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HS code for instruments and apparatus - geophysical
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “instruments and apparatus - geophysical” points to heading 9015: surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders. Check the description and the notes of the chapter before declaring: the right code depends on what the goods are made of and how they are used.
The UK Global Tariff divides 9015 into 9 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 9015 covers 9 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 3.7%. 7 of them are duty-free.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides 9015 into 10 tariff lines; the duty is between 2.7% and 3.7% (average 3.5%).
Duty rates compared
UK Free Third-country duty 9 tariff lines 
EU Free – 3.7% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · average 0.7% 
Türkiye 2.7% – 3.7% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 3.5% 
USA Free – 2.8% General (MFN) 12 tariff lines · average 0.2% 
Canada Free – 2.5% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 0.4% 
Mexico Free – 15% General (MFN) 12 tariff lines · average 2.9% 
Brazil 7.2% – 20% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines · average 16.3% 
Argentina Free – 12.6% General (MFN) 18 tariff lines · average 11.2% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 9 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 6 tariff lines 
Japan Free General (MFN) 7 tariff lines 
Taiwan Free – 3% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines · average 0.3% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 6 tariff lines 
Norway Free General (MFN) 7 tariff lines 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 9 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines See also
- anemometers
- ceilometers
- collimators
- gravimeters
- nephoscopes
- rain gauges
- theodolites
- actinometers
- seismographs
- seismometers
- solarimeters
- tacheometers
- magnetometers
- pyrheliometers
- stereoplotters
- gyrotheodolites
- photogoniometers
- stereotopographs
- torsion balances
- co-ordinatographs
- stereocomparators
- stereoplanigraphs
- visibility meters
- evaporation meters
- sunshine recorders
- compass clinometers
- proton magnetometers
- sighting clinometers
- geophysical instruments
- special level recorders
- swell or tide recorders
- hydrological instruments
- stereoplotting apparatus
- hydrometric paddle-wheels
- wind direction indicators
- meteorological instruments
- bucket wheel current meters
- aerological sounding apparatus
- analytical stereomeasuring systems
- geodetic instruments and apparatus
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for instruments and apparatus - geophysical?
Instruments and apparatus - geophysical are classified under 9015 (Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic…) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.