Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices including integrated circuits

US trade by year

US imports were $582.6M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 78% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $1.21B, up 35%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8524.11, 8524.12, 8524.19 and 12 more, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. In January 2017 the HS 2017 revision moved some goods between this code and 8542.31, 8542.32 and 8542.39, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• Malaysia
• Japan
• Taiwan
• Germany
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Landed cost by origin, below, adds freight and duty to the price.

The 3 largest suppliers had 65.2% of US imports over the last 12 months.

Landed cost by origin

What importers paid to land this product at a US port from each main supplier, June–August 2026: the price, freight and insurance to the first US port, and duty, per unit. Suppliers with 3% or more of these imports, cheapest landed first. Small figures under landed cost are the change from the same months a year earlier.

• Price
• Freight and insurance
• Duty

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $359.03 each: 93.3% below Taiwan.

Landed cost from Germany rose 466% on a year earlier, to $9,551 each, mostly on price: $1,503 each then, $8,867 each now.

How the market is shifting

Taiwan gained the most share: 14.6% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 10.8% in the 12 months before. Italy lost the most: 7.9%, down from 11.5%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• Malaysia
• Japan
• Taiwan
• Germany
• All countries

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

1. December 2025–March 2026 · Duty paid: Malaysia 19.0% → 9.4%, Japan 14.9% → 9.8%, Taiwan 20.0% → 9.8%, Germany 14.9% → 9.9%, Italy 15.0% → 9.7%, China 41.6% → 29.5%, all countries 17.1% → 10.3%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-EU Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced TradeSep 25, 2025 · Office of the US Trade Representative
2. August 2025 · Duty paid: Taiwan 9.4% → 19.9%.
3. February–May 2025 · Duty paid: Malaysia 0.0% → 9.8%, Japan 0.0% → 10.0%, Taiwan 0.0% → 8.8%, Germany 0.0% → 10.0%, Italy 0.0% → 9.9%, China 15.4% → 42.3%, all countries 0.4% → 10.4%.
4. February 2019 · Duty paid: China 23.6% → 9.0%.
5. August 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.1% → 21.0%.

Federal Register notices from the last 12 months that list this product's tariff codes. A notice can add a duty, exclude products from one or only mention them, so read each for what it changes. Search the Federal Register for 9030.82

• Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJun 4, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 112 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

The biggest market outside the US is Taiwan, which imported $2.34B of this product in 2024, 7.1% of that from the US.

The US supplies 26.2% of imports into Japan, but under 10% into Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.

Of these, imports into Singapore grew fastest: up 106% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 9030: oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers etc. for measuring etc. electrical quantities, not elsewhere specified; devices for measuring etc. ionizing radiations; parts etc.. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.