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HTS 9015

Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders; parts and accessories thereof

26 lines US HTS, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
9015.10RangefindersUSITC
9015.10.40.00ElectricalNo.Free40%USITC
9015.10.80.00OtherNo.Free45%USITC
9015.20Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)USITC
9015.20.40.00ElectricalNo.Free40%USITC
9015.20.80.00OtherNo.Free45%USITC
9015.30LevelsUSITC
9015.30.40.00ElectricalNo.Free40%USITC
9015.30.80.00OtherNo.2.8%Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)45%USITC
9015.40Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliancesUSITC
9015.40.40.00ElectricalNo.Free40%USITC
9015.40.80.00OtherNo.Free40%USITC
9015.80Other instruments and appliancesUSITC
9015.80.20.00Optical instruments and appliancesNo.Free45%USITC
Other
9015.80.60.00SeismographsNo.Free40%USITC
9015.80.80OtherFree40%USITC
9015.80.80.40Geophysical instruments and appliancesNo.Free40%USITC
9015.80.80.80OtherkgFree40%USITC
9015.90.01Parts and accessoriesFreeThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessoryUSITC
9015.90.01.10Of rangefinderskgFreeThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessoryUSITC
9015.90.01.20Of theodolites and tachymeterskgFreeThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessoryUSITC
9015.90.01.30Of levelskgFreeThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessoryUSITC
9015.90.01.40Of photogrammetrical surveying instruments and apparatuskgFreeThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessoryUSITC
9015.90.01.50Of seismographskgFreeThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessoryUSITC
9015.90.01.60Of other geophysical instruments and applianceskgFreeThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessoryUSITC
9015.90.01.90OtherkgFreeThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessoryUSITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 9015 at USITC

Not shown: the additional duties of Chapter 99 (such as Section 301 and Section 232), anti-dumping and countervailing duties, quotas and the legal notes.

This page is general information, not legal advice and not a classification decision. Tariff texts and rates change: check the publisher's current schedule, and ask the customs authority for a binding ruling where the answer matters.

All headings of chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus