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HTS 9015.80Chapter 90

HTS 9015.80 — Other instruments and appliances: Duty Rate & Import Guide

Optical, Photographic, Medical Instruments · 1 pending regulation · 4 court cases · $37.4M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC

Duty Rates

General

Free

Special

Free

Column 2

Free

Trade Agreement Eligibility

CUSMAKORUS

Trade Intelligence

Monthly Imports

$37.4M

2026-01

Trade Concentration

100%

from top 3 of 1 origins

Regulatory Pressure

MODERATE

6 rulings — · 1 reg · 3 CIT, 1 CAFC

Global Rates

🇺🇸 Free

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: N/A · 🇪🇺 European Union: N/A · 🇨🇦 Canada: Free · 🇧🇷 Brazil: 2 NCM codes

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Data compiled from USITC HTS, US Census Bureau, CBP CROSS Rulings, Federal Register, CourtListener, HMRC / DG TAXUD / CBSA / SISCOMEX · As of 2026-04-28 · Updates monthly

Active DisputesRecent court cases or pending regulations affect this code
Supply Chain Risk

100% of US imports for this code come from just 1 countries. High origin concentration increases exposure to trade disruptions or tariff escalations.

Trade Remedy

Additional Tariffs Apply

Section 301 — China Tariffs+25%

List 1 — ~$34B of Chinese goods (machinery, electronics, industrial components)

Active — 7.5%–25% additional duties on Chinese-origin goods across four tranches (Lists 1–4A), with higher 2024/2025 increases on targeted product categories.

Effective 2018-07-06

These additional tariffs apply on top of the general duty rate. View full trade remedy tracker →

Subheadings (6)

CodeDescriptionRate
9015.80Other instruments and appliances:—
9015.80.20.00Optical instruments and appliancesFree
9015.80.60.00SeismographsFree
9015.80.80OtherFree
9015.80.80.40Geophysical instruments and appliances—
9015.80.80.80Other—

CBP Rulings (6)

964307Classification

Submetrix 2000 Series Sonar System; surveying instruments and appliances; hydrological instruments and appliances

H024750Classification

Revocation of HQ 966618; Classification of the “OnTrak System”

H024751Classification

Revocation of HQ 950196; Classification of the “Geolink Orienteer Directional Measurement-While-Drilling Surveying System”

H245890Classification

Internal Advice; Tariff Classification of the Galion Lidar Wind Measurement Device

H308673Classification

Revocation of NY N296613, NY K81163, NY K80012, NY H88046 and NY G81419; Rain gauges.

W968458Classification

Request for Internal Advice 06/031; Schlumberger Oil Field Services Inc., Dipole Shear Sonic Imager Tool and its Component Parts

Federal Register (1)

Rule93-31852
1994-01-03

Rules for Determining the Country of Origin of a Good for Purposes of Annex 311 of the NAFTA and Rules of Origin Applicable to Imported Merchandise; Rule and Proposed Rule

Interim regulations; solicitation of comments.·Effective 1994-01-01

Court of International Trade & Federal Circuit (4)

La Crosse Technology, Ltd. v. United States2013-09-23
Slip Op. 13-123; Court 07-00114United States Court of International Trade
La Crosse Technology, Ltd. v. United States2013-07-25
2012-1370Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
La Crosse Technology, Ltd. v. United States2012-02-29
Slip Op. 12-26; Court 07-00114United States Court of International Trade
Heli-Support, Inc. v. United States2002-03-13
Court 99-10-00636United States Court of International Trade

Matching Export Code (Schedule B)

9015802000Schedule B

OPTICAL SURVEYING, HYDROGRAPHIC, OCEANOGRAPHIC, HYDROLOGICAL, METEOROLOGICAL OR GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES, EXC RANGEFINDER&COMPASSES, NES

Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.

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