HTS subheading · chapter 90
9027.50
Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared)
Analysis
Subheading 9027.50 covers other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared), within heading 9027. 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 3 US tariff lines below it are national.
2 of its 3 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (67%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 1.2%. The median line pays duty-free.
The US splits it as follows: 9027.50.10 for other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations… (1.2%), 9027.50.40 for other: electrical (duty-free) and 9027.50.80 for other: other (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516) and Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9027.50.10 | Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared): exposure meters | 1.2% |
| 9027.50.40 | Other: electrical | Free |
| 9027.50.80 | Other: other | Free |