HTS Chapter 90

Optical, photographic, measuring, precision, medical or surgical instruments; parts thereof

Chapter 90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States has 28 four-digit headings. Choose one to see every tariff line with its general (MFN), special (free trade agreement) and Column 2 duty rate, then run a full estimate including Chapter 99 tariffs and fees.

• 9001Optical fibers and optical fiber bundles; optical fiber cables other than those of heading 8544; sheets and plates of polarizing material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically workedGeneral: Free, 2%…
• 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; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 2.45%…
• 9003Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereofGeneral: 2.5%, Free
• 9004Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or otherGeneral: 2%, 2.5%
• 9005Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory, Free…
• 9006Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 6.8%…
• 9007Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 3.5%…
• 9008Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 7%…
• 9010Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 2.4%…
• 9011Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinemicrography or microprojection; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 3.9%…
• 9012Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free
• 9013Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapterGeneral: Free, 4.5%…
• 9014Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free
• 9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 2.8%…
• 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, calipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: 3.9%, Free…
• 9018Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free
• 9019Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 2.5%
• 9021Orthopedic 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; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free
• 9022Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing 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; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 0.8%…
• 9024Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics), and parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free
• 9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 1%…
• 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; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free
• 9027Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); 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; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 1.2%
• 9028Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: 16¢ each + 2.5%, Free
• 9029Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, pedometers and the like; speedometers and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 5.3%…
• 9030Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers 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 ionizing radiations; parts and accessories thereof:​General: Free, 1.7%
• 9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: Free, 1.7%
• 9032Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereofGeneral: 1.7%, Free…