HS code 9027.89: Other instruments and apparatus
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Key facts
- HS code
- 9027.89
- Covers
- Other instruments and apparatus
- Edition
- HS2022
- Duty rates
- Set by each country’s tariff
Summary
HS code 9027.89 covers other instruments and apparatus, other than those classified in 9027.50 and 9027.81. It sits in heading 90.27 (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) in chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof). Other goods of heading 90.27 are classified under 9027.10 (gas or smoke analysis apparatus), 9027.20 (chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments), 9027.30 (spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)), 9027.50 (other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)) or 2 others.
What this code covers
HS code 9027.89 covers other instruments and apparatus, other than those classified in 9027.50 and 9027.81.
The legal text of the subheading is “Other instruments and apparatus: Other”, read under “Other instruments and apparatus”, in HS2022.
What it doesn’t cover
Other goods of heading 90.27 are classified under 9027.10 (gas or smoke analysis apparatus), 9027.20 (chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments), 9027.30 (spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)), 9027.50 (other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)) or 2 others.
- 9027.10Gas or smoke analysis apparatus
- 9027.20Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments
- 9027.30Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)
- 9027.50Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)
- 9027.81Other instruments and apparatus: Mass spectrometers
- 9027.90Microtomes; parts and accessories
How it is structured
9027.89 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 90, are the chapter; the first four, 9027, are heading 90.27; the last two, 89, identify the subheading within the heading.
Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.
- Within the heading
- Other instruments and apparatus
- Subheading 9027.89
- Other
In other countries
No national tariff lines under 9027.89 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 9027.89 at six digits and add their own digits after it.
Frequently asked questions
What does HS code 9027.89 cover?
HS code 9027.89 covers other instruments and apparatus, other than those classified in 9027.50 and 9027.81.
Which heading and chapter is HS code 9027.89 in?
HS code 9027.89 is in heading 90.27 (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) in chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof).
Where are goods of heading 90.27 classified when 9027.89 doesn’t fit?
Other goods of heading 90.27 are classified under 9027.10 (gas or smoke analysis apparatus), 9027.20 (chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments), 9027.30 (spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)), 9027.50 (other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)) or 2 others.
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.