CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORT SELECTED INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS - 1995 MA38B(95)-1 ISSUED NOVEMBER 1996 CONTACT: INDREK GRABBI, 301-457-4772 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS During 1995, the total value of shipments of selected instruments and related products totaled $65.3 billion, up 3 percent from the 1994 value of $63.7 billion. The 1995 figure includes automatic regulating, control, and solenoid valves, $2.3 billion, virtually unchanged from 1994; search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems, instruments, and equipment, $26.9 billion, a decrease of 2 percent from 1994; laboratory apparatus and furniture, $1.8 billion, virtually unchanged from 1994; controls for monitoring residential and commercial environments, and appliance regulating controls, $2.5 billion, virtually unchanged from 1994; process control instruments, $6.3 billion, an increase of 2 percent from 1994; fluid meters and counting devices, $3.5 billion, an increase of 6 percent from 1994; instruments to measure electricity, $9.8 billion an increase of 14 percent from 1994; analytical and scientific instruments (except optical), $5.7 billion, an increase of 4 percent from 1994; optical instruments and lenses, $2.4 billion, an increase of 9 percent from 1994; measuring and controlling devices, n.e.c., $4.0 billion, an increase of 5 percent from 1994. Table 1. VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF SELECTED INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, BY CLASS OF PRODUCT: 1986 TO 1995 (Millions of dollars) Product class Product description 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 34918 Automatic regulating and control valves........... 1,846.2 1,807.1 1,647.5 1,579.3 1,537.4 1,418.0 1,331.0 1,261.9 1,221.0 1,302.3 34919 Solenoid-operated valves (except nuclear and fluid power transfer)............................ 451.8 r/452.3 406.0 404.7 360.1 345.9 374.3 338.3 326.9 284.8 38121 Aeronautical, nautical, and navigational instruments...................................... 1,996.8 r/1858.9 2,121.2 2,517.4 2,671.6 2,517.5 2,521.4 2,365.2 2,269.7 1,788.9 38122 Search and detection, navigation and guidance systems and equipment (1)........................ 24,887.8 25,566.7 28,604.4 31,311.2 31,773.8 32,420.2 30,840.2 31,144.9 30,910.9 29,503.7 38210 Laboratory apparatus and laboratory furniture (2). 1,828.4 r/1811.1 1,597.8 1,714.8 1,612.0 1,675.0 1,697.9 1,564.9 1,549.1 1,329.9 38220 Controls for monitoring residential and commercial environments and appliance regulating controls.............................. 2,537.1 2,520.9 2,309.9 2,196.6 1,982.2 1,982.0 2,224.4 2,207.2 2,092.7 1,965.9 38230 Process control instruments....................... 6,299.1 6,240.0 5,934.9 5,731.4 5,229.6 5,223.5 4,743.2 4,347.9 4,083.6 3,894.5 38242 Integrating and totalizing meters for gas and liquids.......................................... 917.0 859.1 777.0 727.4 697.8 724.6 647.3 609.6 589.3 525.8 38243 Counting devices.................................. 370.0 354.9 285.4 273.4 226.3 209.8 206.0 192.5 197.8 177.4 38244 Motor vehicle instruments (3)..................... 2,194.2 2,092.0 1,768.1 1,576.3 1,329.5 1456.6 637.4 681.6 232.1 197.3 38251 Integrating instruments, electrical............... 447.3 r/440.3 461.0 439.3 389.6 396.1 401.4 387.6 400.5 402.9 38252 Test equipment for testing electrical, radio and communication circuits, and motors............... 8,838.2 r/7582.0 6,571.6 6,493.0 6,524.5 6,156.0 6,133.8 6,248.0 6,143.6 5,592.1 38253 Instruments to measure electricity................ 557.1 554.4 525.8 557.9 584.0 586.4 620.3 663.2 646.5 617.3 38260 Analytical and scientific instruments (except optical)......................................... 5,689.5 r/5534.0 4,766.1 4,885.9 4,519.1 4,411.8 4,042.2 3,442.2 3,046.1 2,531.6 38271 Sighting, tracking, and fire-control equipment, optical type..................................... 659.3 652.1 768.6 770.9 547.2 580.8 595.1 609.4 726.1 651.2 38274 Optical Instruments and lenses (4) (5)............ 1,749.1 1,596.7 1,455.8 1,322.4 1,292.3 1,251.8 1,273.8 1,269.8 1,214.8 1,245.2 38291 Aircraft engine instruments (except flight)....... 427.7 r/430.4 551.6 590.3 682.0 579.0 508.0 504.5 520.0 505.4 38292 Physical properties and kinematic testing equipment........................................ 1,382.2 1,199.3 1,174.7 1,148.6 1,023.7 1,012.4 946.0 893.9 859.4 775.1 38294 Nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instruments...................................... 491.8 r/489.1 519.4 533.4 570.4 566.7 606.0 654.3 637.2 587.2 38295 Commercial, geophysical, meteorological, and general purpose instruments (6).................. 1,347.6 r/1344.0 1,271.4 1,361.0 1,335.1 1,139.8 1,034.7 1,072.4 358.0 316.5 38296 Surveying and drafting instruments (2)............ 346.3 324.3 301.4 255.1 234.6 273.9 270.2 269.5 246.5 229.9 1/Prior to 1989, data for product class 38122 "Search and detection, navigation and guidance systems and equipment," were published in the Current Industrial Report MA36P, Communication Equipment, Including Telephone, Telegraph, and Other Electronic Systems and Equipment. 2/Starting in 1987, product class 38210 (formerly 38112) includes laboratory furniture. Prior to 1987, laboratory furniture had been included in product class 38296 (formerly 38113). 3/The revision for 1990 in product class 38244, "Motor vehicle instruments," is due to the clarification of products in product code 38244 60, "Instrument panels, including cluster modules." Previously, a large part of this data was collected in product class 37149, "All other motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, n.e.c." 4/Prior to 1987, "Binoculars and astronomical instruments" and "Other optical instruments and lenses" were combined under product class 38235. 5/Beginning in 1992, product classes 38272, "Binoculars and astronomical instruments," and 38273, "Other optical intstruments and lenses (except sighting, tracking and fire control," have been combined into product class 38274, "Optical instruments and lenses"; years 1986 to 1991 have been restated. 6/Beginning in 1988, product class 38295 "Commercial, geophysical, meteorological, and general purpose instruments" includes additional product data (product codes 38295 51 and 39295 59) formerly collected on the Current Industrial Report MA36P, Communication Equipment, Including Telephone, Telegraph, and Other Electronic Systems and Equipment. NA Not available. Table 2. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF SELECTED INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: 1995 AND 1994 (Quantity in number of units. Value in thousands of dollars) Product Product description No. of 1995 1994 code Cos. Quantity Value Quantity Value 34918 -- Automatic valves (regulating and control type, except nuclear)....................................................... 143 (X) 1,846,234 (X) 1,807,133 Automated control valves: Pneumatic actuated................................................. (NA) (X) 540,665 (X) 568,938 Sliding stem valves.............................................. (NA) (S) 204,011 (S) 245,778 34918 01 Globe body..................................................... 22 546,779 136,821 698,044 187,477 34918 02 All other types................................................ 18 (S) 67,190 (S) 58,301 Rotary valves.................................................... (NA) (S) 134,535 (S) 134,984 34918 03 Ball........................................................... 16 (S) 73,171 (S) 67,253 34918 04 Butterfly ..................................................... 13 29,102 30,887 32,364 42,772 34918 07 All other rotary valves (including eccentric disk)............. 11 18,492 30,477 16,394 24,959 34918 08 All other pneumatic power-operated control valves................ 21 (S) 89,576 (S) 70,717 34918 09 Parts for pneumatic actuated valves (sold separately)............ 30 (X) 112,543 (X) r/117,459 All other actuation, including electric-actuated and electro-hydraulic actuated.................................... (NA) (X) 247,761 (X) 231,051 Sliding stem valves.............................................. (NA) (S) 34,927 (S) 36,336 34918 11 Globe body..................................................... 9 (S) 12,866 (S) 14,491 34918 12 All other types................................................ 15 (S) 22,061 (S) r/21,845 Rotary valves.................................................... (NA) (S) 54,428 (S) 53,758 34918 13 Ball........................................................... 11 (S) (1) (S) (1) 34918 14 Butterfly...................................................... 8 (S) (1) (S) (1) 34918 17 All other rotary valves (including eccentric disk)............. 3 (S) 1/54,428 (S) 1/53,758 34918 18 All other power-operated (except pneumatic) control valves.......................................................... 17 4,261,379 144,810 3,850,717 124,645 34918 21 Parts for all other power-operated (except pneumatic) control valves.................................................. 10 (X) 13,596 (X) 16,312 34918 23 Valve actuators (sold separately).................................. 17 103,551 89,802 126,216 83,576 Regulator valves: 34918 25 Remote-sensing direct actuated temperature regulators (2).......... 19 4,055 88,673 4,148 83,695 34918 30 Self-contained direct actuated pressure regulators (except instrument type and safety relief valves) (2)............. 33 4,999 223,151 4,721 226,289 34918 35 Pilot (internal and external) actuated pressure regulators (2).................................................... 28 198 69,496 188 66,093 34918 41 Self-contained direct acting precision and instrument type pneumatic (air and gas) pressure regulators (2).............. 12 575 50,499 535 45,080 34918 45 Flow regulators for gas, vapors, or liquids (2).................... 45 17,871 207,781 18,718 193,441 34918 48 Other regulator valves (2)......................................... 32 (X) 276,844 (X) 251,169 Parts for regulator valves (sold separately)....................... 35 (X) 51,562 (X) 57,801 34919 -- Solenoid-operated valves (except nuclear and fluid power transfer)....................................................... 44 (X) 451,797 (X) r/452,335 Solenoid-operated valves, except nuclear and fluid power transfer valves: Commercial/Industrial types: 34919 56 Two-way (2) ....................................................... 30 5,855 204,871 5,948 202,549 34919 58 Three-way (2)...................................................... 16 1,188 31,713 610 23,115 34919 59 Other (2).......................................................... 14 (3) (3) (3) (3) 34919 61 Household appliance type (2)....................................... 2 3/17,171 3/166,959 3/21,461 3/r/179,819 34919 79 Parts, components, and operators for solenoid-operated valves, except nuclear and fluid power transfer valves (sold separately)................................................... 22 (X) 48,254 (X) 46,852 38121 -- Aeronautical, nautical, and navigational instruments, except aircraft engine instruments.................................... 85 (X) 1,996,839 (X) r/1,858,890 Flight and navigation sensors, transmitters, and displays: 38121 01 Compasses (magnetic and gyroscopic)................................ 15 (X) 204,556 (X) r/187,764 38121 08 Altimeters (except radio and radar altimeters)..................... 8 (X) 23,195 (X) 23,172 38121 10 Airspeed indicators (including machmeters and air data computers)........................................................ 15 (X) 249,884 (X) r/226,403 38121 12 Acceleration indicators and systems components..................... 7 (D) (D) (D) (D) 38121 13 Rate-of-climb indicators........................................... 5 (S) (4) (S) 2,620 38121 15 Angle-of-attack indicators......................................... 8 (S) 4/17,576 (S) 14,859 38121 18 Artificial horizon flight instruments.............................. 7 6,962 17,730 r/6,977 14,009 38121 20 Other aerospace and navigational instruments....................... 30 (X) (D) (X) r/(D) Gyroscopes sold separately: 38121 21 Vertical.......................................................... 5 2,031 8,341 1,980 8,062 38121 23 Directional....................................................... 6 7,203 15,271 7,939 20,900 38121 25 Free, torqued and untorqued....................................... 2 (X) (5) (X) (5) 38121 26 Rate, inertial grade.............................................. 3 (X) 5/57,599 (X) 5/72,104 38121 28 Rate, noninertial grade........................................... 6 (X) 67,686 (X) 63,502 Airframe equipment instruments: 38121 61 Position indicators (mechanical, as for landing gear, cowl flaps, stabilizers, etc.)................................... 14 (X) 18,009 (X) 16,701 38121 63 Hydraulic system (both electrical and mechanical measuring means, as for liquid level and temperature and pressure indicators)......................................... 10 (X) 22,729 (X) 20,248 38121 64 Cabin environmental measuring and control instruments (air-conditioning and heating, cabin pressure, oxygen, etc.).................................................... 12 (X) 53,547 (X) 54,613 38121 80 Other aerospace flight instruments.................................. 20 (X) 550,742 (X) 474,979 38121 85 Nautical instruments (all types, including temperature, speed, pitch, and roll instruments and system components, etc.).................................................. 12 248,642 58,954 285,679 68,664 38121 89 Parts and components for aeronautical, nautical, and navigational instruments, except aircraft engine instruments, (sold separately)..................................... 24 (X) 121,803 (X) 141,274 38122 -- Search and detection systems and navigation and guidance systems and equipment........................................ 235 (X) 24,887,826 (X) 25,566,737 38122 11 Light reconnaissance and surveillance electronic systems and equipment (infrared, ultraviolet, and visible light)............. 47 (X) 2,468,374 (X) 2,366,041 38122 13 IFF equipment......................................................... 10 (X) 111,317 (X) 92,684 38122 15 Proximity fuses....................................................... 4 (X) 136,293 (X) 149,510 Radar systems and equipment: Search, detection, and acquisition radar systems and equipment (BMEWS, airborne and other early warning radar, air traffic control radar, air defense and fighter control radar, ship radar, harbor control radar, meteorological radar, etc.): 38122 17 Airborne and missile/space radar................................... 22 (X) 1,856,073 (X) 1,474,144 38122 19 Ship (marine) radar................................................ 16 (X) 803,871 (X) 1,069,799 38122 21 Ground radar....................................................... 25 (X) 460,123 (X) 605,035 Tracking radar systems and equipment (fire control, bomb- ing, bombing navigational radar, aircraft and missile tracking radar, etc.): 38122 23 Airborne and missile/space radar................................... 14 (X) 1,063,800 (X) r/1,088,196 38122 25 Ship (marine) radar................................................ 16 (X) 234,870 (X) 312,499 38122 27 Ground radar....................................................... 20 (X) 1,424,904 (X) 1,335,777 Instrumentation radar systems and equipment (altimeters, highway speed control radar, missile and space satellite tracking range radar, GCA and other precision approach radar, etc.): 38122 29 Airborne, missile/space and ship (marine) radar.................... 12 (X) 88,178 (X) 100,176 38122 31 Ground radar....................................................... 9 (X) 127,893 (X) 105,842 38122 33 Electronic checkout, monitoring, evaluation, and other electronic support equipment for radar systems...................... 20 (X) 153,424 (X) r/184,669 Sonar search, detection, tracking and communication systems and equipment including ASW (sonar telephone communication equipment, depth finding, fire control, fusing, guidance, hydrophones, mapping, sonabuoys, navigation, sonar fish finders, sonar range instrumentation, and other): 38122 35 Surface ship applications (destroyers, destroyer escort, etc.)............................................................... 28 (X) 244,425 (X) 314,513 38122 37 Submarine applications............................................... 22 (X) 627,488 (X) 718,590 38122 39 Airborne............................................................. 19 (X) 224,312 (X) 304,567 38122 41 Electronic checkout, monitoring, evaluation, and other electronic support equipment for sonar systems and sub- merged fixed systems................................................ 11 (X) 143,504 (X) 162,383 38122 43 Specialized command and control data processing and display equipment, sold separately from complete systems...................... 23 (X) 1,104,865 (X) 1,031,522 38122 45 Search, detection, identification, and tracking systems and equipment n.e.c........................................................ 33 (X) 1,539,367 (X) r/1,515,383 Electronic warfare systems and equipment: Countermeasures equipment: 38122 47 Jamming equipment, communications, and radar....................... 31 (X) 1,138,975 (X) 1,331,069 38122 49 Underwater contermeasures equipment................................ 8 (X) (6) (X) 223,086 38122 51 Other active countermeasures equipment (excluding passive materials such as chaff, window, needles, rope, etc.)....................................................... 13 (X) 6/486,154 (X) r/339,703 38122 53 Specialized electronic and communication intelligence equipment, including specially designed DF equipment, signal reduction and processing equipment, and signal analyzers and display equipment..................................... 39 (X) 1,861,236 (X) 1,982,654 Missile and space vehicle systems and equipment (beam riders, command guidance, inertial systems, infrared homing systems, radar systems, stellar trackers, television systems, combination systems, etc.): 38122 55 Missile-borne and space-vehicle-borne equipment.................... 46 (X) 3,724,344 (X) 3,767,275 38122 57 Nonmissile and space vehicle guidance equipment (ground, ship, or airborne command guidance systems, etc.)............................................................. 10 (X) 464,720 (X) 479,977 38122 59 Electronic checkout, launching, and other missile and space vehicle support systems (ground, ship, and air)............. 18 (X) 181,287 (X) 243,277 Navigation systems and equipment, navigational aids for aircraft, ship, and ground navigation (autopilots, beacons, transponders, collision warning devices, DECCA, DME, ILS, Doppler navigation systems, inertial navigation systems, optical/laser LORAN, radio compasses and direc- tion finders, SHORAN, TACAN, VOR, VORTAC equipment, etc.): Airborne navigational systems: 38122 61 Radio navigation receivers and displays (including) OMNI, radio magnetic, glide slope/localizer, DME, etc.)............................................................. 20 (X) 459,265 (X) 419,183 38122 63 Airborne integrated data systems/flight recorders.................. 12 (X) 204,628 (X) r/218,847 38122 65 Distance measuring equipment (DME)................................. 7 (X) (D) (X) r/73,749 38122 67 Flight directors/situation display................................. 6 (X) 242,722 (X) 281,631 38122 69 Heads-up display (HUD) systems..................................... 11 (X) 119,604 (X) r/119,322 38122 71 Inertial navigation systems........................................ 9 (X) 378,616 (X) 341,541 38122 73 Proximity warning/collision avoidance equipment.................... 5 (X) 149,426 (X) r/144,274 38122 75 Complete automatic pilots.......................................... 7 (X) 181,140 (X) r/201,306 38122 77 Other airborne navigational systems................................ 26 (X) 944,722 (X) 924,149 38122 79 Surface (ship and ground) navigational systems....................... 35 (X) 514,612 (X) 462,224 38122 81 Underwater navigational systems...................................... 8 (X) (D) (X) r/247,643 38122 83 Electronic checkout, monitoring, evaluation, and other electronic support equipment for navigational systems and equipment....................................................... 40 (X) 700,575 (X) 834,497 38210 -- Laboratory apparatus and laboratory furniture......................... 163 (X) 1,828,420 (X) r/1,811,139 Laboratory balances and scales: 38210 11 Sensitivity of 5 centigrams or better............................... 9 (7) (7) (7) (7) 38210 13 Sensitivity of less than 5 centigrams .............................. 9 7/73,496 7/42,554 7/r/72,072 7/41,591 38210 15 Laboratory furnaces and ovens......................................... 22 (X) 29,217 (X) 28,936 Laboratory centrifuges: 38210 17 Table-top type...................................................... 15 (8) (8) (8) (8) 38210 19 Floor type......................................................... 6 8/26,530 8/138,385 8/33,735 8/r/143,976 38210 27 Laboratory evaporation and distillation apparatus..................... 17 (X) 18,685 (X) 20,035 38210 28 Laboratory sterilizers and autoclaves................................. 11 (X) 142,176 (X) r/107,955 38210 29 Laboratory burners and hot plates..................................... 14 (X) 13,494 (X) 12,160 38210 31 Laboratory granulators, mills, and other particle size reduction apparatus.................................................. 7 (X) 6,326 (X) 6,088 38210 33 Laboratory dryers..................................................... 10 (X) 8,852 (X) 9,625 38210 35 Laboratory blenders, mixers, shakers, dispensers, fraction collectors, and other liquid sample preparation apparatus............ 31 (X) 117,070 (X) 104,286 38210 36 Laboratory incubators................................................. 12 14,544 41,305 12,404 41,332 38210 37 Environmental test chambers........................................... 18 21,505 52,029 20,216 45,241 38210 38 Laboratory freezers................................................... 7 5,107 38,953 9,954 39,313 38210 42 Microtomes............................................................ 4 260 1,763 (X) (9) 38210 81 Laboratory furniture, including cabinets, cases, benches, tables, stools, reagent shelves, etc................................. 25 (X) 276,241 (X) (10) 38210 88 Parts and components for laboratory furniture (sold separately).......................................................... 8 (X) 4,623 (X) 10/324,405 38210 98 All other laboratory and scientific apparatus not specified above (including wet and dry baths, melting point apparatus, etc., excluding analytical instruments)............. 88 (X) 651,950 (X) 9/579,352 38210 99 Components, parts and accessories for laboratory and scientific apparatus (sold separately)............................... 60 (X) 244,797 (X) r/306,844 38220 -- Controls for monitoring residential and commercial environments and appliance regulating controls........................ 105 (X) 2,537,107 (X) 2,520,948 Automatic controls of the type principally used as components of air conditioning, refrigeration, and comfort heating (including pneumatic controls): Temperature responsive (thermostats): 38220 21 Electric (2)...................................................... 36 37,444 336,095 38,933 342,177 38220 22 Pneumatic (2)..................................................... 6 2,724 35,596 r/2,679 r/34,047 38220 25 Pressure responsive (pressurestats) (2)............................. 10 5,521 48,304 5,348 47,849 38220 30 Hydronic responsive (2)............................................. 5 2,180 44,249 2,362 44,934 38220 35 Humidity responsive (humidistats) (2)............................... 6 (11) (11) (11) (11) 38220 40 Light responsive (2)................................................ 3 11/6,625 11/23,711 11/6,672 11/23,985 38220 50 Liquid level (2).................................................... 7 (S) 9,040 (S) r/8,829 38220 60 Igniters (2)........................................................ 8 (12) (12) (12) (12) 38220 65 Inherent motor protectors (2)....................................... 3 12/582,098 12/319,082 12/r/484,438 12/r/309,003 38220 66 Microprocessor-based load programmers for buildings: energy control (2)................................................. 11 408 69,297 424 81,156 38220 70 Computerized energy control systems for buildings................... 13 (S) 452,935 (S) 405,674 38220 74 Other............................................................... 18 (X) 371,436 (X) r/367,787 Controls for major appliances such as domestic laundry and cooking appliances, refrigerators and freezers, vending machines, air conditioners, etc.: 38220 75 Temperature responsive (3).......................................... 19 217,344 344,397 225,074 359,570 38220 81 All other controls for appliances (3)............................... 15 30,501 269,256 37,752 265,674 38220 98 Parts and components for controls monitoring residential and commercial environments and for appliance regulating controls (sold separately)................................ 27 (X) 213,709 (X) 230,263 38230 -- Process control instruments........................................... 35 (X) 6,299,091 (X) 6,239,996 General purpose control system instruments (commonly call receiver-type), operating from standardized trans- mission signals (electrical types a.c. or d.c. milli- ampere, millivolt, or telemetering signals; pneumatic types, 3 to 15 and 3 to 27 p.s.i. signals): Electronic systems - unified architecture type: 38230 35 Controllers (recording, indicating, or blind)..................... 39 293,612 201,080 337,907 r/281,619 38230 36 Recorders, with or without self-contained set-point stations......................................................... 20 (S) 72,372 (S) 69,477 38230 37 Indicators, with or without self-contained set-point stations......................................................... 25 74,234 27,365 66,947 25,657 38230 38 Auxiliary stations and analog computing devices associated with the above (including manual loaders, auto-to-manual stations, ratio stations, adders, multipliers, integrators, etc.).......................... 19 (S) 79,313 (S) r/43,544 38230 07 Electronic systems - non-unified architecture type.................. 74 (X) 1,318,960 (X) 1,351,941 38230 12 Industrial multi-function process computers......................... 74 (X) 424,815 (X) 404,976 Pneumatic systems (including all system-type control, display and computing instruments actuated from standardized pneumatic transmission signals): 38230 39 Controllers (recording, indicating, or blind)..................... 16 115,442 48,095 78,394 22,962 38230 40 Recorders, with or without self-contained set-point stations......................................................... 3 (S) (13) (S) (13) 38230 41 Indicators, with or without self-contained set-point stations......................................................... 6 (S) 13/11,556 (S) 13/11,380 38230 42 Auxiliary stations and analog computing devices associated with the above (including manual loaders, auto-to-manual stations, radio stations, adders, multipliers, integrators, etc.).......................... 7 b/45,570 b/14,999 b/r/66,780 b/16,834 38230 43 Receiver-type gauges, analog and digital.......................... 10 (S) 7,682 (S) 7,643 38230 44 Annunciators, industrial; electromechanical and solid- state types........................................................ 11 15,089 23,723 13,419 r/21,934 Temperature measuring instruments (excluding general purpose receiver-type instruments): Electrical and electronic measuring types (thermo- couple, resistance temperature detector, radiation, optical, thermistor, and other electrical sensors): 38230 45 Direct-deflecting types (controllers for all types of electrical temperature sensors)............................... 5 305,994 4,910 253,235 4,782 38230 46 Direct-deflecting types (indicators and recorders for all types of electrical temperature sensors)..................... 11 (S) 5,032 (S) 4,561 38230 47 Electromechanical self-balancing types (electric or pneumatic controllers for all types of electrical temperature sensors)............................................. 2 (S) (14) (S) (14) 38230 48 Electromechanical self-balancing types (indicators, recorders, and integrators for all types of electrical temperature sensors).................................. 5 (S) 14/7,945 (S) 14/9,982 38230 49 Electronic controllers for all types of electrical temperature sensors.............................................. 24 477,139 92,874 420,102 93,569 38230 50 Digital indicators for all types of electrical temperature sensors (excluding data loggers)..................... 38 103,446 35,473 r/94,937 33,887 Transmitters, producing standardized electric or pneumatic analog transmission signals for all types of electrical temperature sensors: 38230 54 Electric........................................................ 24 146,434 43,934 120,048 38,748 38230 55 Pneumatic....................................................... 5 557 452 503 391 Mechanical measuring types, filled systems (liquid filled, vapor pressure, gas filled, and mercury filled types): 38230 52 Indicating or recording controllers............................. 11 268,334 43,536 292,050 41,292 38230 53 Recorders, noncontrol........................................... 14 589,515 23,650 537,921 22,900 38230 56 Indicators only (excluding indoor-outdoor and other household or appliance type thermometers)...................... 17 468,513 15,706 699,344 19,264 38230 57 Transmitters producing standardized electric or pneumatic analog transmission signals.......................... 13 35,182 9,732 27,131 9,787 Primary temperature sensors (excluding aircraft types): 38230 59 Thermocouples and thermocouple lead wire............................ 63 (X) 210,464 (X) r/203,186 38230 60 All other types (resistance temperature detectors, radiation and optical sensors, thermistors, etc.).................. 42 (X) 108,905 (X) r/100,206 Pressure (gauge, absolute vacuum) and draft measuring instruments (excluding general purpose receiver-type instruments): 38230 61 Indicating or recording controllers................................. 16 107,368 41,129 99,407 36,950 38230 62 Recorders, noncontrol............................................... 7 8,457 3,468 7,731 3,261 Indicators only (excluding receiver-type gauges): 38230 20 3-inch diameter and over (3)...................................... 24 2,524 116,017 2,632 109,045 38230 21 Under 3-inch diameter (3)......................................... 17 (S) 94,237 (S) 83,494 Transmitters producing standardized analog transmission signals: 38230 24 Transmitters producing standardized electronic analog transmission signals (3)......................................... 33 5,089 206,157 3,872 167,273 38230 25 Transmitters producing standardized pneumatic analog transmission signals............................................. 6 25,044 3,557 r/20,386 3,161 Flow and liquid level measuring instruments (excluding general purposereceiver-typeinstruments): Differential pressure types: 38230 65 Indicating or recording controllers............................... 11 43,187 10,720 41,453 9,752 38230 66 Recorders, noncontrol; and indicators, noncontrol................. 14 51,633 25,478 56,787 r/28,641 Transmitters producing standardized analog trans- mission signals: 38230 27 Transmitters producing standardized electronic analog transmission signals.................................... 27 260,212 258,783 246,662 236,684 38230 28 Transmitters producing standardized pneumatic analog transmission signals.................................... 10 14,971 13,310 15,513 13,643 38230 29 Primary pressure sensors (load cells, strain gauges, etc.)............................................................ 8 66,118 19,513 52,842 r/11,140 38230 68 Primary flow elements (including orifice plates, venturi tubes, flow tubes, flow nozzles, pitot tubes, etc.)............................................................ 16 283,826 47,703 354,160 43,893 Electromagnetic flowmeters: 38230 03 Primary device (magnetic flow tube)............................... 13 54,263 87,625 40,929 63,293 38230 01 Secondary device (magnetic transmitter, recorder, indicator or controller which receives signal directly from primary device).................................... 12 41,923 32,787 39,864 31,983 38230 04 Capacitance, ultrasonic, and other electronic types (including magnetic resonance, vortex-precession, and vortex-shedding type elements)................................. 37 196,317 158,688 194,681 151,727 38230 71 Variable area-controlling, recording, indicating, and transmitting instruments and associated primary flow elements (3)....................................................... 16 599 93,395 603 97,824 38230 72 Float and displacement (controlling, recording, indicating, and transmitting instruments and associated primary flow elements.) (3)........................................ 25 2,252 92,907 2,148 92,630 38230 81 Turbine and propeller - controlling, recording, indicating, and transmitting instruments and associated primary flow elements... 10 81,749 27,517 63,801 r/22,086 38230 82 Mass flow, i.e. - controlling, thermal-controlling, recording indicating, and transmitting instruments and associated primary flow elements.............................................. 11 50,043 180,763 42,915 154,576 38230 83 Other types - controlling, recording, indicating, and trans- mitting instruments and associated primary flow elements........... 10 91,489 39,546 88,753 r/39,259 38230 74 Humidity instruments (controlling, recording, indicating, and transmitting, and associated primary humidity elements; excluding home and general purpose type)................... 14 44,892 32,716 r/46,073 30,005 Continuous process instruments for on-stream gas and liquid analysis (including indicators, recorders, con- trollers, and analysis electrodes and cells; excluding laboratory analysis types): 38230 75 Chromatographic analyzers........................................... 13 4,813 73,681 4,602 65,966 38230 76 Infrared analyzers.................................................. 14 11,284 42,131 r/11,073 r/45,251 38230 77 Oxygen analyzers.................................................... 20 25,334 56,902 23,855 55,550 38230 78 Other gas analyzers................................................. 29 50,981 120,207 48,500 116,768 38230 79 Ph analyzers........................................................ 15 58,721 31,257 r/55,120 r/30,821 38230 80 Other liquid analyzers.............................................. 23 74,842 66,238 r/68,595 r/59,175 Instruments for all process variables not listed above (speed, weight, position, sequence, density, specific gravity, mechanical load, electrical load, millivolts): Electrical and electronic measuring types: 38230 06 Direct-deflecting type controllers, indicators and recorders...................................................... 6 3,692 9,472 4,024 9,611 38230 08 Electromechanical self-balancing electric or pneumatic controllers, indicators, recorders, integrators.................................................... 4 (S) 2,788 (S) 2,675 38230 85 Digital indicators.............................................. 20 102,378 38,206 r/92,076 30,708 38230 86 Transmitters producing standardized electric or pneumatic analog transmission signals.......................... 10 22,232 20,945 r/17,784 19,490 Mechanical measuring types: 38230 84 Indicating or recording controllers and recorders, non control.. 7 16,849 4,729 15,708 4,266 38230 89 Indicators only................................................. 5 87,868 12,774 r/74,632 11,450 38230 90 Transmitters producing standardized electric or pneumatic analog transmission signals.......................... 17 289,513 74,197 r/210,025 r/65,330 All other industrial process instruments: 38230 91 Other temperature instruments....................................... 31 (X) 136,501 (X) 135,252 38230 92 Other flow and liquid level instruments............................. 30 (X) 138,988 (X) r/155,235 38230 93 Other continuous process instruments................................ 38 (X) 275,923 (X) r/266,077 38230 94 Other industrial type instruments................................... 62 (X) 463,233 (X) 600,849 Parts, supplies, accessories, other primary sensors n.e.c., panelboards, and other equipment associated with process control instrumentation: 38230 95 Primarily designed for temperature instruments...................... 18 (X) 30,640 (X) r/24,464 38230 96 Primarily designed for flow and liquid level instruments 31 (X) 78,541 (X) r/67,452 38230 97 Primarily designed for continuous process instruments............... 28 (X) 101,107 (X) 97,836 38230 99 Primarily designed for industrial type instruments.................. 35 (X) 102,042 (X) 104,928 38242 -- Integrating and totalizing meters for gas and liquids................. 32 (X) 917,017 (X) 859,114 Gas meters, consumption registering: Diaphragm type: Positive displacements; aluminum, iron, and tin case: 38242 22 Residential size (up to 400 cu. ft./hr. of 0.64 specific gravity gas, at 0.5 inches water drop) (3).............. 6 2,374 113,329 2,257 110,486 38242 24 Other sizes, including commercial and industrial.................. 6 127,781 38,369 105,384 33,957 38242 28 Turbine type (all sizes)............................................ 8 (15) (15) (15) (15) 38242 29 Other gas meters, consumption registering........................... 2 15/54,327 15/59,433 15/r/43,896 15/r/56,480 Liquid meters, positive displacement with registers and counters: Water meters, consumption registering: 38242 33 Small meters, up to and including 1 inch (3)...................... 10 4,327 195,391 4,133 170,243 38242 35 Intermediate meters, over 1 inch up to and including 2 inch........................................................... 12 (S) 34,693 (S) r/34,739 38242 37 Large meters, over 2 inch......................................... 11 58,628 62,452 59,681 63,841 38242 41 Liquid fuel dispensing meters (excluding service sta- tion dispensing pumps)........................................... 7 (16) (16) (16) (16) 38242 98 Other liquid meters; industrial bulk plants, pipeline, batching, treatment facilities..................................... 15 16/784,026 16/227,187 16/881,175 16/230,975 38242 99 Parts, components, and accessories for gas and liquid meters (sold separately)............................................. 32 (X) 186,163 (X) 158,393 38243 -- Counting devices (excluding motor vehicle instruments)................ 6 (X) 369,964 (X) 354,864 Other: 38243 21 Mechanical input (3)................................................ 10 2,299 30,734 2,514 32,804 38243 23 Electrical input (3)................................................ 15 1,486 37,431 1,649 39,842 38243 25 Electronic input.................................................... 16 637,432 59,822 811,338 r/71,188 38243 85 All other counting devices not specified above, including toll meters, fare collection equipment (systems), parking lot systems, etc., but excluding parking meters...................... 13 (X) 234,196 (X) 206,245 38243 88 Components and parts for counting devices, except parking meters (sold separately)............................................. 6 (X) 7,781 (X) 4,785 38244 -- Motor vehicle instruments............................................. 18 (X) 2,194,223 (X) 2,091,950 38244 11 Speedometers (speedometers including odometers are classified as speedometers).......................................... 11 (X) 23,752 (X) r/23,806 38244 21 Tachometers........................................................... 11 (X) 23,261 (X) r/28,958 38244 31 Odometers (speedometers including odometers are classified as speedometers).......................................... 5 (X) (D) (X) r/(D) 38244 41 Fuel level gauges..................................................... 7 (X) (17) (X) (17) 38244 45 Water temperature gauges.............................................. 9 (X) 17/41,870 (X) 17/r/36,081 38244 51 Ammeters.............................................................. 9 (X) (D) (X) (D) 38244 55 Oil pressure gauges................................................... 6 (X) 3,870 (X) 2,844 38244 60 Instrument panels, including cluster modules.......................... 13 (X) 2,022,124 (X) r/1,911,691 38244 99 Other motor vehicle instruments....................................... 18 (X) 60,889 (X) r/78,053 38251 -- Integrating instruments, electrical................................... 10 (X) 447,279 (X) r/440,278 A.c. watt-hour meters: 38251 12 Single phase(2)..................................................... 6 4,673 116,727 4,456 113,437 38251 15 Polyphase........................................................... 8 (S) 36,882 (S) 34,691 38251 35 Demand meters (kW and kVA), combined watt-hour and de- mand meters (single phase and polyphase), and combined watt- hour and time switch meters.......................................... 10 (X) 124,132 (X) (18) 38251 51 Other electrical integrating meters (including d.c. watt- hour meters, ampere-hour meters, and other miscellaneous integrating instruments not included in the above classifications)..................................................... 8 (X) 72,117 (X) 18/r/195,388 38251 61 Parts and accessories for electric integrating meters (including meter mountings and registers) sold separately............ 10 (X) 97,421 (X) r/96,762 38252 -- Test equipment for testing electrical, radio and communication circuits, and motors.................................... 378 (X) 8,838,247 (X) r/7,582,010 Voltage, current, and resistance measuring equipment (except multimeters): Electronic: 38252 20 Digital........................................................... 28 (X) 293,386 (X) 276,312 38252 21 Analog............................................................ 27 (X) 29,063 (X) 31,506 38252 22 Electrical (excluding panel meters)................................. 16 (X) 43,182 (X) 45,043 Multimeters: 38252 23 Electronic, digital and analog...................................... 14 (X) (19) (X) (19) 38252 30 Electrical.......................................................... 5 (X) 19/140,558 (X) 19/124,528 Power and energy measuring equipment: Electronic: 38252 25 Analog............................................................ 10 (X) 5,989 (X) 5,827 38252 26 Digital........................................................... 18 (X) 88,324 (X) 91,286 38252 27 Electrical power measuring equipment (excluding elec- trical integrating instruments, sold separately)................... 4 (X) 4,654 (X) r/4,425 Frequency counters, timers, and other frequency and time measuring equipment (excluding standards): 38252 31 Universal counters with time interval measuring capability......................................................... 7 (X) (20) (X) (20) 38252 33 Other frequency counters ........................................... 7 (X) 20/20,305 (X) 20/16,501 38252 34 Frequency meters.................................................... 6 (X) (21) (X) (21) 38252 39 Other frequency counting and time measuring equipment .............. 9 (X) 21/90,779 (X) 21/85,747 Waveform measuring and/or analyzing equipment: 38252 13 Oscilloscopes and plug-in accessories............................... 7 (X) (22) (X) (22) 38252 18 Spectrum analyzers.................................................. 7 (X) 88,088 (X) 84,180 38252 16 Other waveform measuring and anlyzing equipment..................... 22 (X) 22/642,438 (X) 22/562,100 Signal generating equipment: 38252 56 Audio............................................................... 15 (X) 12,059 (X) 13,899 38252 58 RF (over 20 KHz to 890 MHz)......................................... 15 (X) (23) (X) (23) 38252 59 Microwave (890 MHz and above)....................................... 13 (X) 23/450,321 (X) 23/396,896 Field strength and intensity measuring equipment (includ- ing RFI measuring equipment): 38252 91 Electronic.......................................................... 13 (X) (D) (X) (D) 38252 92 Electrical field measuring equipment................................ 3 (X) (D) (X) (D) Impedance and standing wave ratio measuring equipment (transfer function measuring equipment): 38252 93 Electronic impedance and related measuring equipment................ 11 (X) 19,572 (X) 21,468 38252 94 Standing wave measuring equipment (slotted lines, sliding shorts, reflectometers, and other SWR equipment)......................................................... 6 (X) 12,051 (X) 16,385 38252 97 X-Y plotters (recorders), electronic.................................. 5 (X) 3,985 (X) r/3,309 Automatic test and measuring equipment: 38252 44 Combination and/or group test sets.................................. 43 (X) 1,164,393 (X) r/1,110,868 Component part test sets: 38252 45 Electron tube test equipment...................................... 2 (X) (D) (X) (D) Semiconductor component test equipment: 38252 61 Memory.......................................................... 17 (X) 236,014 (X) 151,171 38252 63 Linear.......................................................... 11 (X) 219,467 (X) 149,534 38252 65 Microprocessor.................................................. 9 (X) 463,247 (X) 246,220 38252 67 Other semiconductor component test equipment.................... 39 (X) 1,053,762 (X) 735,214 38252 69 Circuit board loaded test equipment:.............................. 22 (X) 273,998 (X) 222,619 38252 47 Other component part test sets and equipment...................... 20 (X) 496,095 (X) r/377,788 38252 48 Equipment and subassembly test equipment n.e.c. (including disc drive testers, power supply testers, etc.).............................................................. 23 (X) 192,375 (X) r/173,764 Standards and calibration equipment for test measuring equipment, including laboratory types (metered benchtop, rack mountable, or plug-in equipment): 38252 72 Electronic.......................................................... 33 (X) 133,408 (X) 102,053 38252 74 Electrical.......................................................... 8 97,003 r/55,418 Analyzers for testing characteristics of internal-combus- tion engines (excluding aircraft): 38252 37 Portable............................................................ 6 (X) (24) (X) (24) 38252 38 Other............................................................... 5 (X) 24/227,087 (X) 24/r/240,412 Communications test equipment n.e.c.: 38252 81 Network analyzers................................................... 19 (X) 463,373 (X) 366,546 38252 83 Cable backplane and other continuity testers........................ 13 (X) 43,396 (X) 31,680 38252 85 Fiber optics test equipment (OTDR, optical S/N meters, etc.).............................................................. 10 (X) 102,504 (X) 118,249 38252 87 Other communications test, monitoring, and control equipment (except microwave)....................................... 43 (X) 404,259 (X) 365,970 38252 52 Microwave test equipment n.e.c., (1,300 MHz and above).............. 10 (X) 29,423 (X) 26,978 Logic test, development, and analysis equipment: 38252 01 Logic analyzers, and similar logic state, timing, and signature analyzers................................................ 5 (X) (25) (X) (25) 38252 03 Microprocessor development systems.................................. 6 (X) 25/198,917 (X) 25/243,160 38252 05 Pulse, function, and data generators and similar metered frequency synthesizers............................................. 11 (X) 73,657 (X) 91,763 38252 08 Other field service test and measurement equipment, logic probes, clips, and pulsers........................................... 7 (X) 31,089 (X) r/24,699 38252 02 Other measuring and checking instruments for testing electrical, radio and communication circuits, and motors............................................................... 33 (X) (26) (X) r/331,763 38252 19 Other analyzing instruments for checking electrical quantities........ 9 (X) 26/546,697 (X) 175,964 38252 99 Parts and components for test equipment for testing electrical, radio and communication circuits, and motors (sold separately).................................................... 45 (X) 215,701 (X) 249,425 38253 -- Instruments to measure electricity.................................... 4 (X) 557,149 (X) 554,443 38253 08 Digital panel meters (DPM) between 0.05% and 1%, + or - 1 digit accuracy (excluding precision DVM's and electronic counters)............................................. 23 572,624 88,169 r/489,414 r/79620 38253 10 Analog solid state panel meters (generally of + or - 2% accuracy) with LED, LCD, or neon gas discharge display.......................................................... 6 34,283 5,276 28,323 4,734 Panel types other than ruggedized or sealed (generally of 2% accuracy): 38253 12 A.c. (including moving iron vane and dynamometer types)......................................................... 11 302,705 6,907 298,309 6,680 38253 13 D.c. (including rectifier and self-contained thermocouple types) (2)........................................ 13 1,149 26,964 1,124 r/24,711 38253 11 Panel types ruggedized or sealed (generally of 2% accuracy)........................................................ 8 34,578 7,708 43,286 7,074 38253 14 Panel types with control or signal initiating means (including (instrument relays).............................................. 6 105,965 7,750 108,115 7,825 38253 19 All other panel type instruments, including ammeters and voltmeters for motor vehicles (2)............................ 12 5,402 57,502 4,772 46,739 Switchboard instruments which are generally of 1% accuracy: 38253 23 A.c. (including moving iron vane and dynamometer types)........................................................... 2 (27) (27) (27) (27) 38253 25 D.c. (including rectifier and thermocouple types)................. 4 27/28,807 27/3,400 27/31,838 27/3,758 38253 27 Elapsed time meters (with and without reset)........................ 9 1,032,199 33,427 r/910,336 30,371 38253 24 Portable instruments which are generally capable of accuracies within + or - 2% of full scale indication, and can be enclosed in a case so that they can be moved and used at various locations, and which are an end product............................................................ 17 386,157 36,515 r/384,416 r/35,509 Electrical recording instruments (portable and for panel mounting): 38253 50 Direct deflecting (direct acting), except temperature calibrated instruments............................................. 4 19,985 3,502 r/21,613 r/3,552 38253 60 Oscillographic recorders, pen or stylus, and light beam type........ 6 (X) (28) (X) (28) 38253 72 Other electrical recording instruments.............................. 24 (X) 28/189,978 (X) 28/213,162 Parts and accessories for indicating and recording instruments: 38253 74 Transducers for volts, amperes, watts, vars, frequency, temperature and power factor............................ 18 (X) 43,077 (X) r/44,086 38253 75 Tachometer generators except aerospace types........................ 4 (X) (29) (X) (29) 38253 76 Other including instrument shunts................................... 16 (X) 29/46,974 (X) 29/46,622 38260 -- Analytical and scientific instruments (except optical)................ 267 (X) 5,689,516 (X) r/5,534,036 Electrochemical instruments: 38260 01 Ph electrodes and meters............................................ 20 (X) 50,631 (X) 46,571 38260 03 Ion selective electrodes and meters................................. 13 (X) 36,656 (X) 27,350 38260 04 Electrophoresis instruments......................................... 18 (X) 90,262 (X) r/97,099 38260 05 Other, except process type (include photometers).................... 12 (X) 13,157 (X) r/12,911 Chromatographic instruments: 38260 07 Gas................................................................. 17 (S) (30) (S) (30) 38260 08 Liquid ............................................................. 25 (S) 389,126 (S) r/454,000 38260 09 Other, including paper, gel, thin layer............................. 4 (X) 30/276,332 (X) 30/255,858 Spectrophotometric instruments: 38260 24 Atomic absorption .................................................. 3 (X) (31) (X) (31) 38260 25 Optical emission, including spark, arc, and glow, spectrographs, all other, except ICP............................... 7 (X) (31) (X) (31) 38260 27 Optical emission, including laser excited source (including laser microprobe source emission, laser source Raman and laser microprobe source Raman spectrometers)..................................................... 4 (X) (31) (X) (31) 38260 28 Optical emission with inductively coupled plasma, ICP............... 4 (X) 31/238,759 (X) 31/r/214,085 38260 30 Infrared (including Fourier transfer methods)....................... 20 (X) 257,093 (X) r/246,767 38260 31 Ultraviolet, visible and colorimeters............................... 21 (X) 182,337 (X) r/171,964 38260 33 Fluorescent instruments, including fluorometers (except chemicals)................................................. 11 (X) 86,340 (X) 76,443 38260 35 Color measuring devices............................................. 8 (X) 88,211 (X) 98,028 38260 36 Other, including vacuum ultraviolet, Raman, light scattering reflectors, helium glow, and light measuring.......................................................... 13 (X) 34,853 (X) 38,646 38260 37 Thermal analysis instruments, including thermogravimetric analyzers (TGA), quantitative thermal analyzers (QTA) and differential thermal analyzers (DTA)............................. 10 (X) 77,798 (X) 79,495 38260 38 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, including electron paramagnetic spin types (EP)................................ 3 (32) (32) (32) (32) 38260 39 Microscopes, scanning type, including electron and proton............. 7 732 87,909 r/596 70,034 38260 53 Particle beam excitation instruments, including electron microprobes, augers, energy ion spectroscopes, secondary ion mass spectrometers (SIMS), ion microprobes....................... 5 32/437 32/105,053 32/390 32/116,717 38260 55 Photon excitation analyzers, including x-ray fluores- cence - simultaneous, x-ray fluorescence - sequential, x-ray fluorescence - sequential with diffraction, x-ray fluorescence - diffraction; x-ray diffraction; and energy dispersive systems (EDS)...................................... 12 3,142 84,087 2,160 r/79,083 38260 61 Mass spectroscopy instrumentation..................................... 17 (X) 305,450 (X) 235,262 Clinical laboratory instrumentation (includes instruments used in the clinical laboratory for measuring, analyzing, and processing clinical specimens)................................... (NA) (X) 1,005,035 (X) 918,513 38260 71 Chemistry (measure and identify substances, e.g. metabolites, enzymes, and drugs)................................... 11 11,599 253,230 r/10,616 r/184,694 38260 72 Hematology (measure and identify substances or cells contained in blood or substances influencing the development and clotting of blood, e.g., cell counting coagulation factors)............................................... 7 10,575 244,175 7,465 299,228 38260 73 Microbiology (enumerate or identify pathogenic organisms or measure their susceptibility to anti-microbial agents)............................................................ 2 (33) (33) (33) (33) 38260 74 Histology (process tissue and cells, e.g., tissue processors, cell stainers)......................................... 2 33/195 33/2,096 33/162 33/1,266 38260 75 Blood bank and immunology (process blood and specimens for testing; measure and identify, using immunoassay, substances in clinical specimens).................................. 7 14,192 377,425 r/13,039 r/297,689 38260 76 Other clinical laboratory instrumentation not specified above.............................................................. 11 70,949 128,109 r/61,026 135,636 38260 78 Organic elemental analysis instruments, including carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur.............................. 16 21,584 93,088 21,621 84,995 38260 92 Amino acid, protein and/or peptide analyzers (including chromatographic type)................................................ 6 534 25,489 r/392 r/24,275 38260 93 Gas detectors......................................................... 21 62,100 53,089 60,672 r/51,645 38260 94 Other analytical and scientific instruments n.e.c., including molecular weight, monochrometers (analytical type), nephelometers (except meteorological), osmometers, particle size analyzers, photo multipliers, surface area analyzers, turbidometers, and breatholyzers.......................... 114 (X) 825,496 (X) r/838,325 38260 98 Parts, components, and accessories for analytical and scientific instruments (sold separately), including photo tubes, thermal conductivity sensors, thermopiles, etc................ 118 (X) 1,283,265 (X) r/1,295,970 38271 -- Sighting, tracking, and fire-control equipment, optical type.......................................................... 23 (X) 659,330 (X) 652,105 38271 01 Made from lenses, prisms, etc., produced in the same plant............ 15 (X) 158,561 (X) 172,896 38271 02 Made from purchased lenses, prisms, etc............................... 23 (X) 473,490 (X) 455,050 38271 99 Parts and accessories................................................. 11 (X) 27,279 (X) 24,159 38274 -- Optical instruments and Lenses........................................ 22 (X) 1,749,051 (X) 1,596,728 38274 01 Binoculars, prismatic and nonprismatic, terrestrial and celestial telescopes................................................. 11 (X) 86,280 (X) 81,670 38274 03 Other astronomical instruments (excluding radio astronomy)........................................................... 4 (X) (34) (X) (34) 38274 09 Parts and accessories (including mountings) for binoculars, optical telescopes and other astronomical equipment............................................................ 12 (X) 34/21,942 (X) 34/r/15,023 38274 12 Optical test and inspection equipment including standard sources, modulators, optical comparators, interferometers (except optical microscopes)......................... 38 (X) 144,279 (X) r/110,299 38274 15 Optical microscopes................................................... 9 (X) 34,866 (X) 34,010 Optical components: 38274 17 Filters, including parts and accessories thereof.................... 33 (X) 75,125 (X) 74,734 Lenses, except ophthalmic focus lenses: 38274 21 Unmounted lenses.................................................. 41 (X) 116,167 (X) 109,465 Mounted lenses: 38274 22 Photographic lenses............................................. 7 (X) 3,637 (X) (35) 38274 23 Other mounted lenses............................................ 20 (X) 224,267 (X) 35/172,215 38274 29 Other (prisms, mirrors, etc.)....................................... 49 (X) 131,634 (X) 117,061 38274 59 Other optical instruments (including optical alignment and display instruments) excluding analytical instruments and binoculars and astronomical instruments listed above and sighting and fire control equipment................. 49 (X) 696,799 (X) 696,375 38274 39 Parts and accessories for other optical microscopes................... 8 (X) 15,673 (X) 17,283 38274 49 Parts and accessories for other optical instruments................... 22 (X) 198,382 (X) 168,593 38291 -- Aircraft engine instruments, except flight............................ 47 (X) 427,726 (X) r/430,380 38291 45 Temperature sensors, transmitters, and displays....................... 22 (X) 104,200 (X) 86,289 38291 46 Pressure ratio sensors, displays, and controls........................ 6 (X) (36) (X) (36) 38291 47 Pressure and vacuum sensors, transmitters, and displays............... 11 (X) 36/72,007 (X) 36/r/80,092 38291 58 Fuel and oil flow rate sensors, transmitters, and displays, including mixture controls................................. 11 (X) 27,458 (X) r/31,791 38291 60 Fuel and oil quantity sensors, transmitters, and displays including densitometers.............................................. 11 (X) 84,454 (X) r/89,571 38291 62 Tachometer generators and indicators.................................. 11 (X) 10,806 (X) r/11,433 38291 98 All other not specified above......................................... 17 (X) 120,738 (X) r/125,614 38291 99 Parts and components for aircraft engine instruments, except flight (sold separately)...................................... 8 (X) 8,063 (X) r/5,590 38292 -- Physical properties testing and inspection equipment and kinematic testing and measuring equipment......................... 33 (X) 1,382,158 (X) 1,199,265 Physical properties testing equipment including hardness, tensile, stress, strain, abrasion, strength, torsion, wear, and similar testing equipment (including compon- ents and parts sold separately): 38292 32 For testing of metals............................................... 29 (X) 315,359 (X) 254,878 38292 34 Other............................................................... 53 (X) 266,709 (X) r/246,029 38292 39 Parts for physical properties testing equipment (sold separately)........................................................ 28 (X) 26,255 (X) 24,792 Physical properties inspection equipment, including flaw detection, thickness measuring, and similar inspection equipment (including components and parts sold separately): 38292 52 For testing of metals............................................... 25 (X) 194,790 (X) 159,383 38292 54 Measuring and checking flow of fluids............................... 11 (X) 47,838 (X) 40,167 38292 56 Other............................................................... 39 (X) 268,517 (X) 220,993 38292 58 Parts for physical properties inspection equipment (sold separately).................................................. 20 (X) 52,749 (X) 36,049 38292 90 Kinematic testing and measuring equipment (including vibration, acceleration, and other motion testing equipment)......... 33 (X) 204,252 (X) 211,268 38292 98 Parts for kinematic testing and measuring equipment (sold separately).................................................. 7 (X) 5,689 (X) r/5,706 38294 -- Nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instruments................ 11 (X) 491,834 (X) r/489,103 38294 02 Radiation detecting elements (including ion chambers)................. 19 170,461 104,876 r/148,637 r/85,901 38294 04 Solid state detectors................................................. 7 20,556 37,242 23,905 34,561 38294 06 Nuclear monitoring instruments (including environmental, personal dosimetery, and medical monitors, both station- ary and portable types).............................................. 17 (X) 91,684 (X) r/97,050 38294 09 Sample and flow counting systems, manual and automatic................ 12 (X) 26,391 (X) r/31,440 38294 19 Scalers............................................................... 7 (37) (37) (37) (37) 38294 21 Special amplifiers for nuclear applications........................... 4 37/9,834 37/5,935 37/10,259 37/7,047 Pulse analyzers (including nuclear spectrometers): 38294 22 Single channel pulse height analyzers............................... 7 (S) (38) 3,086 3,225 38294 23 Multichannel pulse height analyzers................................. 4 (S) 38/8,519 1,318 r/5,064 38294 25 Count rate meters..................................................... 11 8,440 4,555 9,003 4,811 38294 29 Measurement and control devices using beta, gamma, or neutron gauge technology............................................. 12 (X) 96,788 (X) 104,230 38294 30 Nuclear power supplies................................................ 6 (X) (39) (X) 7,032 38294 32 Neutron and photon activation analysis systems........................ 5 (X) 3,096 (X) 5,629 38294 34 Nuclear instrument modules n.e.c...................................... 11 (X) 39/43,747 (X) 35,884 38294 39 Other nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instruments.......................................................... 11 (X) 46,213 (X) r/45,592 38294 98 Parts and components for nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instruments (sold separately)............................. 14 (X) 22,788 (X) 21,637 38295 -- Commercial, geophysical, meteorological, and general purpose instruments .................................................. 47 (X) 1,347,632 (X) r/1,343,985 38295 20 Barometers and barographs, aneroid and mercurial types, including recorders, wall, pendant, meteorological, hygro-thermographs, barometer-thermometer-humidity combinations......................................................... 15 (X) 11,843 (X) 9,741 38295 21 Hydrometers, glass, all types, including thermo- hydrometers (2)...................................................... 6 213 6,445 r/256 r/6,837 Liquid-in-glass thermometers: 38295 22 Engraved (etched) stem, thermoregulators, deep-sea reversing, laboratory, encased glass, ASTM standards, pocket case, max-min registering, except clinical thermometers....................................................... 14 (X) 7,954 (X) 9,208 38295 23 Threaded and flanged types, fixed and adjustable angle, in-line and duct installations, for process, food, air conditioning, and refrigeration installations (2).................. 11 529 8,945 513 8,309 38295 24 Household and commercial thermometers such as wall, outdoor, domestic science, cupcase, filled systems, indoor-outdoor (2)................................................. 10 (40) (40) (40) (40) 38295 34 Clinical (fever) thermometers (including digital) (2)............... 1 40/8,405 40/15,389 40/11,633 40/18,108 Bimetal thermometers: 38295 25 Threaded and flanged types, for pipeline and duct installations, including general and pocket test (2)............... 20 1,328 31,929 1,399 28,733 38295 26 Domestic science, commercial general test, indoor, outdoor, desk models, oven, refrigerator (2)....................... 12 7,035 24,657 6,317 24,246 38295 28 Humidity indicating and recording instruments such as bi-hygroscopic and hygroscopic element, indicators, psychrometers, wet and dry bulb, hygrographs, indicating hygrometers............................................... 17 (X) 10,893 (X) 9,714 38295 29 Other thermometers (infrared, meteorological, commercial and industrial)...................................................... 16 (X) 41,627 (X) 34,247 38295 51 Meterological electronics equipment and radio astronomy equipment (automatic weather stations and weather track- ing equipment, ceilometers, transitometers, space satel- lite meteorological systems, and specialized meteoro- logical telemetering equipment)...................................... 22 (X) 229,426 (X) 266,585 38295 31 Other meteorological instruments, including speed and direction instruments, rain gauges, thermographs, and parts (sold separately).............................................. 17 (X) 35,690 (X) 31,657 38295 40 Seismic instruments...................... ............................ 14 (X) b/237,918 (X) 249,189 38295 45 All other geophysical instruments and equipment....................... 22 (X) 236,832 (X) r/236,100 38295 33 Other commercial and industrial instruments (except aircraft) including compasses, altimeters, test equipment for hydraulic and pneumatic systems and controls, and environmental gas detectors (sold separately).......................................................... 47 (X) 437,569 (X) 403,931 38295 39 Parts and accessories for meteorological and commercial and industrial instruments........................................... 18 (X) 10,515 (X) r/7,380 38296 -- Surveying and drafting instruments and associated equipment............................................................. 32 (X) 346,314 (X) 324,279 38296 11 Surveying instruments, including alidades, transits, plumb bobs, sextants, theodolites, surveyors, compasses, surveyors levels, tapes, etc ........................................ 15 (X) 272,910 (X) 248,444 38296 19 Parts and components for surveying instruments (sold separately).......................................................... 5 (X) 6,021 (X) r/8,390 38296 21 Drafting instruments and machines, manual and automatic, drafting tables, plotting instruments, slide rules, T-squares, drafting templates, rules, etc............................ 13 (X) 59,981 (X) 59,833 38296 29 Parts and components for drafting instruments and machines (sold separately).................................................... 1 (X) (41) (X) (41) 38296 31 Photogrammetric and geodetic equipment, excl. cameras................. 2 (X) (41) (X) (41) 38296 39 Parts and components for photogrammetric and geodetic equipment (sold separately).......................................... 2 (X) 41/7,402 (X) 41/7,612 1/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 2/The quantity for this product code is in thousands of units. 3/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 4/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 5/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 6/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 7/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 8/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 9/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 10/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 11/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 12/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 13/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 14/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 15/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 16/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 17/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 18/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 19/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 20/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 21/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 22/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 23/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 24/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 25/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 26/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 27/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 28/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 29/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 30/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 31/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 32/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 33/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 34/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 35/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 36/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 37/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 38/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 39/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 40/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 41/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. - Represents zero. a/10 to 25 percent of this item has been estimated. b/over 26 percent of this item has been estimated. D Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. NA Not available. n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified. r/Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published figures. S Data withheld does not meet publication standards. X Not applicable. Table 3. SHIPMENTS, IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SELECTED INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS: 1995 (Value in thousands of dollars) Exports of Manufacturers' domestic shipments merchandise Imports for Product Product Description (Value f.o.b. Value at consumption Code plant) port (1) Value (2) 34918 01, 02, 03, 04 Pneumatic actuated automatic valves.................. 540,665 46,851 45,562 07, 08, 09 34918 11, 12, 13, 14, Alll other control valves including electric and 17, 18, 21, 23 electrohydraulic.................................... 337,563 295,529 373,727 34918 25, 30, 35, 41, Self-generating power actuated regulator valves...... 916,444 89,786 212,817 45, 48 34919 56, 58, 59, 61, Solenoid-operated valves, except nuclear 79 and fluid transfer................................... 451,797 119,000 408,031 38121 01 Compasses (magnetic and gyroscopic).................. 204,556 52,095 24,111 38121 08, 10, 12, 13, Search, detection, aeronautical, nautical, and 15, 18, 20, 21, navigational and guidance systems, equipment, 23, 25, 26, 28, 61, 63, and instruments, n.e.c., except aircraft engine 64, 80, 85, 89, instruments......................................... 4,508,267 543,638 255,887 38122 11, 13, 15, 38122 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, Radar systems and equipment.......................... 6,213,136 333,437 76,704 27, 29, 31, 33 38122 61 Radio navigational aid receivers and displays........ 459,265 214,500 129,345 38122 75 Automatic pilots..................................... 181,140 64,379 12,705 38122 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, Sonar search, detection, tracking, and 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, communication systems and equipment, 57, 59, 63, 65, 67, 69, including ASW (sonar telephone, 71, 73, 77, 79, 81, 83 communication equipment, depth finding, fire control, fusing guidance, hydrophones, mapping, sonabuoys, navigation, sonar fish finders, sonar range instrumentation, and other).... 15,318,301 99,827 60,000 38220 21, 22, 75 Temperature responsive automatic controls (Thermostats)........................................ 716,088 104,665 183,903 38220 25, 30, 35, 40, Pressure responsive automatic, hydraulic 50, 60, 65, 66, 74, 81, automatic, pneumatic automatic, and automatic controls, n.e.c..................................... 1,154,375 990,532 839,175 38220 98 Parts and components for automatic controls, sold separately...................................... 213,709 (NA) (NA) 38230 Process control instruments.......................... 6,299,091 397,913 493,578 38242 22, 24, 28, 29 Gas meters, consumption registering, except parts......................................... 211,131 20,416 5,461 38242 33, 35, 37, 41, 98 Liquid meters, except parts.......................... 519,723 54,777 4,941 38242 99 Parts, components, and accessories for gas and liquid meters, sold separately................... 186,163 71,335 26,448 38243 21, 23, 25, 85, Counting devices, n.e.c., including taxi meters 38244, 38291, 38253 and parts, parking meters and parts, and motor vehicle instruments.................................. 3,541,281 276,948 938,461 38251 Electricity meters................................... 447,279 34,020 3,463 38252 20, 21, 22 Voltage, current, and resistance measuring equipment, except multimeters........................ 365,631 249,304 99,137 38252 25, 26, 27 Power and energy testing equipment................... 98,967 (NA) (NA) 38252 37, 38 Analyzers for testing characteristics of internal-combustion engines, except aircraft......... 227,087 148,637 83,194 38252 56, 58, 59 Signal generating equipment.......................... 462,380 96,056 30,542 38252 31, 33, 34, Test equipment for testing multimeters, electrical, 39, 12, 13, 16, 18, 52 radio and communication circuits, and motors, 91, 92, 93, 94, 23, 30, n.e.c................................................ 6,890,695 1,017,822 167,851 97, 44, 45, 47, 48, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 72, 74, 81, 83, 85, 87, 01, 02, 03, 05, 38210, 38260 Laboratory, analytical, and scientific instruments.......................................... 7,517,936 (NA) (NA) 38271 Sighting, tracking, and fire-control equipment, optical type......................................... 659,330 13,112 83,717 38274 01, 03, 09 Binoculars and atronomical instruments and parts and accessories................................ 108,222 76,134 225,223 38274 12, 17, 21, 22 Optical instruments and lenses, n.e.c................ 1,605,963 389,273 78,456 23, 29, 59, 39, 49 38274 15 Microscopes, optical................................. 34,866 (NA) (NA) 38292 Physical properties testing and inspection equipment and kinematic testing and measuring equipment............................................ 1,382,158 592,748 60,894 38294 Nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instruments and equipment............................ 491,834 270,428 32,342 38295 34 Liquid -in-glass thermometers, clinical.............. (3) 2,325 2,408 38295 22, 23, 24 Liquid-in-glass thermometers, n.e.c.................. 3/32,288 11,345 9,532 38295 25, 26, 29 Thermometers, except liquid-in-glass type............ 56,586 (NA) (NA) 38295 45 Geophysical instruments and equipment................ 236,832 146,281 33,397 38295 40 Seismic instruments.................................. 237,918 11,512 8,582 38295 20, 28, 51, 31 Commercial, geophysical, meteorological, and general purpose instruments, n.e.c................... 287,852 177,481 92,661 38296 11, 19 Surveying instruments, except photogrammetrical and geodetic equipment............. 278,931 62,383 62,092 38296 21 Drafting instruments and machines, manual and automatic........................................ 59,981 35,263 225,579 1/Source: Bureau of the Census report, EM 545, " U.S. Exports." 2/Source: Bureau of the Census report, IM 145, " U.S. Imports for Consumption." 3/Products have been combined to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. NA Not available Table 4. COMPARISON OF STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION-BASED PRODUCT CODES WITH SCHEDULE B EXPORT NUMBERS AND HTUSA IMPORT NUMBERS: 1995 Product Export Import Code Description Number 1/ Number 2/ 34918 01 Pneumatic actuated, automatic valves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8481.80.9035 8481.80.9035 34918 02 34918 03 34918 04 34918 07 34918 08 34918 09 34918 11 All other control valves, including electric and electrohydraulic. . . . . . . 8481.80.9020 8481.80.9020 34918 12 8481.80.9030 8481.80.9030 34918 13 8481.80.9045 8481.80.9045 34918 14 8481.80.9050 8481.80.9050 34918 17 34918 18 34918 21 34918 23 34918 25 Self-generating, power-actuated regulator valves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8481.80.9015 8481.80.9015 34918 30 34918 35 34918 41 34918 45 34918 48 34919 56 Solenoid-operated valves (except nuclear and fluid transfer). . . . . . . . . 8481.80.9005 8481.80.9005 34919 58 34919 59 34919 61 34919 79 38121 01 Compasses (magnetic and gyroscopic). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9014.10.1040 9014.10.1000 9014.10.1080 9014.10.6000 9014.10.6040 9014.10.7030 9014.10.6080 9014.10.7060 9014.10.7040 9014.10.9000 9014.10.7080 9014.10.9040 9014.10.9080 38121 08 Search, detection, aeronautical, nautical, and navigational and 38121 10 guidance systems, equipment, and instruments, n.e.c. (except 38121 12 aircraft engine insturments). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9014.20.0000 9014.20.2000 38121 13 9014.20.6000 9014.20.6000 38121 15 9014.20.8040 9014.20.8040 38121 18 9014.20.8080 9014.20.8080 38121 20 9014.90.6000 9014.90.2040 38121 21 9014.90.2080 38121 23 9014.90.6000 38121 25 9014.80.1000 38121 26 38121 28 38121 61 38121 63 38121 64 38121 80 38121 85 38121 89 38122 11 38122 13 38122 15 38122 17 Radar systems and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8526.10.0010 8526.10.0020 38122 19 8526.10.0020 8526.10.0040 38122 21 8526.10.0070 38122 23 38122 25 38122 27 38122 29 38122 31 38122 33 38122 61 Radio navigational aid receivers and displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8526.91.0010 8526.91.0020 8526.91.0030 8526.91.0040 8526.91.0070 38122 75 Automatic pilots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9014.20.4000 9014.20.4000 9014.90.0000 9014.90.1000 38122 35 Sonar search, detection, tracking, and communication systems and 38122 37 equipment, including ASW (sonar telephone, communication equipment, 38122 39 depth finding, fire control, fusing, guidance, hydrophones, mapping, 38122 41 sonabuoys, navigation, sonar fish finders, sonar range instrumentation, 38122 43 and other). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9014.80.2000 9014.80.2000 38122 45 9014.80.6000 9014.80.4000 38122 47 9014.80.5000 38122 49 38122 51 38122 53 38122 55 38122 57 38122 59 38122 63 38122 65 38122 67 38122 69 38122 71 38122 73 38122 77 38122 79 38122 81 38122 83 38220 21 Temperature responsive automatic controls (thermostats). . . . . . . . . . . . 9032.10.0000 9032.10.0030 38220 22 9032.10.0060 38220 75 9032.10.0090 38220 25 Pressure responsive automatic, hydraulic automatic, pneumatic automatic, 38220 30 and automatic controls, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9032.20.0000 9032.20.0000 38220 35 9032.81.0080 9032.81.0080 38220 40 9032.89.6020 9032.89.6015 38220 50 9032.89.6085 9032.89.6020 38220 60 9032.89.6025 38220 65 9032.89.6085 38220 66 38220 74 38220 81 38220 98 Parts and components for automatic controls, sold separately. . . . . . . . . 9032.29.0000 9032.90.2000 9032.90.4000 9032.90.6020 9032.90.6040 9032.90.6060 9032.90.6080 38230 00 Process control instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9032.81.0040 9032.81.0020 9032.81.0080 9032.81.0060 9032.89.6030 9032.89.6030 9032.89.6040 9032.89.6040 9032.89.6050 9032.89.6050 9032.89.6060 9032.89.6060 9032.89.6070 9032.89.6070 9032.89.6075 9032.89.6075 38242 22 Gas meters, consumption registering (except parts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9028.10.0000 9028.10.0000 38242 24 38242 28 38242 29 38242 33 Liquid meters (except parts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9028.20.0000 9028.20.0000 38242 35 38242 37 38242 41 38242 98 38242 99 Parts, components, and accessories, for gas and liquid meters, sold separately. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9028.90.0080 9028.90.0080 38243 21 Counting devices, n.e.c., including taxi meters and parts, parking meters and 38243 23 parts, and motor vehicle instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9106.20.0000 9106.20.0000 38243 25 9028.90.0040 9029.10.4000 38243 85 9029.10.0000 9028.90.0040 38244 00 9029.20.4040 9029.10.8000 38291 00 9029.20.5000 9025.20.4040 38253 00 9029.20.4080 9029.90.2000 9029.90.8040 38251 00 Electricity meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9028.30.0000 9028.30.0000 38252 20 Voltage, current, and resistance measuring equipment (except multimeters). . . 9030.39.0040 9030.39.0040 38252 21 38252 22 38252 25 Power and energy testing equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9030.39.0080 9030.39.0080 38252 26 38252 27 38252 37 Analyzers for testing characteristics of internal-combustion engines 38252 38 (except aircraft). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9031.80.0060 9031.80.0060 9031.80.0070 9031.80.0070 38252 56 Signal generating equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8543.20.0000 8543.20.0000 38252 58 38252 59 38252 01 Test equipment for testing multimeters, electrical, radio communication 38252 02 circuits, and motors, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 9029.20.6000 9029.20.6000 38252 03 9030.31.0000 9030.31.0000 38252 05 9030.81.0080 9030.81.0080 38252 13 9030.20.0000 9030.89.0080 38252 16 9030.89.0080 38252 18 38252 23 38252 30 38252 31 38252 33 38252 34 38252 39 38252 44 38252 45 38252 47 38252 48 38252 52 38252 61 38252 63 38252 65 38252 67 38252 69 38252 72 38252 74 38252 81 38252 83 38252 85 38252 87 38252 91 38252 92 38252 93 38252 94 38252 97 38210 00 Laboratory, analytical, and scientific instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9027.50.5000 9027.50.4015 38260 00 9027.50.1000 9027.50.4020 9027.20.4040 9027.20.4200 9027.20.2000 9027.20.4450 9027.20.5000 9027.20.4460 9027.20.9000 9027.20.4480 9027.30.4040 9027.20.8030 9027.30.4080 9027.20.8060 9027.80.2000 9027.20.8090 9027.80.3100 9027.30.4040 9027.80.3200 9027.30.4080 9027.80.3500 9027.80.4520 9027.80.8000 9027.80.4530 9027.90.2000 9027.80.4560 9012.10.0000 9027.80.4590 9027.90.4000 9027.90.8000 9012.10.0000 9027.80.8020 9027.80.8030 9027.80.8060 9027.80.8090 38271 00 Sighting, tracking, and fire-control equipment, optical type. . . . . . . . . 9013.10.2000 9013.10.1000 9013.10.4000 9013.10.3000 9013.10.4000 38274 01 Binoculars and astronomical instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9005.10.0020 9005.10.0020 38274 03 9005.10.0040 9005.10.0040 38274 09 9005.10.0080 9005.10.0080 9005.80.4020 9005.80.4020 9005.80.4040 9005.80.4040 9005.80.6000 9005.80.6000 9005.90.0000 9005.90.4000 9005.90.8000 38274 12 Optical instruments and lenses, n.e.c.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9031.40.0080 9031.40.8080 38274 17 9031.19.0000 9031.90.4500 38274 21 9031.90.5500 38274 22 38274 23 38274 29 38274 59 38274 39 38274 49 38274 15 Microscopes, optical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9011.10.0000 9011.10.4000 9011.20.0000 9011.10.8000 9011.80.0000 9011.20.4000 9011.90.0000 9011.20.8000 9011.80.0000 9011.90.0000 38292 00 Physical properties testing and inspection equipment and kinematic testing and measuring equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9024.10.0000 9024.10.0000 9024.80.0000 9024.80.0000 9024.90.0000 9024.90.0040 9024.90.0080 38294 00 Nuclear radiation detection and monitoring instruments and equipment. . . . . 9030.10.0000 9030.10.0000 9030.90.4000 9030.90.4500 38295 34 Liquid-in-glass thermometers, clinical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9025.11.2000 9025.11.2000 38295 22 Liquid-in-glass, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9025.11.4000 9025.11.4000 38295 23 38295 24 38295 25 Thermometers, except liquid-in-glass type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9025.19.0040 9025.19.0040 38295 26 9025.19.0080 9025.19.0080 38295 29 38295 45 Geophysical instruments and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9015.80.8040 9015.80.8040 38295 40 Seismic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9015.80.6000 9015.80.6000 38295 20 Commercial geophysical, meterological, and general-purpose 38295 28 instruments, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9025.20.0000 9025.20.4000 38295 31 9025.80.0000 9025.20.8000 38295 51 9015.80.8080 9025.80.1000 9025.80.2000 9025.80.3500 9025.80.4000 9025.80.5000 9025.90.0000 9015.80.8080 38296 11 Surveying instruments, except photogrammetrical and geodetic equipment. . . . 9015.10.0000 9015.10.4000 38296 19 9015.20.0000 9015.10.8000 9015.30.0000 9015.20.4000 9015.20.8000 9015.30.4000 9015.30.8000 9015.90.0010 9015.90.0020 9015.90.0030 38296 21 Drafting instruments and machines, manual and automatic. . . . . . . . . . . . 9017.10.0000 9017.10.0000 9017.20.4000 9017.20.4000 9017.20.8090 9017.20.8090 1/Source: 1995 edition, Harmonized System-Based Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. 2/Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Annotated (1995).  Microscopes, optical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9