HS code 9015.80: Other instruments and appliances
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Key facts
- HS code
- 9015.80
- Covers
- Other instruments and appliances
- Edition
- HS2022
- Duty rates
- Set by each country’s tariff
Summary
HS code 9015.80 covers other instruments and appliances. It sits in heading 90.15 (surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders) in chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof). Other goods of heading 90.15 are classified under 9015.10 (rangefinders), 9015.20 (theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)), 9015.30 (levels), 9015.40 (photogrammetrical surveying instruments or appliances) and 1 other.
What this code covers
HS code 9015.80 covers other instruments and appliances.
The legal text of the subheading is “Other instruments and appliances”, in HS2022.
What it doesn’t cover
Other goods of heading 90.15 are classified under 9015.10 (rangefinders), 9015.20 (theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)), 9015.30 (levels), 9015.40 (photogrammetrical surveying instruments or appliances) and 1 other.
How it is structured
9015.80 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 90, are the chapter; the first four, 9015, are heading 90.15; the last two, 80, identify the subheading within the heading.
Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.
- Subheading 9015.80
- Other instruments and appliances
In other countries
No national tariff lines under 9015.80 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 9015.80 at six digits and add their own digits after it.
Frequently asked questions
What does HS code 9015.80 cover?
HS code 9015.80 covers other instruments and appliances.
Which heading and chapter is HS code 9015.80 in?
HS code 9015.80 is in heading 90.15 (surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders) in chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof).
Where are goods of heading 90.15 classified when 9015.80 doesn’t fit?
Other goods of heading 90.15 are classified under 9015.10 (rangefinders), 9015.20 (theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)), 9015.30 (levels), 9015.40 (photogrammetrical surveying instruments or appliances) and 1 other.
Sources and updates
The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.
Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.