HTS tariff line · chapter 90
9025.80.20
Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, whether or not incorporating a thermometer, non-recording
Analysis
HTS 9025.80.20 covers hydrometers and similar floating instruments, whether or not incorporating a thermometer, non-recording under heading 9025 (hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers…).
The general duty rate is 2.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 90 (86th percentile of 296 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $290 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 1% to 1.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 9025.80.40 (thermographs, barographs, hygrographs and other recording instruments) at 1%, a difference of 1.9 points on the customs value.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 85%, 29.3 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the civil aircraft agreement, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.9%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9025.80.10 | Other instruments: electrical | 1.7% |
| 9025.80.15 | Barometers, not combined with other instruments | 1% |
| 9025.80.35 | Hygrometers and psychrometers, non-recording | 1.4% |
| 9025.80.40 | Thermographs, barographs, hygrographs and other recording instruments | 1% |
| 9025.80.50 | Other: other | 1.6% |