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

HS 9025 80Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments: other instruments

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

Customs duty: 7.5%; 4 tariff items
GST now: 5% or 18%; depending on the goods
Import policy: Free
Export policy: Free
Unit: units
Duty in China: 11%; On Indian goods

Search codes Duty abroadRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

4 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
9025 80 10	Hydrometers and similar floating instruments	7.5%	5% or 18%	units
9025 80 20	Barometers, not combined with other instruments	7.5%	5% or 18%	units
9025 80 30	Lactometer	7.5%	5% or 18%	units
9025 80 90	Other	7.5%	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 4 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 19 Oct 2026.

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

Free: 4 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
Notification	Goods	Rate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 488	Thermometers for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary usage	5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 574	Hydrometers 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. 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	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
9025	Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments	1.2%	—

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: 4 tariff items

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 9025 80, and China's below.

China: the same goods (9025 80)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 2 in force and 1 expired under 9025 80. 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
9025.80.00.10	Non-electronic thermometers and barometers containing mercury含汞的非电子温度计和气压计	11%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	11%	13%	13%	89
9025.80.00.90	Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers and similar instruments其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器	11%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	11%	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

9025.80.00Other liquid hydrometers, hygrometers, wet-bulb hygrometers, etc.

9025.80.00.10Non-electronic thermometers and barometers containing mercury含汞的非电子温度计和气压计

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 11%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
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.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 1.5%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 4.4%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 7.7%
Serbia: 8.8%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 8.3%
Brunei: 8.3%
Cambodia: 8.3%
Laos: 8.3%
Malaysia: 8.3%
New Zealand: 8.8%
Singapore: 8.3%
Thailand: 8.3%
Vietnam: 8.3%
Indonesia: 8.3%
Philippines: 8.3%
Myanmar: 8.3%

CIQ codes

9025800010999Non-electronic thermometers and barometers containing mercury含汞的非电子温度计和气压计

9025.80.00.90Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers and similar instruments其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 11%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
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.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 1.5%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 4.4%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 7.7%
Serbia: 8.8%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 8.3%
Brunei: 8.3%
Cambodia: 8.3%
Laos: 8.3%
Malaysia: 8.3%
New Zealand: 8.8%
Singapore: 8.3%
Thailand: 8.3%
Vietnam: 8.3%
Indonesia: 8.3%
Philippines: 8.3%
Myanmar: 8.3%

CIQ codes

9025800090101Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers, etc. (thermometers)其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器(温度计)
9025800090102Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers, etc. (hydrometers)其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器(比重计)
9025800090103Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers, etc. (hygrometers)其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器(湿度计)
9025800090104Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers and similar instruments (other mechanical instruments and parts thereof)其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器(其他机械式仪表及其零件)

9025.80.00.00Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers and similar instruments其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器Expired

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 11%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: None
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 4 Jan 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.Brand品牌
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 4%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 2.2%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 7.1%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%

CIQ codes

9025800000101Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers, etc. (thermometers)其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器(温度计)
9025800000102Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers, etc. (hydrometers)其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器(比重计)
9025800000103Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers, etc. (hygrometers)其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器(湿度计)
9025800000104Other thermometers, hydrometers, hygrometers and similar instruments (other mechanical instruments and parts thereof)其他温度计,比重计,湿度计等仪器(其他机械式仪表及其零件)

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

Previous9025 19Other One level up9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments Next9026 10For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids

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 18 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

For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.