On this page:
- Chapter 90: Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Parts and Accessories Thereof
- Chapter 91: Clocks and Watches and Parts Thereof
- Chapter 92: Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
Chapter 90: Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Parts and Accessories Thereof
| Tariff Reference (HS2012) |
Product Description | Applicable Product Specific Rule of Origin |
|---|---|---|
| 9001 | Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 85.44; 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. | - |
| 9001.10 | Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9001.20 | Sheets and plates of polarising material | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9001.30 | Contact lenses | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9001.40 | Spectacle lenses of glass | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9001.50 | Spectacle lenses of other materials | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9001.90 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 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. | - |
| 9002.1 | Objective lenses: | - |
| 9002.11 | For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers | CTSH |
| 9002.19 | Other | CTSH |
| 9002.20 | Filters | CTSH |
| 9002.90 | Other | CTSH |
| 9003 | Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof. | - |
| 9003.1 | Frames and mountings: | - |
| 9003.11 | Of plastics | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9003.19 | Of other materials | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9003.90 | Parts | CTH |
| 9004 | Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other. | - |
| 9004.10 | Sun-glasses | CC or RVC(40) |
| 9004.90 | Other | CC or RVC(40) |
| 9005 | Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy. | - |
| 9005.10 | Binoculars | CTSH |
| 9005.80 | Other instruments | CTSH |
| 9005.90 | Parts and accessories (including mountings) | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9006 | Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 85.39. | - |
| 9006.10 | Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders | CTSH |
| 9006.30 | 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 | CTSH |
| 9006.40 | Instant print cameras | CTSH |
| 9006.5 | Other cameras: | - |
| 9006.51 | With a through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR)), for roll film of a width not exceeding 35 mm | CTSH |
| 9006.52 | Other, for roll film of a width less than 35 mm | CTSH |
| 9006.53 | Other, for roll film of a width of 35 mm | CTSH |
| 9006.59 | Other | CTSH |
| 9006.6 | Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs: | - |
| 9006.61 | Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatus | CTSH |
| 9006.69 | Other | CTSH |
| 9006.9 | Parts and accessories: | - |
| 9006.91 | For cameras | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9006.99 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9007 | Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus. | - |
| 9007.10 | Cameras | CTSH |
| 9007.20 | Projectors | CTSH |
| 9007.9 | Parts and accessories: | - |
| 9007.91 | For cameras | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9007.92 | For projectors | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9008 | Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers. | - |
| 9008.50 | Projectors, enlargers and reducers | CTSH or RVC(40) |
| 9008.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9010 | Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens. | - |
| 9010.10 | 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 | CTSH |
| 9010.50 | Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes | CTSH |
| 9010.60 | Projection screens | CTSH |
| 9010.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9011 | Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection. | - |
| 9011.10 | Stereoscopic microscopes | CTSH |
| 9011.20 | Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection | CTSH |
| 9011.80 | Other microscopes | CTSH |
| 9011.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9012 | Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus. | - |
| 9012.10 | Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus | CTSH |
| 9012.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9013 | Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings; lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter. | - |
| 9013.10 | Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI | CTSH |
| 9013.20 | Lasers, other than laser diodes | CTSH |
| 9013.80 | Other devices, appliances and instruments | CTSH |
| 9013.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9014 | Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances. | - |
| 9014.10 | Direction finding compasses | CTSH |
| 9014.20 | Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) | CTSH |
| 9014.80 | Other instruments and appliances | CTSH |
| 9014.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9015 | Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders. | - |
| 9015.10 | Rangefinders | CTSH |
| 9015.20 | Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers) | CTSH |
| 9015.30 | Levels | CTSH |
| 9015.40 | Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances | CTSH |
| 9015.80 | Other instruments and appliances | CTSH |
| 9015.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9016.00 | Balances of a sensitivity of 5cg or better, with or without weights. | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 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. | - |
| 9017.10 | Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic | CTSH |
| 9017.20 | Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments | CTSH |
| 9017.30 | Micrometers, callipers and gauges | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9017.80 | Other instruments | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9017.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018 | Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments. | - |
| 9018.1 | Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters): | - |
| 9018.11 | Electro-cardiographs | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.12 | Ultrasonic scanning apparatus | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.13 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.14 | Scintigraphic apparatus | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.19 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.20 | Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.3 | Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like: | - |
| 9018.31 | Syringes, with or without needles | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.32 | Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.39 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.4 | Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences: | - |
| 9018.41 | Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.49 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.50 | Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9018.90 | Other instruments and appliances | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9019 | Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus. | - |
| 9019.10 | Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9019.20 | Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9020.00 | Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters. | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 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. | - |
| 9021.10 | Orthopaedic or fracture appliances | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9021.2 | Artificial teeth and dental fittings: | - |
| 9021.21 | Artificial teeth | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9021.29 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9021.3 | Other artificial parts of the body: | - |
| 9021.31 | Artificial joints | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9021.39 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9021.40 | Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9021.50 | Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9021.90 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9022 | Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma 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. | - |
| 9022.1 | 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 | Computed tomography apparatus | CTSH |
| 9022.13 | Other, for dental uses | CTSH |
| 9022.14 | Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses | CTSH |
| 9022.19 | For other uses | CTSH |
| 9022.2 | Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus: | - |
| 9022.21 | For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses | CTSH |
| 9022.29 | For other uses | CTSH |
| 9022.30 | X-ray tubes | CTSH |
| 9022.90 | Other, including parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9023.00 | Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses. | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9024 | Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics). | - |
| 9024.10 | Machines and appliances for testing metals | CTSH |
| 9024.80 | Other machines and appliances | CTSH |
| 9024.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9025 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments. | - |
| 9025.1 | Thermometers and pyrometers not combined with other instruments: | - |
| 9025.11 | Liquid-filled, for direct reading | CTSH |
| 9025.19 | Other | CTSH |
| 9025.80 | Other instruments | CTSH |
| 9025.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 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 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32 | - |
| 9026.10 | For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9026.20 | For measuring or checking pressure | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9026.80 | Other instruments or apparatus | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9026.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 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. | - |
| 9027.10 | Gas or smoke analysis apparatus | CTSH |
| 9027.20 | Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments | CTSH |
| 9027.30 | Spectrometers spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) | CTSH |
| 9027.50 | Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) | CTSH |
| 9027.80 | Other instruments and apparatus | CTSH |
| 9027.90 | Microtomes; parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor. | - |
| 9028.10 | Gas meters | CTSH |
| 9028.20 | Liquid meters | CTSH |
| 9028.30 | Electricity meters | CTSH |
| 9028.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9029 | Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 90.14 or 90.15; stroboscopes. | - |
| 9029.10 | Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers pedometers and the like | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9029.20 | Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9029.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9030 | Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations. | - |
| 9030.10 | Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations | CTSH |
| 9030.20 | Oscilloscopes and oscillographs | CTSH |
| 9030.3 | Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power: | - |
| 9030.31 | Multimeters without a recording device | CTSH |
| 9030.32 | Multimeters with a recording device | CTSH |
| 9030.33 | Other, without a recording device | CTSH |
| 9030.39 | Other, with a recording device | CTSH |
| 9030.40 | Other instruments and apparatus specially designed for telecommunications (for example, crosstalk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) | CTSH |
| 9030.8 | Other instruments and apparatus: | - |
| 9030.82 | For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices | CTSH |
| 9030.84 | Other, with a recording device | CTSH |
| 9030.89 | Other | CTSH |
| 9030.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9031 | Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors. | - |
| 9031.10 | Machines for balancing mechanical parts | CTSH or RVC(40) |
| 9031.20 | Test benches | CTSH or RVC(40) |
| 9031.4 | Other optical instruments and appliances: | - |
| 9031.41 | For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices | CTSH or RVC(40) |
| 9031.49 | Other | CTSH or RVC(40) |
| 9031.80 | Other instruments, appliances and machines | CTSH or RVC(40) |
| 9031.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9032 | Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus. | - |
| 9032.10 | Thermostats | CTSH |
| 9032.20 | Manostats | CTSH |
| 9032.8 | Other instruments and apparatus: | - |
| 9032.81 | Hydraulic or pneumatic | CTSH |
| 9032.89 | Other | CTSH |
| 9032.90 | Parts and accessories | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9033.00 | Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90. | CTH or RVC(40) |
Chapter 91: Clocks and Watches and Parts Thereof
| Tariff Reference (HS2012) |
Product Description | Applicable Product Specific Rule of Origin |
|---|---|---|
| 9101 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop-watches, with case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal. | - |
| 9101.1 | Wrist-watches, electrically operated, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility: | - |
| 9101.11 | With mechanical display only | CTH |
| 9101.19 | Other | CTH |
| 9101.2 | Other wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility: | - |
| 9101.21 | With automatic winding | CTH |
| 9101.29 | Other | CTH |
| 9101.9 | Other: | - |
| 9101.91 | Electrically operated | CTH |
| 9101.99 | Other | CTH |
| 9102 | Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop-watches, other than those of heading 91.01. | - |
| 9102.1 | Wrist-watches, electrically operated, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility: | - |
| 9102.11 | With mechanical display only | CTH |
| 9102.12 | With opto-electronic display only | CTH |
| 9102.19 | Other | CTH |
| 9102.2 | Other wrist-watches, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility: | - |
| 9102.21 | With automatic winding | CTH |
| 9102.29 | Other | CTH |
| 9102.9 | Other: | - |
| 9102.91 | Electrically operated | CTH |
| 9102.99 | Other | CTH |
| 9103 | Clocks with watch movements, excluding clocks of heading 91.04. | - |
| 9103.10 | Electrically operated | CTH |
| 9103.90 | Other | CTH |
| 9104.00 | Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type for vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels. | CTH |
| 9105 | Other clocks. | - |
| 9105.1 | Alarm clocks: | - |
| 9105.11 | Electrically operated | CTH |
| 9105.19 | Other | CTH |
| 9105.2 | Wall clocks: | - |
| 9105.21 | Electrically operated | CTH |
| 9105.29 | Other | CTH |
| 9105.9 | Other: | - |
| 9105.91 | Electrically operated | CTH |
| 9105.99 | Other | CTH |
| 9106 | Time of day recording apparatus and apparatus for measuring, recording or otherwise indicating intervals of time, with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor (for example, time-registers, time-recorders). | - |
| 9106.10 | Time-registers; time-recorders | CTH |
| 9106.90 | Other | CTH |
| 9107.00 | Time switches with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor. | CTH |
| 9108 | Watch movements, complete and assembled. | - |
| 9108.1 | Electrically operated: | - |
| 9108.11 | With mechanical display only or with a device to which a mechanical display can be incorporated | CTH |
| 9108.12 | With opto-electronic display only | CTH |
| 9108.19 | Other | CTH |
| 9108.20 | With automatic winding | CTH |
| 9108.90 | Other | CTH |
| 9109 | Clock movements, complete and assembled. | - |
| 9109.10 | Electrically operated | CTH |
| 9109.90 | Other | CTH |
| 9110 | Complete watch or clock movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets); incomplete watch or clock movements, assembled; rough watch or clock movements. | - |
| 9110.1 | Of watches: | - |
| 9110.11 | Complete movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets) | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9110.12 | Incomplete movements, assembled | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9110.19 | Rough movements | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9110.90 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9111 | Watch cases and parts thereof. | - |
| 9111.10 | Cases of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9111.20 | Cases of base metal, whether or not gold-or silver-plated | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9111.80 | Other cases | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9111.90 | Parts | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9112 | Clock cases and cases of a similar type for other goods of this Chapter, and parts thereof. | - |
| 9112.20 | Cases | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9112.90 | Parts | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9113 | Watch straps, watch bands and watch bracelets, and parts thereof. | - |
| 9113.10 | Of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9113.20 | Of base metal, whether or not gold-or silver-plated | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9113.90 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9114 | Other clock or watch parts. | - |
| 9114.10 | Springs, including hair-springs | CTH |
| 9114.30 | Dials | CTH |
| 9114.40 | Plates and bridges | CTH |
| 9114.90 | Other | CTH |
Chapter 92: Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
| Tariff Reference (HS2012) |
Product Description | Applicable Product Specific Rule of Origin |
|---|---|---|
| 9201 | Pianos, including automatic pianos; harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments. | - |
| 9201.10 | Upright pianos | CTH |
| 9201.20 | Grand pianos | CTH |
| 9201.90 | Other | CTH |
| 9202 | Other string musical instruments (for example, guitars, violins, harps). | - |
| 9202.10 | Played with a bow | CTH |
| 9202.90 | Other | CTH |
| 9205 | Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs. | - |
| 9205.10 | Brass-wind instruments | CTH |
| 9205.90 | Other | CTH |
| 9206.00 | Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas). | CTH |
| 9207 | Musical instruments, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically (for example, organs, guitars, accordions). | - |
| 9207.10 | Keyboard instruments, other than accordions | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9207.90 | Other | CTH or RVC(40) |
| 9208 | Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this Chapter; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments. | - |
| 9208.10 | Musical boxes | CTH |
| 9208.90 | Other | CTH |
| 9209 | Parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example, cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments) of musical instruments; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds. | - |
| 9209.30 | Musical instrument strings | CTH |
| 9209.9 | Other: | - |
| 9209.91 | Parts and accessories for pianos | CTH |
| 9209.92 | Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 92.02 | CTH |
| 9209.94 | Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 92.07 | CTH |
| 9209.99 | Other | CTH |
Last Updated: 22 July 2014