United States · Chapter 90· 200 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→

United States tariff lines (top 200)

474 total in chapter — drill into a heading above for the rest
HS CodeDescriptionPrimary rate
9001.10.00Optical fibers, optical fiber bundles and cables6.7%→
9001.10.00.30For transmission of voice, data or video communications6.7%→
9001.10.00.50Plastic optical fibers6.7%→
9001.10.00.70Other6.7%→
9001.10.00.75Plastic optical fiber bundles and cables6.7%→
9001.10.00.85Other6.7%→
90012000Sheets and plates of polarizing materialFree→
90013000Contact lenses2%→
90014000Spectacle lenses of glass2%→
90015000Spectacle lenses of other materials2%→
90019040LensesFree→
90019050PrismsFree→
90019060MirrorsFree→
90019080Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processesFree→
90019090OtherFree→
90021140Projection2.45%→
90021160Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motorsFree→
90021190Other2.3%→
90021900OtherFree→
90022040PhotographicFree→
90022080OtherFree→
90029020PrismsFree→
90029040MirrorsFree→
90029070Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processesFree→
90029085Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motorsFree→
90029095OtherFree→
90031100Of plastics2.5%→
90031900Of other materialsFree→
90039000Parts2.5%→
90041000Sunglasses2%→
9004.90.00Other2.5%→
9004.90.00.10Safety glasses or safety goggles2.5%→
9004.90.00.90Other2.5%→
9005.10.00BinocularsFree→
9005.10.00.20Prism binoculars for use with infrared lightFree→
9005.10.00.40Other prism binocularsFree→
9005.10.00.80OtherFree→
9005.80.40Optical telescopes8%→
9005.80.40.20For use with infrared light8%→
9005.80.40.40Other8%→
90058060Other6%→
90059040Incorporating goods of heading 9001 or 9002The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9005.90.80.01OtherThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
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→
90064040Fixed focusFree→
90064060Valued not over $10 each6.8%→
90064090Valued over $10 eachFree→
9006.53.02For roll film of a width of 35 mmFree→
9006.53.02.05With through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR))Free→
9006.53.02.10With built-in electronic stroboscopic flashFree→
9006.53.02.20OtherFree→
9006.53.02.50With built-in electronic stroboscopic flashFree→
9006.53.02.70OtherFree→
9006.59.01With through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR))Free→
9006.59.01.60For magnetically sensitized roll film of a width of 24 mmFree→
9006.59.01.90OtherFree→
9006.59.05110 camerasFree→
9006.59.05.20With built-in electronic stroboscopic flashFree→
9006.59.05.40OtherFree→
90065908Other4%→
90065910OtherFree→
90065912Valued not over $10 each6.8%→
9006.59.15Valued over $10 eachFree→
9006.59.15.20With built-in electronic stroboscopic flashFree→
9006.59.15.40OtherFree→
9006.59.15.60OtherFree→
9006.59.15.80OtherFree→
90065920Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylindersFree→
9006.59.40Fixed focus4%→
9006.59.40.40Disc cameras4%→
9006.59.40.60Other4%→
90065960Valued not over $10 each6.8%→
90065991Valued over $10 eachFree→
9006.61.00Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatusFree→
9006.61.00.20Capable of automatically controlling flash durationFree→
9006.61.00.40OtherFree→
9006.61.00.60OtherFree→
9006.69.01OtherFree→
9006.69.01.10Flashbulbs, flashcubes and the likeFree→
9006.69.01.50OtherFree→
9006.91.00.01For cameras5.8%→
90069900Other3.9%→
90071000CamerasFree→
90072020With sound recording and reproducing systems; and those capable of projecting only sound motion picturesFree→
90072040Other4.9%→
9007.20.60With sound recording and reproducing systems; and those capable of projecting only sound motion picturesFree→
9007.20.60.4016 mmFree→
9007.20.60.80OtherFree→
90072080Other3.5%→
90079140PartsFree→
9007.91.80.01Other3.9%→
90079200For projectors3.5%→
90085010Slide projectors7%→
90085020Capable of producing copiesFree→
90085030Other3.5%→
90085040Other image projectors4.6%→
90085050Photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducersFree→
90089040Of image projectors, other than cinematographicFree→
90089080Other2.9%→
90101000Apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper2.4%→
90105010Contact printersFree→
90105020Developing tanksFree→
90105030Editors and combination editor-splicers, for cinematographic filmFree→
90105040OtherFree→
90105050OtherFree→
90105060OtherFree→
90106000Projection screensFree→
90109085Parts and accessories of articles of subheadings 9010.50 and 9010.60Free→
90109095Other2.9%→
90111040Provided with a means for photographing the imageFree→
90111080OtherFree→
90112040Provided with a means for photographing the image3.9%→
90112080Other7.2%→
90118000Other microscopesFree→
90119000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90121000Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatusFree→
90129000Parts and accessoriesFree→
90131010Not designed for use with infrared light14.9%→
90131030Other1.4%→
90131045Telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter of section XVIFree→
90131050Other5.3%→
90132000Lasers, other than laser diodesFree→
90138020Hand magnifiers, magnifying glasses, loupes, thread counters and similar apparatus6.6%→
90138040Door viewers (door eyes)5.8%→
90138091Other4.5%→
90139020Of telescopic sights for rifles16%→
90139070Other parts and accessories, other than for telescopic sights for fitting to arms or for periscopesFree→
90139080Other4.5%→
90141010Optical instrumentsFree→
90141060Gyroscopic compasses, other than electricalFree→
9014.10.70ElectricalFree→
9014.10.70.30Gyroscopic compassesFree→
9014.10.70.60OtherFree→
90141090OtherFree→
90142020Optical instruments and appliancesFree→
90142040Automatic pilotsFree→
90142060ElectricalFree→
9014.20.80OtherFree→
9014.20.80.40For use in civil aircraftFree→
9014.20.80.80OtherFree→
90148010Optical instrumentsFree→
90148020Ships' logs and depth-sounding apparatusFree→
90148040ElectricalFree→
90148050OtherFree→
90149010Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.40Free→
9014.90.20Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.80Free→
9014.90.20.40For use in civil aircraftFree→
9014.90.20.80OtherFree→
90149040Of articles covered by subheading 9014.80.50Free→
90149060OtherFree→
90151040ElectricalFree→
90151080OtherFree→
90152040ElectricalFree→
90152080OtherFree→
90153040ElectricalFree→
90153080Other2.8%→
90154040ElectricalFree→
90154080OtherFree→
90158020Optical instruments and appliancesFree→
90158060SeismographsFree→
9015.80.80OtherFree→
9015.80.80.40Geophysical instruments and appliancesFree→
9015.80.80.80OtherFree→
9015.90.01Parts and accessoriesFree→
9015.90.01.10Of rangefindersFree→
9015.90.01.20Of theodolites and tachymetersFree→
9015.90.01.30Of levelsFree→
9015.90.01.40Of photogrammetrical surveying instruments and apparatusFree→
9015.90.01.50Of seismographsFree→
9015.90.01.60Of other geophysical instruments and appliancesFree→
9015.90.01.90OtherFree→
90160020Electrical balances and parts and accessories thereof3.9%→
90160040Jewelers' balances and parts and accessories thereof2.9%→
90160060Other3.3%→
90171040PlottersFree→
90171080Other3.9%→
90172040Disc calculators, slide rules and other mathematical calculating instruments3.9%→
90172070PlottersFree→
9017.20.80Other4.6%→
9017.20.80.40Hand operated input devices which transmit position data to computer processors or displays (digitizers)4.6%→
9017.20.80.80Other4.6%→
90173040Micrometers and calipers5.8%→
90173080Other3.9%→
90178000Other instruments5.3%→
9017.90.01Parts and accessoriesThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9017.90.01.05Of articles of subheading 9017.10.40The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9017.90.01.15Of articles of subheading 9017.10.80The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9017.90.01.20Of articles of subheading 9017.20.40The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9017.90.01.32Of articles of subheading 9017.20.70The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9017.90.01.36Of articles of subheading 9017.20.80The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9017.90.01.40Of articles of subheading 9017.30.40The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9017.90.01.50Of articles of subheading 9017.30.80The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
9017.90.01.60OtherThe rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory→
90181130ElectrocardiographsFree→
90181160Printed circuit assembliesFree→
90181190OtherFree→
90181200Ultrasonic scanning apparatusFree→
90181300Magnetic resonance imaging apparatusFree→
90181400Scintigraphic apparatusFree→
90181940Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereofFree→