Tariff item · Chapter 90 · Section XVIII, Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precisi…

HS 9026 20 00Instruments 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: for measuring or checking pressure

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof › For measuring or checking pressure

Customs duty
0%
Tariff rate
GST now
18%
or 5% for some goods
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
units
Duty in China
0%
On Indian goods
Landed costSearch codesDuty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Importing into India

What customs charges, what trade agreements take off, and the rules the goods must meet.

Customs duty

Customs duty on imports into India
DutyRateCharged on
Basic customs duty (BCD), MFN rate0%Assessable value
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC)NilAssessable value11/2021-Customs, S.No. 17
Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS)10% of BCD, AIDC and Health CessBCD + AIDC
Integrated GST (IGST)18%Assessable value + BCD + AIDC + SWS

Lower duty under trade agreements

No trade agreement gives a lower rate than the duty above on this line.

Goods from Pakistan pay 200%.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 20 Oct 2026.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))

  • Free.
Notes on these rates
  • BCD is the statutory tariff rate from a one-time snapshot of the Indian Trade Portal. Exemption notifications (such as 45/2025-Customs) and tariff changes made after the snapshot, including the Finance Act 2026 changes from 1 May 2026, are not applied.
  • IGST comes from our archived GST table, which still has the 12% and 28% slabs, so it may pre-date the GST rate changes of 22 September 2025. Check the current rate.
  • AIDC, Health Cess and the SWS exemptions are read from notifications 11/2021-Customs, 08/2020-Customs and 11/2018-Customs as amended (to 16/2026-Customs), and the notifications that lower AIDC for a while. SWS is 10% of BCD, AIDC and Health Cess together (Finance Act 2018, s.110), never of anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty or IGST.
  • AIDC is Nil (S.No. 17 of 11/2021-Customs, which exempts all goods it does not name).
  • Not included: GST compensation cess, anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties, and exemptions or concessions such as end-use, EOU/SEZ or project imports.
  • This does not check whether the import is allowed (DGFT import policy, licences, quality-control orders). The HS code explorer shows the import policy.
  • This is an estimate, not an assessment. Confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE's duty calculator before you price a deal.

GST

IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.

  • Now 18%, or 5% for some goods.
  • Until 21 September 2025 18%, or 5% or 12% for some goods.
  • Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 575Instruments 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 903218%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 473Coronary stents and coronary stent systems for use with cardiac catheters5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 474Artificial kidney5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 475Blood glucose monitoring system (Glucometer) and test strips5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 476Patent Ductus Arteriosus / Atrial Se ptal Defect occlusion device5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 477Parts of the following goods, namely: - (i) Crutches; (ii) Wheel chairs; (iii)Walking frames; (iv)Tricycles; (v)Braillers; and (vi) Artificial limbs5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 478Assistive devices, rehabilitation aids and other goods for disabled, specified in List 1 appended to this Schedule5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 479Disposable sterilized dialyzer or micro barrier of artificial kidney5%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 20255%, 12% or 18%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 20255% or 18%9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)

Exporting from India

Export duty

Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.

Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback itemGoodsRateCap
9026Instruments 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)1%—

Drawback items follow the 4-digit heading, not the 8-digit code: claim the one that describes your goods. Rates of notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) as amended, in force on 20 Oct 2026.

Export incentives (RoDTEP and RoSCTL)

  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4R (exports from the domestic tariff area): 0.5% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.
  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): 0.3% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2)

  • Free.

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 9026 20, and China's below.

China: the same goods (9026 20)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 5 in force and 3 expired under 9026 20. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.

China's tariff for these goods
China codeGoodsDuty on Indian goodsMFNImport VATExport rebateLicences
9026.20.10.40Pressure gauges of manganese copper; pressure gauges of ytterbium; pressure gauges of PVDF/PVDF锰铜制成压力计；镱制成的压力计；聚偏二氟乙烯/聚二氟乙烯制成的压力计0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%3
9026.20.10.90Other pressure or differential pressure transmitters其他压力、差压变送器0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
9026.20.90.10Pressure sensors压力传感器0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%3
9026.20.90.20Mercury-containing non-electronic pressure gauges含汞的非电子压力表0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%89
9026.20.90.90Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure其他测量、检验压力的仪器及装置0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
  • India is a member of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). With an APTA certificate of origin, Indian goods pay China's APTA rate where the line has one; China applies the lower of that and its provisional rate.
  • The export VAT rebate is what China refunds its own exporters. When China cuts it, Chinese export prices tend to rise.

Every Chinese code in full

9026.20.10Pressure/differential pressure transmitters

9026.20.10.40Pressure gauges of manganese copper; pressure gauges of ytterbium; pressure gauges of PVDF/PVDF锰铜制成压力计；镱制成的压力计；聚偏二氟乙烯/聚二氟乙烯制成的压力计

Of a pressure exceeding 10 GPa压力超过10GPa

Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Function功能
  • 3.Object of detection检测对象
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9026201040301Pressure gauges of manganese copper; pressure gauges of ytterbium; pressure gauges of PVDF/PVDF (instruments for fluid dynamics experiments, measuring pressure >10GPa) (electronic measuring instruments)锰铜制成压力计;镱制成的压力计;聚偏二氟乙烯/聚二氟乙烯制成的压力计(流体动力学实验专用仪器仪表,测量压力超过10GPa的)(电子测量仪)
  • 9026201040302Pressure gauges of manganese copper; pressure gauges of ytterbium; pressure gauges of PVDF/PVDF (instruments for fluid dynamics experiments, measuring pressure >10GPa) (mechanical measuring instruments)锰铜制成压力计;镱制成的压力计;聚偏二氟乙烯/聚二氟乙烯制成的压力计(流体动力学实验专用仪器仪表,测量压力超过10GPa的)(机械测量仪)
9026.20.10.90Other pressure or differential pressure transmitters其他压力、差压变送器
Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Function功能
  • 3.Object of detection检测对象
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9026201090101Other pressure or differential pressure transmitters (electronic analyzers)其他压力、差压变送器(电子分析仪)
  • 9026201090102Other pressure or differential pressure transmitters (mechanical analyzers)其他压力、差压变送器(机械分析仪)
9026.20.10.10Manganese-copper pressure gauges锰铜压力计Expired

Of a pressure exceeding 10 GPa压力超过10GPa

Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
1 Jan 2025
Licences and certificates
  • 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Function功能
  • 3.Object of detection检测对象
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9026201010999Manganese-copper pressure gauges (pressure > 10 GPa)锰铜压力计(压力超过10GPa)
9026.20.10.20Pressure gauges made of ytterbium镱制成的压力计Expired

Instruments and apparatus specially designed for hydrodynamic experiments, for measuring pressure exceeding 10 GPa流体动力学实验专用仪器仪表,测量压力超过10GPa的

Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
1 Jan 2025
Licences and certificates
  • 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Function功能
  • 3.Object of detection检测对象
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9026201020101Ytterbium pressure gauges (for hydrodynamic experiments, measuring pressure > 10 GPa)镱制成的压力计(流体动力学实验专用仪器仪表,测量压力超过10GPa的)(电子分析仪)
  • 9026201020102Pressure gauges of ytterbium (instruments and apparatus for fluid dynamics experiments, measuring pressure > 10 GPa) (mechanical analyzer)镱制成的压力计(流体动力学实验专用仪器仪表,测量压力超过10GPa的)(机械分析仪)
9026.20.10.30Pressure gauges of PVDF/PVF聚偏二氟乙烯/聚二氟乙烯制成的压力计Expired

Instruments and apparatus specially designed for hydrodynamic experiments, for measuring pressure exceeding 10 GPa流体动力学实验专用仪器仪表,测量压力超过10GPa的

Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
1 Jan 2025
Licences and certificates
  • 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Function功能
  • 3.Object of detection检测对象
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9026201030101Pressure gauges of PVDF/poly(difluoroethylene) (instruments and apparatus specially designed for fluid dynamics experiments, for measuring pressure >10 GPa) (electronic analyzer)聚偏二氟乙烯/聚二氟乙烯制成的压力计(流体动力学实验专用仪器仪表,测量压力超过10GPa的)(电子分析仪)
  • 9026201030102Pressure gauges of PVDF/poly(difluoroethylene) (instruments and apparatus specially designed for fluid dynamics experiments, for measuring pressure >10 GPa) (mechanical analyzer)聚偏二氟乙烯/聚二氟乙烯制成的压力计(流体动力学实验专用仪器仪表,测量压力超过10GPa的)(机械分析仪)

9026.20.90Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure

9026.20.90.10Pressure sensors压力传感器

Dual-use controlled goods两用物项管制商品

Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Function功能
  • 3.Object of detection检测对象
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9026209010101Pressure transducers (dual-use controlled items) (electronic analysers)压力传感器(两用物项管制商品)(电子分析仪)
  • 9026209010102Pressure transducers (dual-use controlled items) (mechanical analysers)压力传感器(两用物项管制商品)(机械分析仪)
9026.20.90.20Mercury-containing non-electronic pressure gauges含汞的非电子压力表
Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 8Export prohibited禁止出口商品
  • 9Import prohibited禁止进口商品
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Function功能
  • 3.Object of detection检测对象
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9026209020999Mercury-containing non-electronic pressure gauges含汞的非电子压力表
9026.20.90.90Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure其他测量、检验压力的仪器及装置
Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Function功能
  • 3.Object of detection检测对象
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9026209090101Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure (electronic measuring instruments (electronic analyzers))其他测量、检验压力的仪器及装置(电子测量仪(电子分析仪))
  • 9026209090102Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure (mechanical measuring instruments (mechanical analyzers))其他测量、检验压力的仪器及装置(机械测量仪(机械分析仪))

China's tariff as compiled by HS编码网 from China Customs, the State Council Tariff Commission and the State Taxation Administration. The Chinese is the original.

Nearby codes

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