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HS 9025 19Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments: other

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

Customs duty
7.5% to 10%
3 tariff items
GST now
5% or 18%
depending on the goods
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
units
Duty in China
0%
On Indian goods
Search codesDuty abroadRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

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

Codes under this code
CodeDescriptionCustoms dutyGST nowUnit
9025 19 10Digital thermometers10%5% or 18%units
9025 19 20Pyrometers7.5%5% or 18%units
9025 19 90Other7.5%5% or 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 3 tariff items: 7.5% to 10%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.

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

  • Free: 3 tariff items

GST

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

  • Now 5% or 18%, depending on the goods.
  • Until 21 September 2025 18%.
  • Change: Changed.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 488Thermometers for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary usage5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 574Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments [other than thermometers for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary usage]18%
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 202518%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
9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments1.2%—

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 19 Oct 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

  • Free: 3 tariff items

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 9025 19, and China's below.

China: the same goods (9025 19)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 5 in force and 4 expired under 9025 19. 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
9025.19.10.10Temperature sensors温度传感器0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%None
9025.19.10.20Other non-liquid industrial non-electronic thermometers and pyrometers, containing mercury其他含汞的非液体的工业用非电子温度计及高温计0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%89
9025.19.10.90Other non-liquid industrial thermometers and pyrometers其他非液体的工业用温度计及高温计0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%None
9025.19.90.20Other non-liquid, non-electronic thermometers and pyrometers, containing mercury其他含汞的非液体的非电子温度计及高温计0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%89
9025.19.90.90Other non-liquid thermometers, pyrometers非液体的其他温度计,高温计0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%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

9025.19.10Industrial thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments

9025.19.10.10Temperature sensors温度传感器
Unit
piece / 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
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.Principle原理
  • 3.Whether direct-reading是否可直接读数
  • 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%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
4.2%
Brunei
4.2%
Cambodia
4.2%
South Korea
4.2%
Laos
4.2%
Malaysia
4.2%
New Zealand
5%
Singapore
4.2%
Thailand
4.2%
Vietnam
4.2%
Japan
4.6%
Indonesia
4.2%
Philippines
4.2%
Myanmar
4.2%
CIQ codes
  • 9025191010101Temperature sensors (electronic thermometers)温度传感器(电子温度计)
  • 9025191010102Temperature sensors (thermometers)温度传感器(温度计)
9025.19.10.20Other non-liquid industrial non-electronic thermometers and pyrometers, containing mercury其他含汞的非液体的工业用非电子温度计及高温计
Unit
piece / 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
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.Principle原理
  • 3.Whether direct-reading是否可直接读数
  • 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%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
4.2%
Brunei
4.2%
Cambodia
4.2%
South Korea
4.2%
Laos
4.2%
Malaysia
4.2%
New Zealand
5%
Singapore
4.2%
Thailand
4.2%
Vietnam
4.2%
Japan
4.6%
Indonesia
4.2%
Philippines
4.2%
Myanmar
4.2%
CIQ codes
  • 9025191020999Other non-liquid industrial non-electronic thermometers and pyrometers, containing mercury其他含汞的非液体的工业用非电子温度计及高温计
9025.19.10.90Other non-liquid industrial thermometers and pyrometers其他非液体的工业用温度计及高温计
Unit
piece / 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
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.Principle原理
  • 3.Whether direct-reading是否可直接读数
  • 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%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
4.2%
Brunei
4.2%
Cambodia
4.2%
South Korea
4.2%
Laos
4.2%
Malaysia
4.2%
New Zealand
5%
Singapore
4.2%
Thailand
4.2%
Vietnam
4.2%
Japan
4.6%
Indonesia
4.2%
Philippines
4.2%
Myanmar
4.2%
CIQ codes
  • 9025191090101Other non-liquid industrial thermometers and pyrometers (electronic thermometers)其他非液体的工业用温度计及高温计(电子温度计)
  • 9025191090102Other non-liquid industrial thermometers and pyrometers (thermometers)其他非液体的工业用温度计及高温计(温度计)
9025.19.10.00Industrial thermometers and pyrometers, not liquid-filled非液体的工业用温度计及高温计Expired
Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
20%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
25 Jul 2021
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.Principle原理
  • 3.Whether direct-reading是否可直接读数
  • 4.Brand品牌
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
3%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9025191000101Non-liquid industrial thermometers & pyrometers (electronic thermometers)非液体的工业用温度计及高温计(电子温度计)
  • 9025191000102Non-liquid industrial thermometers and pyrometers (thermometers)非液体的工业用温度计及高温计(温度计)

9025.19.90Thermometers & pyrometers, not combined with other instruments, n.e.s.

9025.19.90.20Other non-liquid, non-electronic thermometers and pyrometers, containing mercury其他含汞的非液体的非电子温度计及高温计
Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
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
  • 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.Principle原理
  • 3.Whether direct-reading是否可直接读数
  • 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%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
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
4.6%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9025199020999Other non-liquid, non-electronic thermometers and pyrometers, containing mercury其他含汞的非液体的非电子温度计及高温计
9025.19.90.90Other non-liquid thermometers, pyrometers非液体的其他温度计,高温计
Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
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.Principle原理
  • 3.Whether direct-reading是否可直接读数
  • 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%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
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
4.6%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9025199090101Other non-liquid thermometers and pyrometers (electronic thermometers)非液体的其他温度计,高温计(电子温度计)
  • 9025199090102Other thermometers and pyrometers, not liquid-filled非液体的其他温度计,高温计(温度计)
9025.19.90.00Other non-liquid thermometers, pyrometers非液体的其他温度计,高温计Expired
Unit
None
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
None
Import VAT
None
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
None
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
None
Updated by China
25 Jul 2021
Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

Not listed.

China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
3%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
9025.19.90.01Infrared human body thermometers红外线人体测温仪Expired
Unit
None
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
None
Import VAT
None
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
None
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
None
Updated by China
25 Jul 2021
Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

Not listed.

China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
3%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9025199001999Infrared human body thermometers红外线人体测温仪
9025.19.90.10Infrared human body thermometers红外线人体测温仪Expired
Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
80%
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

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.Principle原理
  • 3.Whether direct-reading是否可直接读数
  • 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
2%
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
7.6%
CIQ codes
  • 9025199010999Infrared human body thermometers红外线人体测温仪

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.

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