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.
Not sure which code fits your product?
Describe the product and the HS code finder suggests a code from the official nomenclature, with its path and up to 2 alternatives.
Not a binding classification
These pages show the official texts for reference. They are not a binding classification: check the code with your customs broker, or ask your customs authority for Binding Tariff Information (BTI).
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.