9026

Analysis

Heading 9026 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers 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…. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 11 eight-digit tariff lines, with 12 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 11 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The largest subheadings are 9026.10 (for measuring or checking the flow or level of…, 3 lines), 9026.80 (other instruments and apparatus, 3 lines), 9026.90 (parts and accessories, 3 lines) and 9026.20 (for measuring or checking pressure, 2 lines).

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 37th percentile of the headings in chapter 90.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.