What HS code 9030.33 covers
HS code 9030.33 classifies instruments and apparatus; for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, without a recording device (excluding multimeters). It is a subheading of heading 9030 (Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities not meters of heading no. 9028; instruments, apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic and other radiations), in chapter 90 (Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories), section XVIII of the Harmonized System. These six digits are identical in every country that uses the HS.
Classification path
Import duty for 9030.33
Base MFN rate only. Section 301 and 2025 IEEPA tariffs can stack on top for goods from China.
Source: HTSUS / CBP
Erga-omnes (third-country) MFN rate. Import VAT of 17 to 27 percent by country, and any anti-dumping measures, apply separately.
Source: TARIC
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Related codes in heading 9030
Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 9030.33.
- 9030.10 Instruments and apparatus; for measuring or detecting ionising radiations
- 9030.20 Oscilloscopes and oscillographs
- 9030.31 Multimeters; for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafer or devices), without a recording device
- 9030.32 Multimeters; for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, with a recording device
- 9030.39 Instruments and apparatus; for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, with a recording device (excluding multimeters)
- 9030.40 Instruments and apparatus; specially designed for telecommunications (e.g. cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)
- 9030.82 Instruments and apparatus; for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)
- 9030.84 Instruments and apparatus; n.e.c. in heading no. 9030, with a recording device
- 9030.89 Instruments and apparatus; n.e.c. in heading no. 9030, without a recording device
- 9030.90 Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities, not meters of heading no. 9028; parts and accessories, for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic and other radiations
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