# HS code 9015.90: Parts and accessories

> HS code 9015.90 covers parts and accessories. 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. National tariff lines under 9015.90 are live on border.bot for the United States (7 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/901590
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/90) / [90.15](https://border.bot/hs-codes/9015) / [9015.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901590)

## Key facts

- HS code: 9015.90
- Covers: Parts and accessories
- Heading: [90.15: Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders](https://border.bot/hs-codes/9015)
- Chapter: [90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof](https://border.bot/hs-codes/90)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty in the United States: [See its 7 lines](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/901590)

## What this code covers

HS code 9015.90 covers parts and accessories.

The legal text of the subheading is “Parts and accessories”, 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.

- [9015.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901510) Rangefinders
- [9015.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901520) Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)
- [9015.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901530) Levels
- [9015.40](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901540) Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances
- [9015.80](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901580) Other instruments and appliances

## How it is structured

9015.90 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 90, are the chapter; the first four, 9015, are heading 90.15; the last two, 90, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
- Heading 90.15: Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
- Subheading 9015.90: Parts and accessories

## In other countries

National tariff lines under 9015.90 are live on border.bot for the United States (7 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/901590): 7 lines, used by 1 other country

## Related codes

The same text, “Parts and accessories”, also divides 15 other headings in chapter 90: 9008.90 under heading 90.08, 9010.90 under heading 90.10, 9011.90 under heading 90.11, 9012.90 under heading 90.12, 9013.90 under heading 90.13, 9014.90 under heading 90.14, 9017.90 under heading 90.17 and 9024.90 under heading 90.24 and others.

- [9008.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/900890) Heading 90.08: Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
- [9010.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901090) Heading 90.10: Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
- [9011.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901190) Heading 90.11: Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
- [9012.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901290) Heading 90.12: Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
- [9013.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901390) Heading 90.13: Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
- [9014.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901490) Heading 90.14: Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
- [9017.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901790) Heading 90.17: Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
- [9024.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/902490) Heading 90.24: Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
- [9025.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/902590) Heading 90.25: Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
- [9026.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/902690) Heading 90.26: Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
- [9028.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/902890) Heading 90.28: Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
- [9029.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/902990) Heading 90.29: Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 90.14 or 90.15; stroboscopes
- [9030.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/903090) Heading 90.30: Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations
- [9031.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/903190) Heading 90.31: Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
- [9032.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/903290) Heading 90.32: Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus

- Previous subheading: [9015.80](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901580) Other instruments and appliances
- Next subheading: [9016.00](https://border.bot/hs-codes/901600) Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 9015.90 cover?

HS code 9015.90 covers parts and accessories.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 9015.90 in?

HS code 9015.90 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 9015.90 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.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 9015.90?

National tariff lines under 9015.90 are live on border.bot for the United States (7 lines, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 11 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.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/901590.json