1. 0190Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  2. 029027Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes
UK commodity code
9027900000
Microtomes; parts and accessories
Rates updated· Source: GOV.UK Trade Tariff API v2 (Open Government Licence v3)
Duty rate (MFN)
0.00 %
VAT
20.00 %

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Preferential rates by trading partner

The MFN rate above is what applies by default. If your goods qualify for one of the UK's trade agreements or schemes, a lower rate may apply instead.

See all 56 preferential rates
PartnerRateBasis
Albania0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Andorra0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Australia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Cameroon0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Canada0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
CARIFORUM0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Central America0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ceuta0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Chile0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Colombia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
CPTPP All Members excluding Canada0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) - Comprehensive Preferences0.00 %GSP duty rate without conditions or limits
Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) - Enhanced Preferences0.00 %GSP duty rate without conditions or limits
Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) - Standard Preferences0.00 %GSP duty rate without conditions or limits
Eastern and Southern Africa States0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ecuador0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Egypt0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
European Union0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Faroe Islands0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Fiji0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Georgia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ghana0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Iceland0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
India0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Israel0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ivory Coast0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Japan0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Jordan0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Kenya0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Kosovo0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Lebanon0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Liechtenstein0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Melilla0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Mexico0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Moldova0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Morocco0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
New Zealand0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
North Macedonia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Norway0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories)0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Palestine0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Papua New Guinea0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Peru0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
SADC EPA0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Samoa0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
San Marino0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Serbia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Singapore0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Solomon Islands0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
South Africa0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
South Korea0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Switzerland0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Tunisia0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Turkey0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Ukraine0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)
Vietnam0.00 %Preferential duty rate without conditions or limits (including ceilings)

Import & export controls

  • Airworthiness tariff suspension
    ERGA OMNES — 0.00 %
  • Additional duties
    Belarus — 35.00 %
  • Restriction on entry into free circulation
    Iraq
  • Restriction on entry into free circulation
    Iraq
  • Import control on restricted goods and technologies
    Iran
  • Import prohibition
    North Korea
  • Import control on restricted goods and technologies
    Libya
  • Restriction on entry into free circulation
    Russia
  • Additional duties
    Russia — 35.00 %
  • Import control on restricted goods and technologies
    Russia
  • Restriction on entry into free circulation
    Syria
  • Restriction on entry into free circulation
    Ukraine
  • Export control
    ERGA OMNES
  • Restriction on export
    Belarus
  • Restriction on export
    Iran
  • Export control on restricted goods and technologies
    Iran
  • Export control on restricted goods and technologies
    North Korea
  • Restriction on export
    Russia
  • Export control on restricted goods and technologies
    Russia
  • Export control
    Russia
  • Export control on restricted goods and technologies
    Syria
  • Export control
    Ukraine

Matching US HTS codes

Sharing the 6-digit HS root 902790.

9027902000Microtomes9027904500Printed circuit assemblies for the goods of subheading 9027.81 or 9027.899027905400Of electrophoresis instruments not incorporating an optical or other measuring device9027905625Of articles of subheading 9027.20.509027905630Of articles of subheading 9027.30.409027905640Of articles of subheading 9027.50.109027905650Of articles of subheading 9027.50.409027905695Other9027905910Of articles of subheading 9027.10.209027905995Other9027906400Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.81 or 9027.899027906800Other

Related codes

Other codes at this level
9027100000Gas or smoke analysis apparatus
9027200000Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments9027300000Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR)9027500000Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR)
9027810000Other instruments and apparatus