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Chapter 90 — Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus, parts and accessories

Official Harmonized System headings of Chapter 90. Use these 4-digit codes as the starting point for customs classification; national tariffs extend them to 8–12 digits.

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4-digit headings

32 headings
  • 9001Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles, optical fibre cables not of heading no. 8544, sheets, plates of polarising material, lenses, prisms, mirrors, of any material, unmounted, not non optical glass
  • 9002Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
  • 9003Frames and mountings, for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts
  • 9004Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
  • 9005Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, mountings therefore, other astronomical instruments, mountings therefore, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
  • 9006Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic), photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading no. 8539
  • 9007Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
  • 9008Image projectors, other than cinematographic, photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
  • 9010Photographic (including cinematographic) laboratory apparatus and equipment, n.e.c. in chapter 90, negatoscopes, projection screens
  • 9011Microscopes, compound optical, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
  • 9012Microscopes (excluding optical microscopes), diffraction apparatus
  • 9013Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings, lasers, not laser diodes, other optical appliances and instruments n.e.c. in this chapter
  • 9014Navigational instruments and appliances, direction finding compasses
  • 9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses, rangefinders
  • 9016Balances, of a sensitivity of 5cg or better, with or without weights
  • 9017Drawing, marking-out, mathematical calculating instruments (drafting machines, protractors, drawing sets etc), instruments for measuring length (e.g. measuring rods, tapes, micrometers, callipers) n.e.c.
  • 9018Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight testing instruments
  • 9019Mechano-therapy, massage appliances, psychological aptitude testing apparatus, ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
  • 9020Breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters and excluding apparatus of item no. 9019.20
  • 9021Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses, splints and other fracture appliances, artificial parts of the body, hearing aids and other which are worn, carried or implanted in the body to compensate for a defect or disability
  • 9022X-ray, alpha, beta, gamma radiation apparatus, x-ray tubes, x-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
  • 9023Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
  • 9024Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity of other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
  • 9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not
  • 9026Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
  • 9027Instruments and apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light
  • 9028Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
  • 9029Revolution counter, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like, speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading no. 9015, stroboscopes
  • 9030Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities not meters of heading no. 9028, instruments, apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic and other radiations
  • 9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, n.e.c. or included in this chapter, profile projectors
  • 9032Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus, automatic type
  • 9033Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90
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Descriptions follow the World Customs Organization Harmonized System nomenclature. For customs filing, always confirm the full national code (8–12 digits) with your customs broker or authority — you can collect broker quotes for your shipment on LogiFindex.

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