Analysis
HTS 9030.31.00 covers multimeters, without a recording device under heading 9030 (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 1.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 9030.33.34 (resistance measuring instruments) at 1.7%, a difference of 1.7 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 73% of the 296 tariff lines in chapter 90 that are also free. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), an industry of 672 US establishments employing 29,914 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9030.10.00 | Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionizing radiations | Free |
| 9030.20.05 | Specially designed for telecommunications | Free |
| 9030.20.10 | Oscilloscopes and oscillographs: other oscilloscopes and oscillographs | Free |
| 9030.32.00 | Multimeters, with a recording device | Free |
| 9030.33.34 | Resistance measuring instruments | 1.7% |
| 9030.33.38 | Other, without a recording device: other | Free |
| 9030.39.01 | Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices): other, with a recording device | Free |
| 9030.40.00 | Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionizing radiations; parts and accessories thereof:: other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) | Free |
| 9030.82.00 | For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) | Free |
| 9030.84.00 | Other instruments and apparatus: other, with a recording device | Free |
| 9030.89.01 | Other instruments and apparatus: other | Free |
| 9030.90.25 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 9030.90.46 | For articles of subheading 9030.10: other | Free |
| 9030.90.66 | Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.40 or 9030.82 | Free |
| 9030.90.68 | Printed circuit assemblies: other | Free |
| 9030.90.84 | Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.82 | Free |
| 9030.90.89 | Other: other | Free |