HTS Index

HTS heading 9031

Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors; parts and accessories thereof — 28 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors; parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99not stated
9031.10.00.00Machines for balancing mechanical parts + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9031.20.00.00Test benches + Ch. 991.7%No.
9031.41.00For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits) + Ch. 99Free
9031.41.00.20For inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.41.00)No.
9031.41.00.40For wafers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.41.00)No.
9031.41.00.60Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.41.00)No.
9031.49Other + Ch. 99not stated
9031.49.10.00Profile projectors + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9031.49.40.00Coordinate-measuring machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9031.49.70.00For inspecting masks (other than photomasks) used in manufacturing semiconductor devices; for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor devices + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9031.49.90.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9031.80Other instruments, appliances and machines + Ch. 99not stated
9031.80.40.00Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9031.80.80Other + Ch. 99Free
9031.80.80.60For testing electrical characteristics + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.80.80)kg
9031.80.80.70Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.80.80)kg
9031.80.80.85Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.80.80)kg
9031.90Parts and accessories + Ch. 99not stated
9031.90.21.00Of profile projectors + Ch. 99Freekg
9031.90.45.00Bases and frames for the coordinate-measuring machines of subheading 9031.49.40 + Ch. 99Freekg
9031.90.54.00Of optical instruments and appliances of subheading 9031.41 or 9031.49.70 + Ch. 99Freekg
9031.90.59.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
9031.90.70.00Of articles of subheading 9031.80.40 + Ch. 99Freekg
9031.90.91Other + Ch. 99Free
9031.90.91.30Of machines for balancing mechanical parts + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.90.91)kg
9031.90.91.60Of test benches + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.90.91)kg
9031.90.91.95Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9031.90.91)kg

9 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

28 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.