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HS code for photogrammetrical surveying instruments
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “photogrammetrical surveying instruments” 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.
In the UK Global Tariff, 9015 covers 9 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides 9015 into 9 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 3.7% (average 0.7%). 7 of them are duty-free.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, 9015 covers 10 tariff lines and the duty is between 2.7% and 3.7%.
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 photogrammetrical surveying instruments?
Photogrammetrical surveying instruments 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.