Analysis
Subheading 9025.11 covers liquid-filled, for direct reading, within heading 9025. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.
Every one of its 2 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The US splits it as follows: 9025.11.20 for liquid-filled, for direct reading: clinical (duty-free) and 9025.11.40 for liquid-filled, for direct reading: other (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112) and Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Goods only reach 9025.11 once they fall within heading 9025 (hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9025.11.20 | Liquid-filled, for direct reading: clinical | Free |
| 9025.11.40 | Liquid-filled, for direct reading: other | Free |