HS Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
All 143 six-digit HS codes in this chapter, under 32 headings, with the official descriptions.
| HS code | Official description |
|---|---|
| 90.01 | Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 85.44; sheets and plates of polarizing material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked. |
| 9001.10 | Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables |
| 9001.20 | Sheets and plates of polarizing material |
| 9001.30 | Contact lenses |
| 9001.40 | Spectacle lenses of glass |
| 9001.50 | Spectacle lenses of other materials |
| 9001.90 | Other |
| 90.02 | 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. |
| 9002.11 | For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducersObjective lenses |
| 9002.19 | OtherObjective lenses |
| 9002.20 | Filters |
| 9002.90 | Other |
| 90.03 | Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof. |
| 9003.11 | Of plasticsFrames and mountings |
| 9003.19 | Of other materialsFrames and mountings |
| 9003.90 | Parts |
| 90.04 | Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other. |
| 9004.10 | Sunglasses |
| 9004.90 | Other |
| 90.05 | Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy. |
| 9005.10 | Binoculars |
| 9005.80 | Other instruments |
| 9005.90 | Parts and accessories (including mountings) |
| 90.06 | Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 85.39. |
| 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 |
| 9006.40 | Instant print cameras |
| 9006.53 | For roll film of a width of 35 mmOther cameras |
| 9006.59 | OtherOther cameras |
| 9006.61 | Discharge lamp (''electronic'') flashlight apparatusPhotographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs |
| 9006.69 | OtherPhotographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs |
| 9006.91 | For camerasParts and accessories |
| 9006.99 | OtherParts and accessories |
| 90.07 | Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus. |
| 9007.10 | Cameras |
| 9007.20 | Projectors |
| 9007.91 | For camerasParts and accessories |
| 9007.92 | For projectorsParts and accessories |
| 90.08 | Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers. |
| 9008.50 | Projectors, enlargers and reducers |
| 9008.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.10 | 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 |
| 9010.50 | Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes |
| 9010.60 | Projection screens |
| 9010.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.11 | Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection. |
| 9011.10 | Stereoscopic microscopes |
| 9011.20 | Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection |
| 9011.80 | Other microscopes |
| 9011.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.12 | Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus. |
| 9012.10 | Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus |
| 9012.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.13 | 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 |
| 9013.20 | Lasers, other than laser diodes |
| 9013.80 | Other devices, appliances and instruments |
| 9013.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.14 | Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances. |
| 9014.10 | Direction finding compasses |
| 9014.20 | Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) |
| 9014.80 | Other instruments and appliances |
| 9014.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.15 | Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders. |
| 9015.10 | Rangefinders |
| 9015.20 | Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers) |
| 9015.30 | Levels |
| 9015.40 | Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances |
| 9015.80 | Other instruments and appliances |
| 9015.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.16 | Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights. |
| 9016.00 | Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights. |
| 90.17 | 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 |
| 9017.20 | Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments |
| 9017.30 | Micrometers, callipers and gauges |
| 9017.80 | Other instruments |
| 9017.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.18 | Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments. |
| 9018.11 | Electro-cardiographsElectro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) |
| 9018.12 | Ultrasonic scanning apparatusElectro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) |
| 9018.13 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatusElectro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) |
| 9018.14 | Scintigraphic apparatusElectro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) |
| 9018.19 | OtherElectro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) |
| 9018.20 | Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus |
| 9018.31 | Syringes, with or without needlesSyringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like |
| 9018.32 | Tubular metal needles and needles for suturesSyringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like |
| 9018.39 | OtherSyringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like |
| 9018.41 | Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipmentOther instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences |
| 9018.49 | OtherOther instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences |
| 9018.50 | Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances |
| 9018.90 | Other instruments and appliances |
| 90.19 | 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 |
| 9019.20 | Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus |
| 90.20 | Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters. |
| 9020.00 | Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters. |
| 90.21 | 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 |
| 9021.21 | Artificial teethArtificial teeth and dental fittings |
| 9021.29 | OtherArtificial teeth and dental fittings |
| 9021.31 | Artificial jointsOther artificial parts of the body |
| 9021.39 | OtherOther artificial parts of the body |
| 9021.40 | Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories |
| 9021.50 | Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories |
| 9021.90 | Other |
| 90.22 | 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. |
| 9022.12 | Computed tomography apparatusApparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus |
| 9022.13 | Other, for dental usesApparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus |
| 9022.14 | Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary useApparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus |
| 9022.19 | For other usesApparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus |
| 9022.21 | For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary usesApparatus 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 |
| 9022.29 | For other usesApparatus 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 |
| 9022.30 | X-ray tubes |
| 9022.90 | Other, including parts and accessories |
| 90.23 | Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses. |
| 9023.00 | Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses. |
| 90.24 | 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 |
| 9024.80 | Other machines and appliances |
| 9024.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.25 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments. |
| 9025.11 | Liquid-filled, for direct readingThermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments |
| 9025.19 | OtherThermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments |
| 9025.80 | Other instruments |
| 9025.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.26 | Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flowmeters, 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 |
| 9026.20 | For measuring or checking pressure |
| 9026.80 | Other instruments or apparatus |
| 9026.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.27 | 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 |
| 9027.20 | Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments |
| 9027.30 | Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) |
| 9027.50 | Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) |
| 9027.81 | Mass spectrometersOther instruments and apparatus |
| 9027.89 | OtherOther instruments and apparatus |
| 9027.90 | Microtomes; parts and accessories |
| 90.28 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor. |
| 9028.10 | Gas meters |
| 9028.20 | Liquid meters |
| 9028.30 | Electricity meters |
| 9028.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.29 | 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 |
| 9029.20 | Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes |
| 9029.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.30 | Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers 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 ionizing radiations. |
| 9030.10 | Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionizing radiations |
| 9030.20 | Oscilloscopes and oscillographs |
| 9030.31 | Multimeters without a recording deviceOther instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) |
| 9030.32 | Multimeters with a recording deviceOther instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) |
| 9030.33 | Other, without a recording deviceOther instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) |
| 9030.39 | Other, with a recording deviceOther instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) |
| 9030.40 | Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) |
| 9030.82 | For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)Other instruments and apparatus |
| 9030.84 | Other, with a recording deviceOther instruments and apparatus |
| 9030.89 | OtherOther instruments and apparatus |
| 9030.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.31 | Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors. |
| 9031.10 | Machines for balancing mechanical parts |
| 9031.20 | Test benches |
| 9031.41 | For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)Other optical instruments and appliances |
| 9031.49 | OtherOther optical instruments and appliances |
| 9031.80 | Other instruments, appliances and machines |
| 9031.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.32 | Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus. |
| 9032.10 | Thermostats |
| 9032.20 | Manostats |
| 9032.81 | Hydraulic or pneumaticOther instruments and apparatus |
| 9032.89 | OtherOther instruments and apparatus |
| 9032.90 | Parts and accessories |
| 90.33 | Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90. |
| 9033.00 | Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90. |
Official descriptions: CBSA Customs Tariff, 2026 (version 2). These are six-digit HS subheadings, shared by Canada, the United States and Mexico. Import entries need the full ten-digit code for the importing country: check the CBSA Customs Tariff for Canada or the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, and confirm the classification with your customs broker.