Subheading · Chapter 90 · Heading 9027
9027.20: Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments
9027.20 is the HS subheading for chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments, under heading 9027 in chapter 90.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9027 20 00 00 Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments Free
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 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Russia, Syria, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/707, 2023 No. 440, S.I. 2019/792, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9038
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, S.I. 2019/411, 2020 No. 1665, S.I. 2019/855
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £10.3m | 23.4% | -34.7% | |
| £6.9m | 15.7% | -43.6% | |
| £4.8m | 11.1% | +19.5% | |
| £3.4m | 7.9% | -7.6% | |
| £3.3m | 7.5% | +15.2% | |
| £2.6m | 6% | +70.8% | |
| £2.5m | 5.7% | +19.9% | |
| £1.3m | 3.1% | +177.5% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$203kUS$203k+US$3m+US$51m+> US$320m
Exports: 116
- United States: US$478m
- Japan: US$352m
- Singapore: US$328m
- Germany: US$320m
- China: US$309m
- Sweden: US$244m
- Netherlands: US$104m
- France: US$100m
- United Kingdom: US$87m
- Switzerland: US$80m
- Mexico: US$58m
- Canada: US$51m
- Malaysia: US$44m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$30m
- Italy: US$24m
- Ireland: US$19m
- Belgium: US$17m
- India: US$14m
- Denmark: US$13m
- Czechia: US$11m
- Austria: US$11m
- Taiwan: US$8m
- South Korea: US$8m
- Australia: US$7m
- Russia: US$5m
- Romania: US$4m
- Hungary: US$4m
- Spain: US$3m
- Türkiye: US$3m
- Poland: US$3m
- United Arab Emirates: US$2m
- Finland: US$2m
- South Africa: US$2m
- Slovenia: US$2m
- Kazakhstan: US$2m
- New Zealand: US$2m
- Lithuania: US$2m
- Philippines: US$2m
- Israel: US$1m
- Estonia: US$1m
- Croatia: US$1m
- Indonesia: US$1m
- Latvia: US$899k
- Norway: US$884k
- Uruguay: US$786k
- Portugal: US$727k
- Greece: US$580k
- Armenia: US$577k
- Serbia: US$568k
- Tunisia: US$539k
- Thailand: US$512k
- Luxembourg: US$504k
- Brazil: US$453k
- Saudi Arabia: US$333k
- Azerbaijan: US$326k
- Peru: US$230k
- Morocco: US$203k
- Nigeria: US$163k
- Tanzania: US$151k
- Bulgaria: US$125k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$990kUS$990k+US$7m+US$32m+> US$138m
Imports: 186
- China: US$432m
- India: US$308m
- United States: US$277m
- Germany: US$172m
- Singapore: US$143m
- South Korea: US$138m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$130m
- Japan: US$87m
- United Kingdom: US$67m
- Netherlands: US$62m
- France: US$58m
- Brazil: US$55m
- Canada: US$42m
- Ireland: US$40m
- Italy: US$40m
- Indonesia: US$40m
- Switzerland: US$37m
- Russia: US$34m
- Belgium: US$32m
- Taiwan: US$31m
- Mexico: US$28m
- United Arab Emirates: US$24m
- Spain: US$23m
- Saudi Arabia: US$23m
- Austria: US$21m
- Thailand: US$20m
- Denmark: US$20m
- Türkiye: US$17m
- Australia: US$17m
- Poland: US$16m
- Malaysia: US$15m
- Argentina: US$15m
- Ukraine: US$13m
- Qatar: US$12m
- Norway: US$12m
- Sweden: US$11m
- Vietnam: US$11m
- Bangladesh: US$10m
- Colombia: US$10m
- Kazakhstan: US$10m
- Czechia: US$8m
- Romania: US$8m
- Kuwait: US$8m
- Slovenia: US$8m
- Egypt: US$8m
- South Africa: US$7m
- Uzbekistan: US$7m
- Israel: US$7m
- Morocco: US$7m
- Chile: US$6m
- Hungary: US$6m
- Philippines: US$6m
- Pakistan: US$6m
- Algeria: US$5m
- Iraq: US$5m
- Greece: US$5m
- Libya: US$4m
- Nigeria: US$4m
- Peru: US$4m
- Iran: US$4m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$478m | 17.3% | |
| 2 | US$352m | 12.7% | |
| 3 | US$328m | 11.8% | |
| 4 | US$320m | 11.5% | |
| 5 | US$309m | 11.1% | |
| 6 | US$244m | 8.8% | |
| 7 | US$104m | 3.8% | |
| 8 | US$100m | 3.6% | |
| 9 | US$87m | 3.2% | |
| 10 | US$80m | 2.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$432m | 15.6% | |
| 2 | US$308m | 11.1% | |
| 3 | US$277m | 10% | |
| 4 | US$172m | 6.2% | |
| 5 | US$143m | 5.1% | |
| 6 | US$138m | 5% | |
| 7 | US$130m | 4.7% | |
| 8 | US$87m | 3.1% | |
| 9 | US$67m | 2.4% | |
| 10 | US$62m | 2.3% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 0%median duty
- 94number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0.4% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2.8% | 0% – 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2.8% | 0% – 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 87442 Chromatographs & electrophoresis instruments
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 712020
- CPC 2.1 product
- 48253 Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2651 Manufacture of measuring, testing, navigating and control equipment
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9027.20 | changed |
| 2012 | 9027.20 | changed |
| 2007 | 9027.20 | changed |
| 2002 | 9027.20 | changed |
| 1996 | 9027.20 | changed |
| 1992 | 9027.20 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 1
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.
- N349251 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a liquid chromatography device from Japan
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 9027.20; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 9027.20 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.
174 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of Free.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments into the UK came to £43.8m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 15% on the year before); United States supplied 23%, followed by Germany.
In 2024, countries exported chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments worth US$2.8bn (−7.8% year on year).
The largest exporter was the United States (US$478m), followed by Japan.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments?
Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments fall under HS subheading 9027.20, part of heading 9027, in section XVIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9027.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9027.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments?
The United States, with US$478m in 2024 (17.3% of world exports).
Which countries can export chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were United States (23%), Germany (16%) and China (11%), out of total imports of £43.8m.