Australia · Chapter 90· 169 entries

§90Optical, measuring, medical instruments

Section XVIIIOptical, medical, measuring instruments; clocks; musical instruments · Chapters 90–92（WCO HS）

Headings (4-digit WCO)

32 headings

9001Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 8544; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked→9002Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of 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 thereof→9004Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other→9005Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy→9006Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flash bulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 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→9010Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens→9011Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicro-graphy, cinephotomicrography or microprojection→9012Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus→9013Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included else where in this chapter→9014Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances→9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders→9016Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights→9017Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter→9018Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments→9019Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus→9020Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus→9021Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability→9022Apparatus based on the use of x-rays or of alpha, beta ,gamma or other ionising radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, x-ray tubes and other 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 (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses→9024Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)→9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments→9026Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032→9027Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refracto-meters, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis app-aratus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes→9028Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor→9029Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes→9030Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations→9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors→9032Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus→9033Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus→

Australia tariff lines (top 169)

169 total in chapter
HS CodeDescriptionPrimary rate
90012000Sheets and plates of polarising materialFree→
90013010Ophthalmic poweredFree→
90013090Other5% DCS:4% CA:Free DCT:5%→
90014000Spectacle lenses of glass5% CA:Free→
90015000Spectacle lenses of other materials5% CA:Free→
90019010Goods, as follows:shaped eyepieces, not powered, for goggles and the like;other than of glass, of a kind used with motor vehicles;other articles of glass, other than prisms, mirrors or powered lensesFrom 1 January 2017: 3.75% From 1 July 2017: 2.5%From 1 July 2018: 1.25% From 1 July 2019: Free→
90019090OtherFree→
90021100For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducersFree→
90021900OtherFree→
90022000FiltersFree→
90029000OtherFree→
90031100Of plastics5%→
90031900Of other materials5%→
90039000Parts5%→
90041000Sunglasses5%→
90049000Other5%→
90051000BinocularsFree→
90058000Other instrumentsFree→
90059000Parts and accessories (including mountings)Free→
90063000Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposesFree→
90064000Instant print camerasFree→
90065910Cameras:(a) used for preparing printing plates or cylinders; and(b) used solely or principally in the graphic arts industries for the production of line, continuous tone or half-tone images5% DCS:4% DCT:5%→
90065990OtherFree→
90066100Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatusFree→
90066900OtherFree→
90069100For camerasFree→
90069900OtherFree→
90071000CamerasFree→
90072000ProjectorsFree→
90079100For camerasFree→
90079200For projectorsFree→
90085010Overhead projectors5%DCS:4%DCT:5%→
90085090OtherFree→
90089000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90101000Apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paperFree→
90105010Goods, as follows:(a) layout tables;(b) photographic silver recovery apparatus;(c) vacuum framesFree→
90105020Apparatus and equipment for the processing of sensitised film or paper, NSAFree→
90105090OtherFree→
90106000Projection screens5% From 1 July 2018: 3.75%From 1 July 2019: Free→
90109010For goods of 9010.50.90Free→
90109020For goods of 9010.50.20 or 9010.60.005%From 1 July 2018: 2.5%From 1 July 2019: Free→
90109030For goods of 9010.50.105%DCS:4%DCT;5%From 1 July 2018: 2.5%From 1 July 2019: Free→
90109090Other5%DCS:4%DCT:5%→
90111000Stereoscopic microscopesFree→
90112000Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojectionFree→
90118000Other microscopesFree→
90119000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90121000Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatusFree→
90129000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90131000Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVIFree→
90132000Lasers, other than laser diodesFree→
90138000Other devices, appliances and instrumentsFree→
90139000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90141000Direction finding compassesFree→
90142000Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses)Free→
90148000Other instruments and appliancesFree→
90149000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90151000RangefindersFree→
90152000Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)Free→
90153000LevelsFree→
90154000Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliancesFree→
90158000Other instruments and appliancesFree→
90159000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90160000BALANCES OF A SENSITIVITY OF 5 cg OR BETTER, WITH OR WITHOUT WEIGHTSFree→
90171000Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automaticFree→
90172010Goods, as follows:(a) disc calculators and the like;(b) drawing curves;(c) parallel rules of plastic;(d) protractors;(e) set squares;(f) stencils5%→
90172090OtherFree→
90173000Micrometers, callipers and gaugesFree→
90178020Goods, as follows:(a) graduated rules of wood or plastic, other than folding rules;(b) steel tape measures5%→
90178080OtherFree→
90179000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90181100Electro-cardiographsFree→
90181200Ultrasonic scanning apparatusFree→
90181300Magnetic resonance imaging apparatusFree→
90181400Scintigraphic apparatusFree→
90181900OtherFree→
90182000Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatusFree→
90183100Syringes, with or without needlesFree→
90183200Tubular metal needles and needles for suturesFree→
90183900OtherFree→
90184100Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipmentFree→
90184900OtherFree→
90185000Other ophthalmic instruments and appliancesFree→
90189000Other instruments and appliancesFree→
90191000Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatusFree→
90192000Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatusFree→
90200000OTHER BREATHING APPLIANCES AND GAS MASKS, EXCLUDING PROTECTIVE MASKS HAVING NEITHER MECHANICAL PARTS NOR REPLACEABLE FILTERSFree→
90211010Footwear and special insoles made to measure for a specific orthopaedic disorderFree→
90211020Footwear, NSA, excluding parts, designed to correct orthopaedic conditions5%→
90211030Special insoles, NSA, excluding parts, designed to correct orthopaedic conditions5%→
90211049Other5%→
90211091Parts, as specified in Note 1(f) to this Chapter, excluding titanium5%→
90211099OtherFree→
90212100Artificial teethFree→
90212990OtherFree→
90213100Artificial jointsFree→
90213900OtherFree→
90214000Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessoriesFree→
90215000Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessoriesFree→
90219000OtherFree→
90221200Computed tomography apparatusFree→
90221300Other, for dental usesFree→
90221400Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary usesFree→
90221900For other usesFree→
90222100For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary usesFree→
90222900For other usesFree→
90223000X-ray tubesFree→
90229000Other, including parts and accessoriesFree→
90230000INSTRUMENTS, APPARATUS AND MODELS, DESIGNED FOR DEMONSTRATIONAL PURPOSES (FOR EXAMPLE, IN EDUCATION OR EXHIBITIONS), UNSUITABLE FOR OTHER USESFree→
90241000Machines and appliances for testing metalsFree→
90248000Other machines and appliancesFree→
90249000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90251100Liquid-filled, for direct readingFree→
90251900OtherFree→
90258000Other instrumentsFree→
90259000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90261020Gauges of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles5%→
90261080OtherFree→
90262020Gauges of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles5%→
90262080OtherFree→
90268020Gauges of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles5%→
90268080OtherFree→
90269000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90271000Gas or smoke analysis apparatusFree→
90272000Chromatographs and electrophoresis instrumentsFree→
90273000Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)Free→
90275000Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)Free→
90278100Mass spectrometersFree→
90278900OtherFree→
90279000Microtomes; parts and accessoriesFree→
90281010Of the household supply kindFree→
90281090OtherFree→
90282010Water meters, as follows:(a) of the inferential kind;(b) of the positive kind not exceeding 100 mm diameter in size5%→
90282090OtherFree→
90283000Electricity metersFrom 1 January 2017: 3.75%From 1 July 2017: 2.5%From 1 July 2018: 1.25%From 1 July 2019: Free→
90289000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90291020Of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles5%→
90291080OtherFree→
90292010Of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles5%→
90292090OtherFree→
90299010For goods of 9029.10.20 or 9029.20.105%→
90299090OtherFree→
90301000Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiationsFree→
90302000Oscilloscopes and oscillographsFree→
90303100Multimeters without a recording deviceFree→
90303200Multimeters with a recording deviceFree→
90303300Other, without a recording deviceFree→
90303900Other, with a recording deviceFree→
90304000Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)Free→
90308200For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)Free→
90308400Other, with a recording deviceFree→
90308900OtherFree→
90309000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90311020Motor vehicle wheel balancers of the static kind5%From 1 July 2018: 3.75%From 1 July 2019: Free→
90311080OtherFree→
90312010Electrical, for internal combustion engines5%→
90312090OtherFree→
90314100For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)Free→
90314900OtherFree→
90318000Other instruments, appliances and machinesFree→
90319000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90321000ThermostatsFree→
90322000ManostatsFree→
90328100Hydraulic or pneumaticFree→
90328911Of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles5%→
90328919OtherFree→
90328980OtherFree→
90329020Of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles5%→
90330000PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER) FOR MACHINES, APPLIANCES, INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS OF CHAPTER 90Free→