Chapter 90: Medical, optical and measuring instruments
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 worked
| 9001.10.00 | Optical fibers, optical fiber bundles and cables | 6.7% |
9004Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
| 9004.90.00 | Other | 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 thereof
| 9005.10.00 | Binoculars | Free |
| 9005.80.40 | Other instruments › Optical telescopes | 8% |
9006Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539; parts and accessories thereof
| 9006.53.02 | Other cameras › For roll film of a width of 35 mm | Free |
| 9006.59.01 | Other cameras › Other › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › With through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR)) | Free |
| 9006.59.05 | Other cameras › Other › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › Other › Fixed focus › Hand held › 110 cameras | Free |
| 9006.59.15 | Other cameras › Other › For roll film of a width less than 35mm › Other › Other than fixed focus › Valued over $10 each | Free |
| 9006.59.40 | Other cameras › Other › Other › Fixed focus | 4% |
| 9006.61.00 | Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs › Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatus | Free |
| 9006.69.01 | Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs › Other | Free |
9007Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
| 9007.20.60 | Projectors › Other › With sound recording and reproducing systems; and those capable of projecting only sound motion pictures | Free |
9014Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances; parts and accessories thereof
| 9014.10.70 | Direction finding compasses › Other › Other › Electrical | Free |
| 9014.20.80 | Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) › Other › Other › Other | Free |
| 9014.90.20 | Parts and accessories › Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.80 | Free |
9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders; parts and accessories thereof
| 9015.80.80 | Other instruments and appliances › Other › Other | Free |
| 9015.90.01 | Parts and accessories | Free |
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 thereof
| 9017.20.80 | Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments › Other | 4.6% |
| 9017.90.01 | Parts and accessories | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory |
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 thereof
| 9018.19.95 | Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof › Other › Other › Other | Free |
| 9018.20.00 | Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.31.00 | Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof › Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.39.00 | Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof › Other | Free |
| 9018.49.80 | Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences, and parts and accessories thereof › Other › Other | Free |
| 9018.90.50 | Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Other › Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.90.75 | Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Other › Electro-medical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof › Other › Other | 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 thereof
| 9019.10.20 | Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; parts and accessories thereof › Mechano-therapy appliances and massage apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | Free |
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 thereof
| 9021.10.00 | Orthopedic or fracture appliances, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9021.90.40 | Other › Parts and accessories for hearing aids and for pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles | Free |
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 thereof
| 9024.90.00 | Parts and accessories | Free |
9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments; parts and accessories thereof
| 9025.19.80 | Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments › Other › Other | Free |
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 thereof
| 9026.10.20 | For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids › Electrical | 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 thereof
| 9027.20.50 | Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments › Electrical | Free |
| 9027.20.80 | Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments › Other | Free |
| 9027.30.40 | Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) › Electrical | Free |
| 9027.30.80 | Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) › Other | Free |
| 9027.50.40 | Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) › Other › Electrical | Free |
| 9027.50.80 | Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) › Other › Other | Free |
| 9027.89.45 | Other instruments and apparatus › Other › Other › Electrical | Free |
| 9027.89.80 | Other instruments and apparatus › Other › Other › Other | Free |
| 9027.90.56 | Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of electrical instruments and apparatus › Other › Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9027.20, 9027.30, 9027.50, 9027.81 or 9027.89 | Free |
| 9027.90.59 | Microtomes; parts and accessories › Parts and accessories › Of electrical instruments and apparatus › Other › Other | Free |
9028Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof; parts and accessories thereof
| 9028.90.00 | Parts and accessories | 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 thereof
| 9029.20.40 | Speedometers and tachometers; stroboscopes › Other speedometers and tachometers | Free |
| 9029.90.80 | Parts and accessories › Other | Free |
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:
| 9030.90.89 | Parts and accessories › Other › Other › Other | Free |
9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors; parts and accessories thereof
| 9031.41.00 | Other optical instruments and appliances › For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits) | Free |
| 9031.80.80 | Other instruments, appliances and machines › Other | Free |
| 9031.90.91 | Parts and accessories › Other › Other | Free |
9032Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
| 9032.10.00 | Thermostats | 1.7% |
| 9032.81.00 | Other instruments and apparatus › Hydraulic and pneumatic | Free |
| 9032.89.60 | Other instruments and apparatus › Other › Other | 1.7% |
| 9032.90.61 | Parts and accessories › Other | 1.7% |