{ "summary": "HS heading 90.27 covers 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. It is in chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof). It is split into 7 subheadings: 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)), 9027.81 (other instruments and apparatus, mass spectrometers), 9027.89 (other instruments and apparatus, other) and 1 other. National tariff lines under heading 90.27 are live on border.bot for the United States (44 lines, also used by 1 other country).", "updatedAt": "2026-10-11", "facts": [ { "label": "Heading", "value": "90.27", "source": "border.bot release GLOBAL:hs #2" }, { "label": "Description", "value": "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", "source": "border.bot release GLOBAL:hs #2" }, { "label": "Chapter", "value": "90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof", "source": "border.bot release GLOBAL:hs #2" }, { "label": "Subheadings", "value": "7", "source": "border.bot release GLOBAL:hs #2" }, { "label": "Edition", "value": "HS2022", "source": "border.bot release GLOBAL:hs #2" } ], "faq": [ { "question": "What does HS heading 90.27 cover?", "answer": "HS heading 90.27 covers 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." }, { "question": "Which chapter is HS heading 90.27 in?", "answer": "HS heading 90.27 is in chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof)." }, { "question": "How many subheadings does HS heading 90.27 have?", "answer": "HS heading 90.27 has 7 subheadings: 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)), 9027.81 (other instruments and apparatus, mass spectrometers), 9027.89 (other instruments and apparatus, other) and 1 other." }, { "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 90.27?", "answer": "National tariff lines under heading 90.27 are live on border.bot for the United States (44 lines, also used by 1 other country)." } ], "sections": [ { "id": "covers", "title": "What this code covers", "text": [ "HS heading 90.27 covers 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.", "It is split into 7 subheadings: 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)), 9027.81 (other instruments and apparatus, mass spectrometers), 9027.89 (other instruments and apparatus, other) and 1 other." ] }, { "id": "not-covered", "title": "What it doesn’t cover", "text": [ "Other goods of chapter 90 are classified in its other 31 headings, listed below." ] }, { "id": "structure", "title": "How it is structured", "text": [ "Heading 90.27 is one of 32 headings in chapter 90. Its first two digits, 90, are the chapter; the next two, 27, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (9027.10, 9027.20, 9027.30)." ] }, { "id": "other-countries", "title": "In other countries", "text": [ "National tariff lines under heading 90.27 are live on border.bot for the United States (44 lines, also used by 1 other country)." ] }, { "id": "sources", "title": "Sources and updates", "text": [ "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." ] } ], "data": { "type": "hs-heading", "edition": "HS2022", "chapter": { "code": "90", "description": "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof" }, "heading": { "code": "9027", "description": "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" }, "subheadings": [ { "code": "902710", "description": "Gas or smoke analysis apparatus", "levels": [ "Gas or smoke analysis apparatus" ] }, { "code": "902720", "description": "Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments", "levels": [ "Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments" ] }, { "code": "902730", "description": "Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)", "levels": [ "Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)" ] }, { "code": "902750", "description": "Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)", "levels": [ "Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)" ] }, { "code": "902781", "description": "Other instruments and apparatus: Mass spectrometers", "levels": [ "Other instruments and apparatus", "Mass spectrometers" ] }, { "code": "902789", "description": "Other instruments and apparatus: Other", "levels": [ "Other instruments and apparatus", "Other" ] }, { "code": "902790", "description": "Microtomes; 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photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 85.39" }, { "code": "9007", "description": "Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus" }, { "code": "9008", "description": "Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers" }, { "code": "9010", "description": "Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens" }, { "code": "9011", "description": "Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection" }, { "code": "9012", "description": "Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus" }, { "code": "9013", "description": "Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter" }, { "code": "9014", "description": "Direction finding compasses; 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