Chapter 90 · Optical, photographic, medical instruments
All headings and subheadings for optical, photographic, medical instruments. Each six-digit code links to the import and export shipments declared under it, with dates, quantities, declared values, ports and the companies involved.
Heading 9001
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 900110 | Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables, excluding those of heading no. 8544 | Imports · Exports |
| 900120 | Optical elements, polarising material, sheets and plates thereof | Imports · Exports |
| 900130 | Lenses, contact, unmounted, of any material, excluding elements of glass not optically worked | Imports · Exports |
| 900140 | Lenses, spectacle, unmounted, of glass, excluding elements of glass not optically worked | Imports · Exports |
| 900150 | Lenses, spectacle, unmounted, of materials other than glass | Imports · Exports |
| 900190 | Optical elements, lenses n.e.c. in heading no. 9001, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, unmounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9002
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 900211 | Lenses, objective, for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers, mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, of any material (excluding glass not optically worked) | Imports · Exports |
| 900219 | Lenses, objective, (other than for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers), mounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | Imports · Exports |
| 900220 | Filters, mounted as parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | Imports · Exports |
| 900290 | Optical elements, n.e.c. in heading no. 9002 (e.g. prisms and mirrors), mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9003
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 900311 | Frames and mountings, for spectacles, goggles or the like, of plastics | Imports · Exports |
| 900319 | Frames and mountings, for spectacles, goggles or the like, of materials other than plastics | Imports · Exports |
| 900390 | Frames and mountings, parts for spectacles, goggles or the like | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9004
Heading 9005
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 900510 | Binoculars | Imports · Exports |
| 900580 | Monoculars, other optical telescopes and astronomical instruments, excluding instruments for radio-astronomy | Imports · Exports |
| 900590 | Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, astronomical instruments (excluding those of radio-astronomy), parts and accessories (including mountings) | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9006
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 900630 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic), specially designed for underwater use, aerial survey, medical or surgical examination of internal organs, comparison cameras for forensic or criminological use | Imports · Exports |
| 900640 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic), instant print cameras | Imports · Exports |
| 900653 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic), for roll film of a width of 35mm | Imports · Exports |
| 900659 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic), n.e.c. in heading no 9006 | Imports · Exports |
| 900661 | Photographic flashlight apparatus, discharge lamp (electronic) | Imports · Exports |
| 900669 | Photographic flashlight apparatus, n.e.c. in heading no. 9006 | Imports · Exports |
| 900691 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic), parts and accessories | Imports · Exports |
| 900699 | Photographic flashlight apparatus, parts and accessories, for other than cameras | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9007
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 900710 | Cameras, cinematographic, whether or not incorporating sound recording apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 900720 | Projectors, cinematographic, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 900791 | Cameras, cinematographic, parts and accessories, whether or not incorporating sound recording apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 900792 | Projectors, cinematographic, parts and accessories, whether or not incorporating sound reproducing apparatus | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9008
Heading 9010
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 901010 | Photographic laboratory apparatus and equipment, for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of paper | Imports · Exports |
| 901050 | Photographic laboratory apparatus and equipment, n.e.c. in item no. 9010.10, for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, negatoscopes | Imports · Exports |
| 901060 | Photographic laboratory apparatus and equipment (including cinematographic), projection screens | Imports · Exports |
| 901090 | Photographic laboratory apparatus and equipment (including cinematographic), parts and accessories | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9011
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 901110 | Microscopes, compound optical, stereoscopic microscopes | Imports · Exports |
| 901120 | Microscopes, compound optical, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection | Imports · Exports |
| 901180 | Microscopes, compound optical, (other than stereoscopic and microscopes for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection) | Imports · Exports |
| 901190 | Microscopes, compound optical, parts and accessories (including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection) | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9012
Heading 9013
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 901310 | Optical appliances and instruments, telescopic sights for fitting to arms, periscopes, telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter | Imports · Exports |
| 901320 | Lasers, other than laser diodes | Imports · Exports |
| 901380 | Optical devices, appliances and instruments, n.e.c. in heading no. 9013 | Imports · Exports |
| 901390 | Optical appliances and instruments, parts and accessories for articles of heading no. 9013 | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9014
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 901410 | Navigational instruments and appliances, direction finding compasses | Imports · Exports |
| 901420 | Navigational instruments and appliances, for aeronautical or space navigation (excluding compasses) | Imports · Exports |
| 901480 | Navigational instruments and appliances, for navigation other than aeronautical or space navigation (excluding direction finding compasses) | Imports · Exports |
| 901490 | Navigational instruments and appliances, parts and accessories | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9015
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 901510 | Rangefinders | Imports · Exports |
| 901520 | Surveying equipment, theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers) | Imports · Exports |
| 901530 | Surveying equipment, levels | Imports · Exports |
| 901540 | Surveying equipment, photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances | Imports · Exports |
| 901580 | Surveying equipment, articles n.e.c. in heading no. 9015, including hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excluding compasses) | Imports · Exports |
| 901590 | Surveying equipment, parts and accessories for articles of heading no. 9015 | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9016
Heading 9017
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 901710 | Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic | Imports · Exports |
| 901720 | Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments | Imports · Exports |
| 901730 | Mathematical equipment, micrometers, callipers and gauges | Imports · Exports |
| 901780 | Mathematical instruments and equipment, n.e.c. in heading no. 9017 | Imports · Exports |
| 901790 | Drawing, marking-out equipment and mathematical instruments, parts and accessories | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9018
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 901811 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, electro-cardiographs | Imports · Exports |
| 901812 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, ultrasonic scanning apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 901813 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 901814 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, scintigraphic apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 901819 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters), n.e.c. in item no. 9018.1 | Imports · Exports |
| 901820 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 901831 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, syringes, with or without needles | Imports · Exports |
| 901832 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, tubular metal needles and needles for sutures | Imports · Exports |
| 901839 | Medical, surgical instruments and appliances, catheters, cannulae and the like | Imports · Exports |
| 901841 | Dental instruments and appliances, dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment | Imports · Exports |
| 901849 | Dental instruments and appliances, other than dental drill engines | Imports · Exports |
| 901850 | Ophthalmic instruments and appliances | Imports · Exports |
| 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances, n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9019
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 901910 | Mechano-therapy appliances, massage apparatus and psychological aptitude-testing apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 901920 | Therapeutic respiration apparatus, ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy apparatus, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9020
Heading 9021
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 902110 | Orthopaedic or fracture appliances | Imports · Exports |
| 902121 | Dental fittings, artificial teeth | Imports · Exports |
| 902129 | Dental fittings, other than artificial teeth | Imports · Exports |
| 902131 | Artificial parts of the body | Imports · Exports |
| 902139 | Artificial parts of the body, excluding artificial joints | Imports · Exports |
| 902140 | Hearing aids (excluding parts and accessories) | Imports · Exports |
| 902150 | Pacemakers, for stimulating heart muscles (excluding parts and accessories) | Imports · Exports |
| 902190 | Appliances, worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9022
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 902212 | Apparatus based on the use of x-rays, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, computed tomography apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 902213 | Apparatus based on the use of x-rays, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, for dental uses, excluding computed tomography apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 902214 | Apparatus based on the use of x-rays, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses, not dental uses, excluding computed tomography apparatus | Imports · Exports |
| 902219 | Apparatus based on the use of x-rays, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, for other than medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses | Imports · Exports |
| 902221 | Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiations, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses | Imports · Exports |
| 902229 | Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiations, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, (for other than medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses) | Imports · Exports |
| 902230 | X-ray tubes | Imports · Exports |
| 902290 | Apparatus based on use of x-rays and similar, parts and accessories (x-ray generators, tubes, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and like | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9023
Heading 9024
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 902410 | Machines and appliances, for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of metals | Imports · Exports |
| 902480 | Machines and appliances, for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials other than metals | Imports · Exports |
| 902490 | Machines and appliances, parts and accessories for those testing hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metal, wood, textiles, paper, plastics) | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9025
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 902511 | Thermometers and pyrometers, liquid filled, for direct reading, not combined with other instruments | Imports · Exports |
| 902519 | Thermometers and pyrometers, (other than liquid filled, for direct reading), not combined with other instruments | Imports · Exports |
| 902580 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, barometers, hygrometers, psychrometers, thermometers, pyrometers, recording or not, any combination of these instruments (excluding thermometers and barometers not combined with other instruments) | Imports · Exports |
| 902590 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, barometers, hygrometers, psychrometers, thermometers, pyrometers, recording or not, any combination of these instruments, parts and accessories | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9026
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 902610 | Instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids | Imports · Exports |
| 902620 | Instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking pressure | Imports · Exports |
| 902680 | Instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking variables of liquids or gases (excluding pressure or the flow and level of liquids and those of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 and 9032) | Imports · Exports |
| 902690 | Instruments and apparatus, parts and accessories for those measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (excluding those of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032) | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9027
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 902710 | Instruments and apparatus, gas or smoke analysis apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis | Imports · Exports |
| 902720 | Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments | Imports · Exports |
| 902730 | Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs, using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) | Imports · Exports |
| 902750 | Instruments and apparatus, using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR), (other than spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs) | Imports · Exports |
| 902781 | Instruments and apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or light, mass spectrometers | Imports · Exports |
| 902789 | Instruments and apparatus, for physical or chemical analysis, for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or quantities of heat, sound or light, exposure meters | Imports · Exports |
| 902790 | Microtomes and parts and accessories thereof | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9028
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 902810 | Meters, gas, supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | Imports · Exports |
| 902820 | Meters, liquid supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | Imports · Exports |
| 902830 | Meters, electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | Imports · Exports |
| 902890 | Meters, parts and accessories of gas, liquid, electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9029
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 902910 | Meters and counters, revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like | Imports · Exports |
| 902920 | Meters, speed indicators and tachometers, stroboscopes | Imports · Exports |
| 902990 | Meters and counters, parts and accessories for revolution and production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like, speed indicators, tachometers (excluding heading no. 9015), stroboscopes | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9030
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 903010 | Instruments and apparatus, for measuring or detecting ionising radiations | Imports · Exports |
| 903020 | Oscilloscopes and oscillographs | Imports · Exports |
| 903031 | Multimeters, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafer or devices), without a recording device | Imports · Exports |
| 903032 | Multimeters, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, with a recording device | Imports · Exports |
| 903033 | Instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, without a recording device (excluding multimeters) | Imports · Exports |
| 903039 | Instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, with a recording device (excluding multimeters) | Imports · Exports |
| 903040 | Instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (e.g. cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) | Imports · Exports |
| 903082 | Instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) | Imports · Exports |
| 903084 | Instruments and apparatus, n.e.c. in heading no. 9030, with a recording device | Imports · Exports |
| 903089 | Instruments and apparatus, n.e.c. in heading no. 9030, without a recording device | Imports · Exports |
| 903090 | Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities, not meters of heading no. 9028, parts and accessories, for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic and other radiations | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9031
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 903110 | Machines, for balancing mechanical parts | Imports · Exports |
| 903120 | Test benches | Imports · Exports |
| 903141 | Optical instruments and appliances, for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices, n.e.c. in chapter 90 | Imports · Exports |
| 903149 | Optical instruments and appliances, for measuring or checking, n.e.c. in chapter 90 | Imports · Exports |
| 903180 | Instruments, appliances and machines, for measuring or checking n.e.c. in chapter 90 | Imports · Exports |
| 903190 | Instruments, appliances and machines, parts and accessories for those measuring or checking devices of heading no. 9031 | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9032
| Code | Goods covered | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| 903210 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus, automatic type, thermostats | Imports · Exports |
| 903220 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus, automatic, manostats | Imports · Exports |
| 903281 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus, automatic, hydraulic or pneumatic | Imports · Exports |
| 903289 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus, automatic, other than hydraulic or pneumatic | Imports · Exports |
| 903290 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus, automatic, parts and accessories | Imports · Exports |
Heading 9033
Working with chapter 90
Chapter 90 of the Harmonized System covers optical, photographic, medical instruments. It is organised into 32 four-digit headings and 143 six-digit subheadings, and national tariffs extend those to eight or ten digits. Because the six-digit level is shared worldwide, it is the right level for comparing trade between countries, while the national digits matter for duty rates and licensing.
On EximTradeIntel each subheading opens a table of actual shipments, 2019-2026, so you can see how goods in this chapter are described on real declarations, what they are worth per unit, which ports they move through and which companies are trading them. That makes the chapter useful for classification checks, for pricing a tender, and for building buyer or supplier lists inside a narrow product family. Searching is free, and only exports use credits. See the full chapter index for neighbouring categories.
Neighbouring chapters
Ch. 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft and… Ch. 89 — Ships, boats and floating… Ch. 91 — Clocks and watches Ch. 92 — Musical instruments