Code 9031 49 90 · Subheading 9031 49
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This code covers optical instruments, apparatus and machines for measuring or checking electrical quantities. They must be non-electronic, have no recording device and not be otherwise specified elsewhere in the chapter.
Official tariff text
Optical instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified or included in chapter 90
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9031 49 90
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 90314990.
This is the catch-all under 9031 49: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.
This is the remainder for optical measuring or checking instruments in this group that meet the stated electrical, non-electronic and non-recording conditions but are not a profile projector or another class named by a sibling code.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 39 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Iraq; Syria; Ukraine; Belarus; Russian Federation; Iran, Islamic Republic of; any country except Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
90.31.4900
Other
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
9031 49 90 00
Other
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers photographic and cinematographic laboratory apparatus and equipment, including viewing boxes; this code covers optical measuring or checking instruments.
That code covers optical instruments and apparatus for ophthalmologists; this code covers optical instruments for measuring or checking electrical quantities.
That code specifically names profile projectors; this code covers the remaining optical measuring or checking instruments described here.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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