Chapter 90 · Section XVIII
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
215 lines in 32 headings of the Combined Nomenclature 2026. Each code opens its sheet, with today's duty under the EU-Mercosur Agreement, when it reaches zero, the tariff-rate quota and the requirements.
9001 Optical 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
- Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables
- 9001 10 10 Image conductor cables
- 9001 10 90 Other
- 9001 20 00 Sheets and plates of polarising material
- 9001 30 00 Contact lenses
- Spectacle lenses of glass
- 9001 40 20 Not for the correction of vision
- For the correction of vision
- Both sides finished
- 9001 40 41 Single focal
- 9001 40 49 Other
- 9001 40 80 Other
- Spectacle lenses of other materials
- 9001 50 20 Not for the correction of vision
- For the correction of vision
- Both sides finished
- 9001 50 41 Single focal
- 9001 50 49 Other
- 9001 50 80 Other
- 9001 90 00 Other
9002 Lenses, 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
9003 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof
- Frames and mountings
- 9003 11 00 Of plastics
- 9003 19 00 Of other materials
- 9003 90 00 Parts
9004 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
9005 Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
9006 Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539
- 9006 30 00 Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes
- 9006 40 00 Instant print cameras
- Other cameras
- For roll film of a width of 35 mm
- 9006 53 10 Disposable cameras
- 9006 53 80 Other
- 9006 59 00 Other
- Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs
- 9006 61 00 Discharge lamp (electronic) flashlight apparatus
- 9006 69 00 Other
- Parts and accessories
- 9006 91 00 For cameras
- 9006 99 00 Other
9007 Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
9008 Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
- 9010 10 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
- 9010 50 00 Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes
- 9010 60 00 Projection screens
- Parts and accessories
- 9010 90 20 Of apparatus and equipment of subheadings 9010 50 00 or 9010 60 00
- 9010 90 80 Other
9011 Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
- 9011 10 00 Stereoscopic microscopes
- Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
- 9011 20 10 Photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles
- 9011 20 90 Other
- 9011 80 00 Other microscopes
- 9011 90 00 Parts and accessories
9012 Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
9013 Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
- Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or Section XVI
- 9013 10 10 Telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or Section XVI
- 9013 10 90 Other
- 9013 20 00 Lasers, other than laser diodes
- Other devices, appliances and instruments
- 9013 80 40 Passive optical splitters, not containing any electrical or electronic elements, for telecommunications
- 9013 80 80 Other
- Parts and accessories
- 9013 90 05 For telescopic sights for fitting to arms or for periscopes
- 9013 90 80 Other
9014 Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
- 9014 10 00 Direction finding compasses
- Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses)
- 9014 20 20 Inertial navigation systems
- 9014 20 80 Other
- 9014 80 00 Other instruments and appliances
- 9014 90 00 Parts and accessories
9015 Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
- 9015 10 00 Rangefinders
- 9015 20 00 Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)
- Levels
- 9015 30 10 Electronic
- 9015 30 90 Other
- 9015 40 00 Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances
- Other instruments and appliances
- 9015 80 20 Meteorological, hydrological and geophysical instruments and apparatus
- 9015 80 40 Instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, surveying or levelling; hydrographic instruments
- 9015 80 80 Other
- 9015 90 00 Parts and accessories
9016 Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights
9017 Drawing, 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
- Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic
- 9017 10 10 Plotters
- 9017 10 90 Other
- Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments
- 9017 20 05 Plotters
- 9017 20 10 Other drawing instruments
- 9017 20 39 Marking-out instruments
- 9017 20 90 Mathematical calculating instruments (including slide rules, disc calculators and the like)
- 9017 30 00 Micrometers, callipers and gauges
- Other instruments
- 9017 80 10 Measuring rods and tapes and divided scales
- 9017 80 90 Other
- 9017 90 00 Parts and accessories
9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
- Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters)
- 9018 11 00 Electrocardiographs
- 9018 12 00 Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
- 9018 13 00 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
- 9018 14 00 Scintigraphic apparatus
- Other
- 9018 19 10 Monitoring apparatus for simultaneous monitoring of two or more parameters
- 9018 19 90 Other
- 9018 20 00 Ultraviolet or infra-red ray apparatus
- Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like
- Syringes, with or without needles
- 9018 31 10 Of plastics
- 9018 31 90 Other
- Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures
- 9018 32 10 Tubular metal needles
- 9018 32 90 Needles for sutures
- 9018 39 00 Other
- Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences
- 9018 41 00 Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment
- Other
- 9018 49 10 Burrs, discs, drills and brushes, for use in dental drills
- 9018 49 90 Other
- Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances
- 9018 50 10 Non-optical
- 9018 50 90 Optical
- Other instruments and appliances
- 9018 90 10 Instruments and apparatus for measuring blood-pressure
- 9018 90 20 Endoscopes
- 9018 90 30 Renal dialysis equipment (artificial kidneys, kidney machines and dialysers)
- 9018 90 40 Diathermic apparatus
- 9018 90 50 Transfusion and infusion apparatus
- 9018 90 60 Anaesthetic apparatus and instruments
- 9018 90 75 Apparatus for nerve stimulation
- 9018 90 84 Other
9019 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
- Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus
- 9019 10 10 Electrical vibratory-massage apparatus
- 9019 10 90 Other
- Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
- 9019 20 10 Mechanical ventilation apparatus, capable of providing invasive ventilation
- 9019 20 20 Mechanical ventilation apparatus, non-invasive
- 9019 20 90 Other, including parts and accessories
9020 Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
9021 Orthopaedic 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
- Orthopaedic or fracture appliances
- 9021 10 10 Orthopaedic appliances
- 9021 10 90 Splints and other fracture appliances
- Artificial teeth and dental fittings
- Artificial teeth
- 9021 21 10 Of plastics
- 9021 21 90 Of other materials
- 9021 29 00 Other
- Other artificial parts of the body
- 9021 31 00 Artificial joints
- Other
- 9021 39 10 Ocular prostheses
- 9021 39 90 Other
- 9021 40 00 Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories
- 9021 50 00 Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories
- Other
- 9021 90 10 Parts and accessories of hearing aids
- 9021 90 90 Other
9022 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation, 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
- Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus
- 9022 12 00 Computed tomography apparatus
- 9022 13 00 Other, for dental uses
- 9022 14 00 Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses
- 9022 19 00 For other uses
- Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus
- 9022 21 00 For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses
- 9022 29 00 For other uses
- 9022 30 00 X-ray tubes
- Other, including parts and accessories
- 9022 90 20 Parts and accessories of apparatus based on the use of X-rays
- 9022 90 80 Other
9023 Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
9024 Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
- Machines and appliances for testing metals
- 9024 10 20 Universal or for tensile tests
- 9024 10 40 For hardness tests
- 9024 10 80 Other
- 9024 80 00 Other machines and appliances
- 9024 90 00 Parts and accessories
9025 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
- Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments
- Liquid-filled, for direct reading
- 9025 11 20 Clinical or veterinary thermometers
- 9025 11 80 Other
- 9025 19 00 Other
- Other instruments
- 9025 80 20 Barometers, not combined with other instruments
- Other
- 9025 80 40 Electronic
- 9025 80 80 Other
- 9025 90 00 Parts and accessories
9026 Instruments 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
- For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids
- Electronic
- 9026 10 21 Flow meters
- 9026 10 29 Other
- Other
- 9026 10 81 Flow meters
- 9026 10 89 Other
- For measuring or checking pressure
- 9026 20 20 Electronic
- Other
- 9026 20 40 Spiral or metal diaphragm type pressure gauges
- 9026 20 80 Other
- Other instruments or apparatus
- 9026 80 20 Electronic
- 9026 80 80 Other
- 9026 90 00 Parts and accessories
9027 Instruments 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
- Gas or smoke analysis apparatus
- 9027 10 10 Electronic
- 9027 10 90 Other
- 9027 20 00 Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments
- 9027 30 00 Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR)
- 9027 50 00 Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR)
- Other instruments and apparatus
- 9027 81 00 Mass spectrometers
- Other
- 9027 89 10 Exposure meters
- 9027 89 30 pH meters, rH meters and other apparatus for measuring conductivity
- 9027 89 90 Other
- 9027 90 00 Microtomes; parts and accessories
9028 Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
- 9028 10 00 Gas meters
- 9028 20 00 Liquid meters
- Electricity meters
- For alternating current
- 9028 30 11 For single-phase
- 9028 30 19 For multiphase
- 9028 30 90 Other
- Parts and accessories
- 9028 90 10 For electricity meters
- 9028 90 90 Other
9029 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes
- 9029 10 00 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like
- Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes
- Speed indicators and tachometers
- 9029 20 31 Speed indicators for vehicles
- 9029 20 38 Other
- 9029 20 90 Stroboscopes
- 9029 90 00 Parts and accessories
9030 Oscilloscopes, 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 radiation
- 9030 10 00 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiation
- 9030 20 00 Oscilloscopes and oscillographs
- Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices)
- 9030 31 00 Multimeters, without a recording device
- 9030 32 00 Multimeters, with a recording device
- Other, without a recording device
- 9030 33 20 Resistance measuring instruments
- 9030 33 70 Other
- 9030 39 00 Other, with a recording device
- 9030 40 00 Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)
- Other instruments and apparatus
- 9030 82 00 For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)
- 9030 84 00 Other, with a recording device
- 9030 89 00 Other
- 9030 90 00 Parts and accessories
9031 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors
- 9031 10 00 Machines for balancing mechanical parts
- 9031 20 00 Test benches
- Other optical instruments and appliances
- 9031 41 00 For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)
- Other
- 9031 49 10 Profile projectors
- 9031 49 90 Other
- Other instruments, appliances and machines
- 9031 80 20 For measuring or checking geometrical quantities
- 9031 80 80 Other
- 9031 90 00 Parts and accessories
9032 Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
- Thermostats
- 9032 10 20 Electronic
- 9032 10 80 Other
- 9032 20 00 Manostats
- Other instruments and apparatus
- 9032 81 00 Hydraulic or pneumatic
- 9032 89 00 Other
- 9032 90 00 Parts and accessories
9033 Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90
- 9033 00 10 Light-emitting diode (LED) backlight modules, which are lighting sources that consist of one or more LEDs, and one or more connectors and are mounted on a printed circuit or other similar substrate, and other passive components, whether or not combined with optical components or protective diodes, and used as backlight illumination for liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
- 9033 00 90 Other
Source of the titles Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926, Annex I.