Chapter 90Precision Instruments
Optical & Medical Instruments — US Tariff Rates
US tariff rates for optical instruments, photographic equipment, measuring instruments, and medical devices. HTS codes and import duties for lenses, microscopes, and precision measurement tools.
HTS Codes
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HTS Codes in Chapter 90 — Optical & Medical Instruments
| HTS Code | Description | Base Duty | Tariff Flags | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9001.10.00 | Optical fibers, optical fiber bundles and cables | 6.7% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.20.00.00 | Sheets and plates of polarizing material | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.30.00.00 | Contact lenses | 2% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.40.00.00 | Spectacle lenses of glass | 2% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.50.00.00 | Spectacle lenses of other materials | 2% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.90.40.00 | Lenses | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.90.50.00 | Prisms | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.90.60.00 | Mirrors | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.90.80.00 | Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processes | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9001.90.90.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.11.40.00 | Projection | 2.45% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.11.60.00 | 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 | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.11.90.00 | Other | 2.3% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.19.00.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.20.40.00 | Photographic | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.20.80.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.90.20.00 | Prisms | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.90.40.00 | Mirrors | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.90.70.00 | Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processes | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.90.85.00 | 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 | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9002.90.95.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9003.11.00.00 | Of plastics | 2.5% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9003.19.00.00 | Of other materials | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9003.90.00.00 | Parts | 2.5% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9004.10.00.00 | Sunglasses | 2% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9004.90.00 | Other | 2.5% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9005.10.00 | Binoculars | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9005.80.40 | Optical telescopes | 8% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9005.80.60.00 | Other | 6% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9005.90.40.00 | Incorporating goods of heading 9001 or 9002 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9005.90.80.01 | Other | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.30.00.00 | 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 | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.40.40.00 | Fixed focus | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.40.60.00 | Valued not over $10 each | 6.8% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.40.90.00 | Valued over $10 each | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.53.02 | For roll film of a width of 35 mm | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.01 | With through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR)) | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.05 | 110 cameras | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.08.00 | Other | 4% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.10.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.12.00 | Valued not over $10 each | 6.8% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.15 | Valued over $10 each | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.20.00 | Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.40 | Fixed focus | 4% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.60.00 | Valued not over $10 each | 6.8% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.59.91.00 | Valued over $10 each | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.61.00 | Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatus | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.69.01 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.91.00.01 | For cameras | 5.8% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9006.99.00.00 | Other | 3.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9007.10.00.00 | Cameras | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9007.20.20.00 | With sound recording and reproducing systems; and those capable of projecting only sound motion pictures | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9007.20.40.00 | Other | 4.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9007.20.60 | With sound recording and reproducing systems; and those capable of projecting only sound motion pictures | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9007.20.80.00 | Other | 3.5% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9007.91.40.00 | Parts | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9007.91.80.01 | Other | 3.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9007.92.00.00 | For projectors | 3.5% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9008.50.10.00 | Slide projectors | 7% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9008.50.20.00 | Capable of producing copies | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9008.50.30.00 | Other | 3.5% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9008.50.40.00 | Other image projectors | 4.6% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9008.50.50.00 | Photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9008.90.40.00 | Of image projectors, other than cinematographic | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9008.90.80.00 | Other | 2.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.10.00.00 | 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 | 2.4% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.50.10.00 | Contact printers | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.50.20.00 | Developing tanks | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.50.30.00 | Editors and combination editor-splicers, for cinematographic film | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.50.40.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.50.50.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.50.60.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.60.00.00 | Projection screens | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.90.85.00 | Parts and accessories of articles of subheadings 9010.50 and 9010.60 | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9010.90.95.00 | Other | 2.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9011.10.40.00 | Provided with a means for photographing the image | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9011.10.80.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9011.20.40.00 | Provided with a means for photographing the image | 3.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9011.20.80.00 | Other | 7.2% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9011.80.00.00 | Other microscopes | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9011.90.00.00 | Parts and accessories | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9012.10.00.00 | Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9012.90.00.00 | Parts and accessories | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.10.10.00 | Not designed for use with infrared light | 14.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.10.30.00 | Other | 1.4% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.10.45.00 | Telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter of section XVI | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.10.50.00 | Other | 5.3% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.20.00.00 | Lasers, other than laser diodes | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.80.20.00 | Hand magnifiers, magnifying glasses, loupes, thread counters and similar apparatus | 6.6% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.80.40.00 | Door viewers (door eyes) | 5.8% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.80.91.00 | Other | 4.5% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.90.20.00 | Of telescopic sights for rifles | 16% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.90.70.00 | Other parts and accessories, other than for telescopic sights for fitting to arms or for periscopes | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9013.90.80.00 | Other | 4.5% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.10.10.00 | Optical instruments | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.10.60.00 | Gyroscopic compasses, other than electrical | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.10.70 | Electrical | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.10.90.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.20.20.00 | Optical instruments and appliances | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.20.40.00 | Automatic pilots | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.20.60.00 | Electrical | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.20.80 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.80.10.00 | Optical instruments | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.80.20.00 | Ships' logs and depth-sounding apparatus | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.80.40.00 | Electrical | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.80.50.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.90.10.00 | Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.40 | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.90.20 | Of articles covered by subheading 9014.20.80 | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.90.40.00 | Of articles covered by subheading 9014.80.50 | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9014.90.60.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.10.40.00 | Electrical | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.10.80.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.20.40.00 | Electrical | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.20.80.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.30.40.00 | Electrical | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.30.80.00 | Other | 2.8% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.40.40.00 | Electrical | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.40.80.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.80.20.00 | Optical instruments and appliances | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.80.60.00 | Seismographs | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.80.80 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9015.90.01 | Parts and accessories | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9016.00.20.00 | Electrical balances and parts and accessories thereof | 3.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9016.00.40.00 | Jewelers' balances and parts and accessories thereof | 2.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9016.00.60.00 | Other | 3.3% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.10.40.00 | Plotters | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.10.80.00 | Other | 3.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.20.40.00 | Disc calculators, slide rules and other mathematical calculating instruments | 3.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.20.70.00 | Plotters | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.20.80 | Other | 4.6% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.30.40.00 | Micrometers and calipers | 5.8% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.30.80.00 | Other | 3.9% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.80.00.00 | Other instruments | 5.3% | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9017.90.01 | Parts and accessories | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.11.30.00 | Electrocardiographs | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.11.60.00 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.11.90.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.12.00.00 | Ultrasonic scanning apparatus | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.13.00.00 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.14.00.00 | Scintigraphic apparatus | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.19.40.00 | Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.19.55.00 | Patient monitoring systems | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.19.75.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for parameter acquisition modules | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.19.95 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.20.00 | Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.31.00 | Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.32.00.00 | Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures and parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.39.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.41.00.00 | Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment, and parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.49.40.00 | Dental burs | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.49.80 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.50.00.00 | Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.10.00 | Mirrors and reflectors | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.20.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.30.00 | Anesthetic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.40.00 | Percussion hammers, stethoscopes and parts of stethoscopes | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.50 | Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.60.00 | Electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.64.00 | Defibrillators | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.68.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for the defibrillators of subheading 9018.90.64 | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.75 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9018.90.80.00 | Other | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% | |
| 9019.10.20 | Mechano-therapy appliances and massage apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | Free | §301 +25%§122 +15% |
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About HTS Chapter 90 — Optical & Medical Instruments
HTS Chapter 90 covers optical & medical instruments under the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The HTS is maintained by the US International Trade Commission (USITC) and updated periodically to reflect trade policy changes including executive orders, Section 232 national security tariffs, Section 301 China tariffs, and Section 122 emergency tariffs.
To import goods under Chapter 90, US importers must declare the correct 10-digit HTS code on their Customs entry. The duty rate shown is the general (MFN) rate. Special rates may apply under free trade agreements (FTAs) such as USMCA, CPTPP, or bilateral agreements. Use the FTA Checker to see if preferential rates apply to your shipment.
Anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders may impose additional duties on specific products and countries of origin beyond the rates shown here. Always consult with a licensed customs broker for classification decisions.