Code 9017 10 · Heading 9017

Drawing boards and drawing machines, including automatic machines

This covers drawing boards and drawing machines, including automatic machines. Plotters in the form of drawing machines are included within this group, while other drawing boards and machines fall under the other child category.

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Drawing board
Automatic drawing machine
Plotter in the form of a drawing machine

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Official tariff text

Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic (excl. units for automatic data-processing equipment)

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Step 1 · Section XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, …
Is the product an optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, control, precision, medical or surgical instrument or apparatus; a watch; or a musical instrument?
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Step 2 · Chapter 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, … 1 of 3 chapters in section XVIII
Is the product an optical or photographic article, a photographic or cinematographic apparatus, a medical or surgical instrument or apparatus, a measuring or control instrument or apparatus, another precision instrument or apparatus, or a part or accessory for one of these?
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Step 3 · Heading 9017 Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating in… 16 of 32 headings under chapter 90
Is it a drawing board or machine, another drawing, marking-out or calculating instrument, a micrometer, caliper or metre measure, another hand-held length-measuring instrument, or a part or accessory?
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Step 4 · Subheading 9017 10 Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automa… 1 of 5 subheadings under heading 9017
Is it a plotter in the form of a drawing machine?

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 2.7%.

9017 10 Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic (excl. units for automatic data-processing equipment) you are here 0.0–2.7%
9017 20 Drawing, marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments (excl. drafting tables and machines and calculating machines) 0.0–2.7%
9017 30 Micrometers, callipers and gauges (excl. gauges without adjustable devices of subheading 9031.80) 2.7%
9017 80 Instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand, n.e.s. No rate on file
9017 90 Parts and accessories for drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments and instruments for measuring length for use in the hand, n.e.s. 2.7%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

90.17.1000

Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

9017 10 10 00

Plotters

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
9017 10 90 00

Other

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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