HS code 9015: Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic
Heading 9015 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 90, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
Place in the nomenclature: 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof > 9015
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Surveying, incl. photogrammetrical surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excl. compasses); rangefinders
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 6
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 9
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 9015
- 9015 10Rangefinders
- 9015 10 00 Rangefinders
- 9015 20Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)
- 9015 20 00 Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)
- 9015 30Levels
- 9015 30 10 Electronic
- 9015 30 90 Other
- 9015 40Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances
- 9015 40 00 Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances
- 9015 80Other instruments and appliances
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances)
- 9015 80 20 Meteorological, hydrological and geophysical instruments and apparatus
- 9015 80 40 Instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, surveying or levelling; hydrographic instruments
- 9015 80 80 Other
- 9015 90Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts and accessories for instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, photogrammetrical surveying, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics, and for rangefinders, n.e.s.
- 9015 90 00 Parts and accessories
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.