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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 9031: Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines

Heading 9031 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

9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors

Place in the nomenclature: 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof > 9031

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors

Subheadings (6 digits)
6
CN codes (8 digits)
8

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 9031

  • 9031 10Machines for balancing mechanical parts
    • 9031 10 00 Machines for balancing mechanical parts
  • 9031 20Test benches

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Test benches for motors, generators, pumps, etc.

    • 9031 20 00 Test benches
  • 9031 41Other optical instruments and appliances | For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices

    • 9031 41 00 For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)
  • 9031 49Other optical instruments and appliances | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Optical instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified or included in chapter 90

    • 9031 49 10 Profile projectors
    • 9031 49 90 Other
  • 9031 80Other instruments, appliances and machines

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)

    • 9031 80 20 For measuring or checking geometrical quantities
    • 9031 80 80 Other
  • 9031 90Parts and accessories

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts and accessories for instruments, appliances and machines for measuring and checking, n.e.s.

    • 9031 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.