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HS code for refractometers
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “refractometers” points to heading 9027: instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes. 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, 9027 covers 10 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides 9027 into 10 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, 9027 covers 12 tariff lines and the statutory rate is 40%.
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USASee also
- heat sensor
- viscometers
- calorimeters
- gas monitors
- polarimeters
- polariscopes
- porosimeters
- smoke alarms
- breathalysers
- gas analysers
- gas detectors
- spectrographs
- spectrometers
- decibel meters
- exposure meters
- smoke detectors
- absorption meters
- bomb calorimeters
- mass spectrographs
- mass spectrometers
- noise level meters
- spectrophotometers
- thermocolorimeters
- optical smoke detector
- photometers, electrical
- microscopy imaging system
- photometers, non-electrical
- expansion meters, non-electric
- spectrophotometers, photo electric
- photographic plates - exposed and developed
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for refractometers?
Refractometers are classified under 9027 (Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.