Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
9001: Optical 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:
Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processes
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
25%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
85%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
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; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Objective lenses and parts and accessories thereof:
9002.11
•
For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers:
Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motors
Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processes
Free
25%
No.
•
Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motors
Free
65%
No.
•
Other
Free
65%
No.
Objective lenses and parts and accessories thereof:
Code
9002.11
Description
For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers:
Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motors
Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processes
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
25%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motors
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
65%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
65%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
9003: Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof:
9005: Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy; parts and accessories thereof:
9006: Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
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
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
9010: Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
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
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
9012: Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
Free
40%
No.
Parts and accessories
Free
40%
kg
Code
Description
Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Parts and accessories
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
9013: Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
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:
Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or section XVI:
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, calipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
9017.10
Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic:
9018: Instruments 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:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof:
9018.11
•
Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereof:
•
Electrocardiographs
Free
35%
No.
•
Printed circuit assemblies
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
•
Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
Free
35%
No.
•
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
Free
35%
No.
•
Scintigraphic apparatus
Free
35%
No.
9018.19
•
Other:
•
Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereof
Free
55%
No.
•
Other:
•
Patient monitoring systems
Free
35%
No.
•
Printed circuit assemblies for parameter acquisition modules
Free
35%
No.
9018.19.95
•
Other
Free
35%
•
Basal metabolism and blood pressure apparatus
Free
35%
No.
•
Electroencephalographs (EEG) and electromyographs (EMG)
Free
35%
No.
•
Other apparatus
Free
35%
No.
•
Parts and accessories
Free
35%
No.
9018.20.00
Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereof
Free
35%
•
Therapeutic
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof:
9018.31.00
•
Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof
Free
60%
•
Syringes, with or without their needles:
•
Hypodermic
Free
60%
No.
•
Other
Free
60%
No.
•
Parts and accessories
Free
60%
No.
•
Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures and parts and accessories thereof
Free
55%
No.
9018.39.00
•
Other
Free
30%
•
Bougies, catheters, drains and sondes, and parts and accessories thereof:
•
Rubber catheters
Free
30%
doz.
•
Other
Free
30%
No.
•
Other
Free
30%
No.
Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences, and parts and accessories thereof:
•
Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment, and parts and accessories thereof
Free
35%
No.
9018.49
•
Other:
•
Dental burs
Free
35%
gross
9018.49.80
•
Other
Free
35%
•
Dental hand instruments and parts and accessories thereof
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof
Free
60%
No.
9018.90
Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof:
•
Optical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof:
•
Mirrors and reflectors
Free
45%
No.
•
Other
Free
60%
No.
•
Other:
•
Anesthetic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof
Free
45%
No.
•
Percussion hammers, stethoscopes and parts of stethoscopes
Free
45%
No.
9018.90.50
•
Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof
Free
27.5%
•
Sphygmomanometers and parts and accessories thereof
Free
27.5%
No.
•
Other
Free
27.5%
No.
•
Electro-medical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof:
•
Electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof
Free
55%
No.
•
Other:
•
Defibrillators
Free
35%
No.
•
Printed circuit assemblies for the defibrillators of subheading 9018.90.64
Free
35%
No.
9018.90.75
•
Other
Free
35%
•
Dialysis instruments and apparatus
Free
35%
No.
•
Other therapeutic appliances and instruments:
•
Ultrasonic
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
•
Parts and accessories of dialysis instruments and apparatus
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
55%
No.
Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof:
Code
9018.11
Description
Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereof:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Electrocardiographs
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Printed circuit assemblies
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Scintigraphic apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9018.19
Description
Other:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other:
Code
Description
Patient monitoring systems
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Printed circuit assemblies for parameter acquisition modules
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9018.19.95
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Basal metabolism and blood pressure apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Electroencephalographs (EEG) and electromyographs (EMG)
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Parts and accessories
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9018.20.00
Description
Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Therapeutic
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof:
Code
9018.31.00
Description
Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
60%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Syringes, with or without their needles:
Code
Description
Hypodermic
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
60%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
60%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Parts and accessories
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
60%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9018.39.00
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
30%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Bougies, catheters, drains and sondes, and parts and accessories thereof:
Code
Description
Rubber catheters
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
30%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
doz.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
30%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
30%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences, and parts and accessories thereof:
Code
Description
Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment, and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9018.49
Description
Other:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Dental burs
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
gross
Code
9018.49.80
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Dental hand instruments and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
60%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9018.90
Description
Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Optical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof:
Code
Description
Mirrors and reflectors
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
45%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
60%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other:
Code
Description
Anesthetic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
45%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Percussion hammers, stethoscopes and parts of stethoscopes
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
45%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9018.90.50
Description
Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
27.5%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Sphygmomanometers and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
27.5%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
27.5%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Electro-medical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof:
Code
Description
Electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other:
Code
Description
Defibrillators
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Printed circuit assemblies for the defibrillators of subheading 9018.90.64
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9018.90.75
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Dialysis instruments and apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other therapeutic appliances and instruments:
Code
Description
Ultrasonic
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Parts and accessories of dialysis instruments and apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
9019: Mechano-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:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
9019.10
Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; parts and accessories thereof:
9019.10.20
•
Mechano-therapy appliances and massage apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
Free
35%
•
Mechano-therapy appliances
Free
35%
No.
•
Massage apparatus:
•
Electrically operated:
•
Battery powered:
•
Handheld
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
•
Other:
•
Powered by AC adapter
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
•
Parts and accessories
Free
35%
No.
•
Other:
•
Electrically operated apparatus and parts thereof
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
55%
No.
Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
Free
35%
No.
Code
9019.10
Description
Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; parts and accessories thereof:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
9019.10.20
Description
Mechano-therapy appliances and massage apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Mechano-therapy appliances
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Massage apparatus:
Electrically operated:
Battery powered:
Code
Description
Handheld
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other:
Code
Description
Powered by AC adapter
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Parts and accessories
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other:
Code
Description
Electrically operated apparatus and parts thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
9020.00: Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Underwater breathing devices designed as a complete unit to be carried on the person and not requiring attendants
9021: Orthopedic 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:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
9021.10.00
Orthopedic or fracture appliances, and parts and accessories thereof
Free
55%
•
Bone plates, screws and nails, and other internal fixation devices or appliances
Free
55%
No.
•
Other
Free
55%
No.
Artificial teeth and dental fittings, and parts and accessories thereof:
9021.21
•
Artificial teeth and parts and accessories thereof:
•
Of plastics
Free
20%
No.
•
Other
Free
70%
No.
9021.29
•
Other:
•
Of plastics
Free
20%
No.
•
Other
Free
70%
No.
Other artificial parts of the body and parts and accessories thereof:
•
Artificial joints and parts and accessories thereof
Free
55%
No.
•
Other
Free
40%
No.
Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories thereof
Free
35%
No.
Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories thereof
Free
35%
No.
9021.90
Other:
9021.90.40
•
Parts and accessories for hearing aids and for pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles
Free
35%
•
For hearing aids
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
Code
9021.10.00
Description
Orthopedic or fracture appliances, and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Bone plates, screws and nails, and other internal fixation devices or appliances
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Artificial teeth and dental fittings, and parts and accessories thereof:
Code
9021.21
Description
Artificial teeth and parts and accessories thereof:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Of plastics
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
20%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
70%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9021.29
Description
Other:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Of plastics
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
20%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
70%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other artificial parts of the body and parts and accessories thereof:
Code
Description
Artificial joints and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
55%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9021.90
Description
Other:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
9021.90.40
Description
Parts and accessories for hearing aids and for pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
For hearing aids
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
9022: Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing 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; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:
•
Computed tomography apparatus
Free
35%
No.
•
Other, for dental uses
Free
35%
No.
•
Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses
Free
35%
No.
•
For other uses
Free
35%
No.
Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:
Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:
Code
Description
Computed tomography apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other, for dental uses
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
For other uses
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:
9023.00.00.00: Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses, and parts and accessories thereof
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses, and parts and accessories thereof
Free
Free
kg
Code
Description
Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses, and parts and accessories thereof
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
Free
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
9024: Machines 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:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Machines and appliances for testing metals
Free
40%
No.
Other machines and appliances
Free
40%
No.
9024.90.00
Parts and accessories
Free
40%
•
Of machines and appliances for testing metals
Free
40%
kg
•
Other
Free
40%
kg
Code
Description
Machines and appliances for testing metals
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other machines and appliances
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9024.90.00
Description
Parts and accessories
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Of machines and appliances for testing metals
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
9025: Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments:
9025.11
•
Liquid-filled, for direct reading:
•
Clinical
Free
85%
No.
•
Other
Free
85%
No.
9025.19
•
Other:
•
Pyrometers
Free
45%
No.
9025.19.80
•
Other
Free
40%
•
Clinical
•
Infrared thermometers of a kind described in statistical note 2 of this chapter
The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
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; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
9026.10
For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids:
9026.10.20
•
Electrical
Free
40%
•
Flow meters
Free
40%
No.
•
Other
Free
40%
No.
•
Other:
•
Flow meters
Free
$4.50 each + 65%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
9026.20
For measuring or checking pressure:
•
Electrical
Free
40%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
9026.80
Other instruments and apparatus:
•
Electrical
Free
40%
No.
•
Other:
•
Heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and anemometers
Free
$4.50 each + 65%
No.
•
Other
Free
35%
No.
9026.90
Parts and accessories:
•
Of electrical instruments and apparatus
Free
40%
kg
•
Other:
•
Of flow meters, heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters and anemometers
Free
65%
kg
•
Other
Free
35%
kg
Code
9026.10
Description
For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
9026.10.20
Description
Electrical
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Flow meters
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other:
Code
Description
Flow meters
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
$4.50 each + 65%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9026.20
Description
For measuring or checking pressure:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Electrical
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9026.80
Description
Other instruments and apparatus:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Electrical
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other:
Code
Description
Heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and anemometers
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
$4.50 each + 65%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9026.90
Description
Parts and accessories:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Of electrical instruments and apparatus
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Other:
Code
Description
Of flow meters, heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters and anemometers
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
65%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
35%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
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; parts and accessories thereof:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
9027.10
Gas or smoke analysis apparatus:
•
Electrical
Free
40%
kg No.
•
Other:
•
Optical instruments and apparatus
Free
50%
kg
•
Other
Free
40%
kg
9027.20
Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments:
9027.20.50
•
Electrical
Free
40%
•
Electrophoresis instruments
Free
40%
No.
•
Gas chromatographs
Free
40%
No.
•
Liquid chromatographs
Free
40%
No.
•
Other
Free
40%
No.
9027.20.80
•
Other
Free
40%
•
Gas chromatographs
Free
40%
No.
•
Liquid chromatographs
Free
40%
No.
•
Other
Free
40%
No.
9027.30
Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared):
9027.30.40
•
Electrical
Free
40%
•
Spectrophotometers
Free
40%
No.
•
Other
Free
40%
No.
9027.30.80
•
Other
Free
50%
•
Spectroscopes
Free
50%
No.
•
Other
Free
50%
No.
9027.50
Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared):
9029: Revolution 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:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
9029.10
Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, pedometers and the like:
9030: Oscilloscopes, 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:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionizing radiations
Free
40%
No.
9030.20
Oscilloscopes and oscillographs:
•
Specially designed for telecommunications
Free
40%
No.
•
Other oscilloscopes and oscillographs
Free
40%
No.
Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices):
Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)
Free
40%
No.
Other instruments and apparatus:
•
For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)
Free
40%
No.
•
Other, with a recording device
Free
40%
No.
•
Other
Free
40%
No.
9030.90
Parts and accessories:
•
For articles of subheading 9030.10:
•
Printed circuit assemblies
Free
40%
No.
•
Other
Free
40%
kg No.
•
Other:
•
Printed circuit assemblies:
•
Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.40 or 9030.82
Free
40%
No.
•
Other
Free
40%
No.
•
Other:
•
Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.82
Free
40%
kg
9030.90.89
•
Other
Free
40%
•
Of articles of subheading 9030.20
Free
40%
kg
•
Of articles of subheading 9030.31
Free
40%
kg
•
Of articles of subheading 9030.32
Free
40%
kg
•
Of articles of subheading 9030.33
Free
40%
kg
•
Of articles of subheading 9030.39
Free
40%
kg
•
Of articles of subheading 9030.40
Free
40%
kg
•
Of articles of subheading 9030.84
Free
40%
kg
•
Other
Free
40%
kg
Code
Description
Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionizing radiations
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9030.20
Description
Oscilloscopes and oscillographs:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Specially designed for telecommunications
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other oscilloscopes and oscillographs
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices):
Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other instruments and apparatus:
Code
Description
For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other, with a recording device
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9030.90
Description
Parts and accessories:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
For articles of subheading 9030.10:
Code
Description
Printed circuit assemblies
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg No.
Other:
Printed circuit assemblies:
Code
Description
Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.40 or 9030.82
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Other:
Code
Description
Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.82
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
9030.90.89
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Of articles of subheading 9030.20
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Of articles of subheading 9030.31
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Of articles of subheading 9030.32
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Of articles of subheading 9030.33
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Of articles of subheading 9030.39
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Of articles of subheading 9030.40
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Of articles of subheading 9030.84
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
9031: Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors; parts and accessories thereof:
For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)
Free
50%
•
For inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices
Free
50%
No.
•
For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices:
•
For wafers
Free
50%
No.
•
Other
Free
50%
No.
9031.49
•
Other:
•
Profile projectors
Free
45%
No.
•
Coordinate-measuring machines
Free
50%
No.
•
For inspecting masks (other than photomasks) used in manufacturing semiconductor devices; for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor devices
Free
50%
No.
•
Other
Free
50%
No.
9031.80
Other instruments, appliances and machines:
•
Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles
Free
40%
No.
9031.80.80
•
Other
Free
40%
•
Equipment for testing the characteristics of internal combustion engines:
•
For testing electrical characteristics
Free
40%
kg
•
Other
Free
40%
kg
•
Other
Free
40%
kg
9031.90
Parts and accessories:
•
Of profile projectors
Free
45%
kg
•
Of other optical instruments and appliances, other than test benches:
•
Bases and frames for the coordinate-measuring machines of subheading 9031.49.40
Free
50%
kg
•
Of optical instruments and appliances of subheading 9031.41 or 9031.49.70
For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
For inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices:
Code
Description
For wafers
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9031.49
Description
Other:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Profile projectors
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
45%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Coordinate-measuring machines
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
For inspecting masks (other than photomasks) used in manufacturing semiconductor devices; for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor devices
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9031.80
Description
Other instruments, appliances and machines:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
9031.80.80
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Equipment for testing the characteristics of internal combustion engines:
Code
Description
For testing electrical characteristics
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
9031.90
Description
Parts and accessories:
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Of profile projectors
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
45%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Of other optical instruments and appliances, other than test benches:
Code
Description
Bases and frames for the coordinate-measuring machines of subheading 9031.49.40
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Of optical instruments and appliances of subheading 9031.41 or 9031.49.70
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
50%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Other:
Code
Description
Of articles of subheading 9031.80.40
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
9031.90.91
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Code
Description
Of machines for balancing mechanical parts
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Of test benches
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
Code
Description
Other
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
kg
9032: Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof:
9033.00: Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90:
HS Code
Description
General Rate
Column 2 Rate
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
Light-emitting diode (LED) backlights modules, the foregoing 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 backlights illumination for liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
Free
40%
No.
Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called “touch screens”) without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infrared lights or other touch-sensitive technology)
Light-emitting diode (LED) backlights modules, the foregoing 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 backlights illumination for liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
General Rate
Free
Column 2 Rate
40%
Special Rate
Units of Quantity
No.
Code
Description
Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called “touch screens”) without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infrared lights or other touch-sensitive technology)