Subheading · Chapter 90 · Heading 9030
9030.39: Other, with a recording device
Voltage/current meters with recorder
9030.39 is the HS subheading for voltage/current meters with recorder, under heading 9030 in chapter 90.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9030 39 00 00 Other, with a recording device 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, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £23.1m | 31.6% | +312.5% | |
| £12.5m | 17.1% | -28.3% | |
| £9.7m | 13.3% | -72% | |
| £5.5m | 7.5% | -3.2% | |
| £2.8m | 3.9% | +4.3% | |
| £2.6m | 3.6% | +26.7% | |
| £2.6m | 3.5% | +58% | |
| £2m | 2.8% | -15.9% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$93kUS$93k+US$3m+US$31m+> US$136m
Exports: 157
- China: US$380m
- United States: US$272m
- Germany: US$253m
- United Kingdom: US$174m
- South Korea: US$136m
- Taiwan: US$114m
- Japan: US$81m
- Switzerland: US$78m
- Canada: US$71m
- France: US$68m
- Hungary: US$40m
- Italy: US$39m
- Romania: US$38m
- Netherlands: US$35m
- Slovenia: US$32m
- Malaysia: US$31m
- Sweden: US$29m
- Mexico: US$25m
- Austria: US$18m
- New Zealand: US$15m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$14m
- Bulgaria: US$14m
- India: US$14m
- Singapore: US$13m
- Spain: US$12m
- Israel: US$12m
- Poland: US$11m
- Australia: US$9m
- Thailand: US$7m
- Ireland: US$7m
- Denmark: US$6m
- Belgium: US$6m
- Czechia: US$6m
- Tunisia: US$4m
- Türkiye: US$4m
- Finland: US$4m
- Latvia: US$4m
- Portugal: US$3m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$3m
- Norway: US$3m
- Saudi Arabia: US$2m
- Sri Lanka: US$2m
- South Africa: US$2m
- Indonesia: US$2m
- Costa Rica: US$2m
- Brazil: US$1m
- Serbia: US$1m
- Vietnam: US$1m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- Colombia: US$1m
- Russia: US$973k
- Luxembourg: US$917k
- Estonia: US$647k
- Argentina: US$594k
- Lithuania: US$583k
- Ukraine: US$572k
- Egypt: US$469k
- Greece: US$449k
- United Arab Emirates: US$446k
- Kazakhstan: US$439k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$569kUS$569k+US$5m+US$29m+> US$65m
Imports: 204
- United States: US$330m
- China: US$222m
- South Korea: US$113m
- Germany: US$103m
- United Kingdom: US$93m
- Mexico: US$70m
- India: US$65m
- Taiwan: US$61m
- Japan: US$60m
- France: US$57m
- Vietnam: US$48m
- Canada: US$47m
- Netherlands: US$45m
- Singapore: US$42m
- Thailand: US$42m
- Saudi Arabia: US$40m
- Malaysia: US$38m
- Poland: US$36m
- Italy: US$33m
- Australia: US$30m
- Indonesia: US$29m
- Brazil: US$28m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$27m
- Spain: US$26m
- Sweden: US$24m
- Türkiye: US$23m
- United Arab Emirates: US$22m
- Romania: US$21m
- Ireland: US$20m
- Switzerland: US$19m
- Hungary: US$14m
- Czechia: US$13m
- Belgium: US$12m
- Austria: US$12m
- Bulgaria: US$11m
- Israel: US$11m
- Peru: US$9m
- Honduras: US$9m
- South Africa: US$9m
- Russia: US$9m
- Philippines: US$9m
- Portugal: US$8m
- Colombia: US$8m
- Norway: US$8m
- Chile: US$7m
- Morocco: US$6m
- Denmark: US$6m
- Finland: US$6m
- Slovakia: US$6m
- Serbia: US$5m
- Qatar: US$5m
- Egypt: US$5m
- Kuwait: US$5m
- Panama: US$4m
- Costa Rica: US$4m
- Argentina: US$4m
- Ecuador: US$4m
- Iraq: US$3m
- New Zealand: US$3m
- Slovenia: US$3m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$380m | 18% | |
| 2 | US$272m | 12.9% | |
| 3 | US$253m | 11.9% | |
| 4 | US$174m | 8.2% | |
| 5 | US$136m | 6.4% | |
| 6 | US$114m | 5.4% | |
| 7 | US$81m | 3.8% | |
| 8 | US$78m | 3.7% | |
| 9 | US$71m | 3.3% | |
| 10 | US$68m | 3.2% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$330m | 15.6% | |
| 2 | US$222m | 10.5% | |
| 3 | US$113m | 5.3% | |
| 4 | US$103m | 4.9% | |
| 5 | US$93m | 4.4% | |
| 6 | US$70m | 3.3% | |
| 7 | US$65m | 3.1% | |
| 8 | US$61m | 2.9% | |
| 9 | US$60m | 2.8% | |
| 10 | US$57m | 2.7% |
Import duty on this product around the world 164
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.
- 2.9%median duty
- 68number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Ethiopia, Bermuda
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2022 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 12% – 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 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 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.8% | 0% – 6% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2.8% | 0% – 6% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 12% – 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 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
- 87478 Other instruments & apparatus for measuring/checking electrical quantities
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 212020
- CPC 2.1 product
- 48249 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities n.e.c.
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2651 Manufacture of measuring, testing, navigating and control equipment
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9030.39 | changed |
| 2012 | 9030.39 | changed |
| 2007 | 9030.39 | changed |
| 2002 | 9030.83 | changed |
| 1996 | 9030.83 | changed |
| 1992 | 9030.81 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 4
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.
- N364114 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of electrical measuring instruments from Canada
- N355766 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of an LED electrical properties tester from the Netherlands
- N355574 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of an LED electrical properties tester from China
- 600013606 HMRC
Apparatus for measuring and checking voltage and current from the control cabinet of AC induction motors and rotating equipment. The product does not measure or check any non electrical quantities, such as speed of rotation. The product uses self-learning algorithms to convert the electrical…
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov
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FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov
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CELEX 32026R0506 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
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CELEX 32026R0271 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 9030.39; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 9030.39 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 voltage/current meters with recorder into the UK came to £72.9m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 18% on the year before); Germany supplied 32%, followed by United States.
In 2024, countries exported voltage/current meters with recorder worth US$2bn (−0.5% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$380m), followed by the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other, with a recording device?
Other, with a recording device fall under HS subheading 9030.39, part of heading 9030, in section XVIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other, with a recording device in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9030.39 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 other, with a recording device in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9030.39 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 other, with a recording device?
China, with US$380m in 2024 (18% of world exports).
Which countries can export voltage/current meters with recorder 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 voltage/current meters with recorder?
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 voltage/current meters with recorder from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Germany (32%), United States (17%) and China (13%), out of total imports of £72.9m.