HTS heading 9010 · Chapter 90
HTS 9010: Apparatus and equipment for photographic laboratories,…
HTS heading 9010 covers apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens; parts and accessories thereof. It has 10 tariff lines with a duty rate; the general (MFN) rates are Free (8 lines), 2.4% (1 line), 2.9% (1 line).
Imports may also owe Chapter 99 tariffs (Section 232, 301 or 201) depending on origin and date, plus the Merchandise Processing Fee and, by sea, the Harbor Maintenance Fee.
Rates from the 2026 HTS Revision 22, effective October 30, 2026. Source: U.S. International Trade Commission.
Tariff lines and duty rates
| HTS code | Description | General | Special | Column 2 | Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9010.10.00.00 | Apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper[kg] | 2.4% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% | Estimate → |
| 9010.50 | Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes: | ||||
| 9010.50.10.00 | Contact printers[No.] | Free | 35% | Estimate → | |
| 9010.50.20.00 | Developing tanks[No.] | Free | 45% | Estimate → | |
| Photographic film viewers, titlers, splicers and editors, all the foregoing and combinations thereof: | |||||
| Articles containing an optical lens or designed to contain such a lens: | |||||
| 9010.50.30.00 | Editors and combination editor-splicers, for cinematographic film[No.] | Free | 45% | Estimate → | |
| 9010.50.40.00 | Other[kg] | Free | 45% | Estimate → | |
| 9010.50.50.00 | Other[kg] | Free | 35% | Estimate → | |
| 9010.50.60.00 | Other[kg] | Free | 35% | Estimate → | |
| 9010.60.00.00 | Projection screens[No.] | Free | 50% | Estimate → | |
| 9010.90 | Parts and accessories: | ||||
| 9010.90.85.00 | Parts and accessories of articles of subheadings 9010.50 and 9010.60[kg] | Free | 45% | Estimate → | |
| 9010.90.95.00 | Other[kg] | 2.9% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 45% | Estimate → |
10 lines shown. Statistical suffixes (the last two digits) inherit the rate of the 8-digit subheading above them.
Example: base duty and fees on $10000
For HTS 9010.10.00.00 at the general rate of 2.4%, shipped by ocean, before any Chapter 99 tariffs:
| Base duty (2.4%) | $240.00 |
| Merchandise Processing Fee (0.3464%, min $34.58) | $34.64 |
| Harbor Maintenance Fee (0.125%) | $12.50 |
| Duty and fees | $287.14 |
Origin-specific tariffs can multiply this. Run this example from China or from Mexico to see every line.
Special program codes in this heading
- A, A*, A+
- Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
- AU
- U.S.–Australia FTA
- BH
- U.S.–Bahrain FTA
- CL
- U.S.–Chile FTA
- CO
- U.S.–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
- D
- African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
- E, E*
- Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
- IL
- U.S.–Israel FTA
- JO
- U.S.–Jordan FTA
- KR
- U.S.–Korea FTA (KORUS)
- MA
- U.S.–Morocco FTA
- OM
- U.S.–Oman FTA
- P, P+
- CAFTA-DR
- PA
- U.S.–Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
- PE
- U.S.–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
- S, S+
- USMCA (United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement)
- SG
- U.S.–Singapore FTA
A special rate applies only when the goods qualify under that program's rules of origin and the claim is made at entry.