Section XVIII · Optical, photographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments
9030.39
Other, with a recording device
Chapter
Optical, photographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments
Heading
The product family within the chapter
Subheading
The specific good, identical worldwide
The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. The United States adds two more for the tariff rate and, often, two more for statistics — which is why the rates below are listed against 8- and 10-digit numbers rather than against this code.
How the schedule reaches this code
- 90Optical, photographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments
- 9030Oscilloscopes, 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, 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
Published US duty rates
Duty is set at the 8- or 10-digit line, not at this 6-digit subheading, so more than one rate can sit under this code.
- 9030.39.01.00Other, with a recording deviceNo.
- General
- Free
- Special (FTA)
- —
- Column 2
- 40%
No preferential rate published.
Countries without normal trade relations.
Schedule footnotes
- See 9903.88.01.
A reference to Chapter 99 means an additional action — a Section 232 or 301 measure, an exclusion, or a quota — applies on top of the rate above.
This is the listed rate. Antidumping and countervailing duty orders, Chapter 99 actions and preference qualification all change what is actually collected, and classification is a judgement about your goods. Verify with your licensed customs broker before you file.
Other subheadings in heading 9030
- 9030.10Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionizing radiations
- 9030.20Oscilloscopes and oscillographs:
- 9030.31Multimeters, without a recording device
- 9030.32Multimeters, with a recording device
- 9030.33Other, without a recording device:
- 9030.40Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)
- 9030.82For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)
- 9030.84Other, with a recording device
- 9030.89Other
- 9030.90Parts and accessories:
Source: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) — 2026 HTS Revision 12, released 2026-07-21, published at hts.usitc.gov. A U.S. Government work in the public domain.