9030.20.05.00Specially designed for telecommunications + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.20.10.00Other oscilloscopes and oscillographs + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.31.00.00Multimeters, without a recording device + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.32.00.00Multimeters, with a recording device + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.33Other, without a recording device + Ch. 99not stated
9030.33.34.00Resistance measuring instruments + Ch. 991.7%No.
9030.33.38.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.39.01.00Other, with a recording device + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.40.00.00Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.82.00.00For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.84.00.00Other, with a recording device + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.89.01.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.90Parts and accessories + Ch. 99not stated
9030.90.25.00Printed circuit assemblies + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.90.46.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg, No.
9030.90.66.00Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.40 or 9030.82 + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.90.68.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9030.90.84.00Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.82 + Ch. 99Freekg
9030.90.89Other + Ch. 99Free
9030.90.89.11Of articles of subheading 9030.20 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9030.90.89)kg
9030.90.89.21Of articles of subheading 9030.31 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9030.90.89)kg
9030.90.89.22Of articles of subheading 9030.32 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9030.90.89)kg
9030.90.89.23Of articles of subheading 9030.33 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9030.90.89)kg
9030.90.89.31Of articles of subheading 9030.39 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9030.90.89)kg
9030.90.89.40Of articles of subheading 9030.40 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9030.90.89)kg
9030.90.89.56Of articles of subheading 9030.84 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9030.90.89)kg
9030.90.89.61Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9030.90.89)kg

8 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

30 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.