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HTS 9031

Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors; parts and accessories thereof

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

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
9031.10.00.00Machines for balancing mechanical partsNo.Free40%USITC
9031.20.00.00Test benchesNo.1.7%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)45%USITC
Other optical instruments and appliances
9031.41.00For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)Free50%USITC
9031.41.00.20For inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devicesNo.Free50%USITC
For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices
9031.41.00.40For wafersNo.Free50%USITC
9031.41.00.60OtherNo.Free50%USITC
9031.49OtherUSITC
9031.49.10.00Profile projectorsNo.Free45%USITC
9031.49.40.00Coordinate-measuring machinesNo.Free50%USITC
9031.49.70.00For inspecting masks (other than photomasks) used in manufacturing semiconductor devices; for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor devicesNo.Free50%USITC
9031.49.90.00OtherNo.Free50%USITC
9031.80Other instruments, appliances and machinesUSITC
9031.80.40.00Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticlesNo.Free40%USITC
9031.80.80OtherFree40%USITC
Equipment for testing the characteristics of internal combustion engines
9031.80.80.60For testing electrical characteristicskgFree40%USITC
9031.80.80.70OtherkgFree40%USITC
9031.80.80.85OtherkgFree40%USITC
9031.90Parts and accessoriesUSITC
9031.90.21.00Of profile projectorskgFree45%USITC
Of other optical instruments and appliances, other than test benches
9031.90.45.00Bases and frames for the coordinate-measuring machines of subheading 9031.49.40kgFree50%USITC
9031.90.54.00Of optical instruments and appliances of subheading 9031.41 or 9031.49.70kgFree50%USITC
9031.90.59.00OtherkgFree50%USITC
Other
9031.90.70.00Of articles of subheading 9031.80.40kgFree40%USITC
9031.90.91OtherFree40%USITC
9031.90.91.30Of machines for balancing mechanical partskgFree40%USITC
9031.90.91.60Of test bencheskgFree40%USITC
9031.90.91.95OtherkgFree40%USITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 9031 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