9025 11 20 and 9025 11 80 · Liquid-filled, for direct reading
Thermometers ‘for direct reading’ are of a kind in which the temperature is indicated on a scale by the level of the fluid in the thermometer.
EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 9025.11
9025 11 20
9025 11 20: Clinical or veterinary thermometers
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 9025 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments:
- Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments:
- 9025 11 Liquid-filled, for direct reading:
- 9025 11 20 Clinical or veterinary thermometers
What you pay
Importing into EU
Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 3 additional measures Import requirements: 4 VAT standard rate of the member state of import, 17% to 27%
Duty calculatorCalculate duty and taxes → Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 4
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- Regulation 1517/18
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
- Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- until 31 October 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 0382/26
- Duty on low-value parcelsLow-value consignment customs duty 3 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- from 1 November 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 0382/26
- Handling feeUnion handling fee 2 EUR
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- In force
- from 1 November 2026
- Legal act
- Regulation 2108/26
- Documents
- Y126 Goods sold in distance sales
Import requirements 4
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Syria
- Legal act
- Regulation 1210/03, Regulation 1332/13
- Import controlImport control of mercury
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- Regulation 0852/17
- Import control
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- Regulation 0692/14
- Import control
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- Regulation 0263/22
- Documents
- Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
- N954 Movement certificate EUR.1
- N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Export measures 9
Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.
| Export measures | Destination | Legal act | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restriction on exportSanctions regime: Iraq | All third countries | Regulation 1210/03 | 1 January 2007 |
| Export authorizationSanctions regime: Syria | All third countries | Regulation 1332/13 | 15 December 2013 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Crimea and Sevastopol | Ukraine | Regulation 0692/14 | 25 February 2025 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Russia | Russia | Regulation 0833/14 | 22 October 2025 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Belarus | Belarus | Regulation 0765/06 | 20 July 2025 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Iran (UAV and missiles) | Iran | Regulation 1529/23 | 31 January 2026 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine | Ukraine | Regulation 0263/22 | 25 August 2022 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Russia | Russia | Regulation 0833/14 | 24 June 2023 |
| Export control of mercury | All third countries | Regulation 0852/17 | 31 December 2020 |
TARIC data as of 8 November 2026
Import VAT in the EU member states
The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.
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Austria 20% -
Belgium 21% -
Bulgaria 20% -
Croatia 25% -
Cyprus 3% / 5% reduced rate -
Czechia 21% -
Denmark 25% -
Estonia 24% -
Finland 25.5% -
France 20% -
Germany 19% -
Greece 24% -
Hungary 27% -
Ireland 23% -
Italy 5% reduced rate -
Latvia 21% -
Lithuania 21% -
Luxembourg 17% -
Malta 18% -
Netherlands 21% -
Poland 23% -
Portugal 23% -
Romania 21% -
Slovakia 23% -
Slovenia 22% -
Spain 21% -
Sweden 25%
TEDB · 8 November 2026
EU: imports by month · HS 9025.11
last 12 months€24.5m-10% · previous 12 months
Average import price€16.63 per kg
Preferential rate6%
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | €17.7m | 72.1% | -11.8% |
 United States | €2.4m | 9.9% | -12.7% |
 United Kingdom | €1.6m | 6.6% | +25.9% |
 Switzerland | €518k | 2.1% | -13.6% |
 Tunisia | €417k | 1.7% | +39.9% |
 Thailand | €307k | 1.3% | -19.4% |
 South Korea | €238k | 1% | +16.8% |
 Türkiye | €227k | 0.9% | -34.9% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
9025.11 Liquid-filled, for direct reading
UK Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines Türkiye Free – 2.8% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 1.9% USA Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Canada Free – 3.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 1.8% 
Mexico Free – 15% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 7.5% 
Brazil 16.2% – 18% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 17.1% 
Argentina 18% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Peru Free – 6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3% 
New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line EU lines: 9025.11
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N345952 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a chlorine dispenser and a thermometer from China
- 600013920 HMRC
Wall thermometer sold in wholesale quantities. This product is designed to measure the room temperature around the house, garden, home, office or greenhouse to measure air temperature. The product is made of plastic and has an integral hanging hook. It contains a liquid which measures temperatures…
- 600013919 HMRC
Liquid filled thermometer designed to be hung on the wall and used around the house and garden for measuring air temperature. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use. The thermometer is mounted onto a wooden board which has been printed with the temperature range. Temperature range is -40°c to 50°c.…
Legal notes
Additional notes
1. For the purposes of subheadings 90153010, 90258040, 90261021, 90261029, 90262020, 90268020, 90271010 and 90321020, the expression ‘electronic’ means instruments and apparatus which incorporate one or more articles of heading 8540, 8541 or 8542 but for the purposes of the foregoing, no account shall be taken of articles of heading 8540, 8541 or 8542 which have solely the function of rectifying current or which are included in the power pack of instruments or apparatus.
2. For the purposes of subheading 90211010, the expression "orthopaedic appliances" means appliances which are specially designed for a particular orthopaedic purpose, in distinction to products that might be used for various purposes (for example, products for overstrained joints, ligaments or tendons caused by sporting activities, type writing, and products which simply alleviate pain in the defective or disabled part of the body, for example, caused by inflammation).
The "orthopaedic appliances" must completely prevent a specific movement of the defective or disabled part of the body (for example, joints, ligaments, tendons) in order to exclude further injuries or bodily deformities or an aggravation of such injuries or deformities, as distinct from other products that cannot prevent specific movements, yet prevent reflex movements (movements carried out subconsciously) through the relative inflexibility of those products due to, for example, flexible splints, pressure pads, non-elastic textile material, restrictions through "Velcro-type" straps.
CN Explanatory Notes
The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.
General notes to the chapter
OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
Additional note 2
See also Note 6 to Chapter 90 and the judgment in Joined Cases C-260/00 to C-263/00, Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG and Medi Bayreuth Weihermüller & Voigtmann GmbH & Co. KG v Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz, paragraphs 36, 37, 39, 40, 43 and 45, (ECLI:EU:C:2002:637).
Examples of products falling under subheading 9021 10 10:
Examples of products falling under Section XI:
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union
This line in earlier years
The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.
| Year | Description | Third-country duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Clinical or veterinary thermometers | Free | p/st |
| 2025 | unchanged | Free | p/st |
| 2024 | unchanged | Free | p/st |
| 2023 | unchanged | Free | p/st |
| 2022 | unchanged | Free | p/st |
| 2021 | unchanged | Free | p/st |
| 2020 | unchanged | Free | p/st |
| 2019 | Clinical or veterinary thermometers | Free | p/st |
CN code 9025 11 20 is a line of the EU Combined Nomenclature under HS subheading 9025.11 (liquid-filled, for direct reading).
The third-country duty is free, and quantities are declared in p/st.
Imports of goods of subheading 9025.11 into the EU came to €24.5m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 10% on the year before); China supplied 72%, followed by United States.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 0%–2.8%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is 0%–3.5%, the Mexico duty is 0%–15%, the Brazil duty is 16.2%–18%, the Argentina duty is 18%, the Peru duty is 0%–6%, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 9025.11 worth US$72m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was China.
Questions and answers
What is the EU import duty for CN code 9025 11 20?
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is free; the supplementary unit is p/st. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the EU import these goods from?
For subheading 9025.11 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was China (US$20m), followed by the United States.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.