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

HS 9030 33Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations: other, without a recording device

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

Customs duty: 7.5%; 6 tariff items
GST now: 18%; or 5% for some goods
Import policy: Free
Export policy: Free
Unit: units
Duty in China: 0% to 10%; On Indian goods

Search codes Duty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

6 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.

Codes under this code
Code	Description	Customs duty	GST now	Unit
9030 33 10	Ammeters, volt meters and watt meters	7.5%	18%	units
9030 33 20	Spectrum resistance meters	7.5%	18%	units
9030 33 30	Capacitance meter	7.5%	18%	units
9030 33 40	Frequency measuring apparatus	7.5%	18%	units
9030 33 50	Megar meters	7.5%	18%	units
9030 33 90	Other	7.5%	18%	units

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 6 tariff items: 7.5%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

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

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items

Free: 6 tariff items

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
Notification	Goods	Rate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 579	Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations	18%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 473	Coronary stents and coronary stent systems for use with cardiac catheters	5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 474	Artificial kidney	5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 475	Blood glucose monitoring system (Glucometer) and test strips	5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 476	Patent Ductus Arteriosus / Atrial Se ptal Defect occlusion device	5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 477	Parts of the following goods, namely: - (i) Crutches; (ii) Wheel chairs; (iii)Walking frames; (iv)Tricycles; (v)Braillers; and (vi) Artificial limbs	5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 478	Assistive devices, rehabilitation aids and other goods for disabled, specified in List 1 appended to this Schedule	5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 479	Disposable sterilized dialyzer or micro barrier of artificial kidney	5%

History

GST rate history
Period	Rate	Notification
Until 21 Sep 2025	5%, 12% or 18%	1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 2025	5% 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 item	Goods	Rate	Cap
9030	Oscilloscopes, spectrum ana-lysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations	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 policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

Free: 6 tariff items

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 9030 33, and China's below.

China: the same goods (9030 33)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 3 in force under 9030 33. 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 code	Goods	Duty on Indian goods	MFN	Import VAT	Export rebate	Licences
9030.33.10.00	Digital current or voltage meters, 5½ digits or less, without recording device不带记录装置的五位半及以下的数字电流、电压表	0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	0%	13%	13%	None
9030.33.20.00	Resistance measuring instruments, without a recording device不带记录装置的电阻测试仪	10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	10%	13%	13%	None
9030.33.90.00	Other instruments for measuring voltage, current and power, without recording device不带记录装置的检测电压、电流及功率的其他仪器	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

9030.33.10Digital current/voltmeters, with a 5½ digits or less range

9030.33.10.00Digital current or voltage meters, 5½ digits or less, without recording device不带记录装置的五位半及以下的数字电流、电压表

Other than for testing or inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices用于测试或检验半导体晶圆或器件用的除外

Unit: unit / kg
MFN import duty: 0%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 130%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 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.Use用途
3.Function功能
4.Measuring range量程
5.With or without recording device是否带记录装置
6.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
7.Model型号
8.GTIN
9.CAS
10.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 3.6%
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: 7.5%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 8.2%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

9030331000999Digital ammeters and voltmeters, 5½ digits or less, without a recording device (excl. for testing or inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices)不带记录装置的五位半及以下的数字电流、电压表(用于测试或检验半导体晶圆或器件用的除外)

9030.33.20Resistance measuring instruments, without a recording device

9030.33.20.00Resistance measuring instruments, without a recording device不带记录装置的电阻测试仪

Other than for testing or inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices用于测试或检验半导体晶圆或器件用的除外

Unit: unit / kg
MFN import duty: 10%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 80%
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.Use用途
3.Function功能
4.With or without recording device是否带记录装置
5.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
6.Model型号
7.GTIN
8.CAS
9.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 9%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 7%
Ecuador: 8.5%
Serbia: 4%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 5%
Brunei: 5%
Cambodia: 5%
Laos: 5%
Malaysia: 5%
New Zealand: 5%
Singapore: 5%
Thailand: 5%
Vietnam: 5%
Indonesia: 5%
Philippines: 5%
Myanmar: 5%

CIQ codes

9030332000101Resistance testers, not incorporating a recording device (other than those for testing or inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices) (electronic measuring instruments)不带记录装置的电阻测试仪(用于测试或检验半导体晶圆或器件用的除外)(电子测量仪)
9030332000102Resistance testers, not incorporating a recording device (other than those for testing or inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices) (mechanical measuring instruments)不带记录装置的电阻测试仪(用于测试或检验半导体晶圆或器件用的除外)(机械测量仪)

9030.33.90Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, etc. (excluding those for testing or checking semiconductor wafers or devices), without a recording device

9030.33.90.00Other instruments for measuring voltage, current and power, without recording device不带记录装置的检测电压、电流及功率的其他仪器

Other than for testing or inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices用于测试或检验半导体晶圆或器件用的除外

Unit: unit / kg
MFN import duty: 0%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 20%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 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.Use用途
3.Function功能
4.With or without recording device是否带记录装置
5.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
6.Model型号
7.GTIN
8.CAS
9.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 4%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 0%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 1.6%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 5%
Brunei: 5%
Cambodia: 5%
Laos: 5%
Malaysia: 5%
New Zealand: 5%
Singapore: 5%
Thailand: 5%
Vietnam: 5%
Indonesia: 5%
Philippines: 5%
Myanmar: 5%

CIQ codes

9030339000999Other instruments for measuring voltage, current and power, without a recording device (excl. for testing or inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices)不带记录装置的检测电压、电流及功率的其他仪器(用于测试或检验半导体晶圆或器件用的除外)

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

Previous9029 20Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes One level up9030Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations Next9030 89Other

Sources

GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
GST rates on goods, before and after 22 September 2025Checked 18 Oct 2026
BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 19 Oct 2026
India's All Industry Rates of duty drawback (notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.))Checked 19 Oct 2026
China customs tariff (HS编码网)Checked 19 Oct 2026

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