Current tariff classification

Schedule 3 - Section XVIII

Section XVIII - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof

Chapter 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

Notes

Notes.

This Chapter does not cover:
1. Articles of a kind used in machines, appliances or for other technical uses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (4016), of leather or of composition leather (4205) or of textile material (5911);
2. Supporting belts or other support articles of textile material, whose intended effect on the organ to be supported or held derives solely from their elasticity (for example, maternity belts, thoracic support bandages, abdominal support bandages, supports for joints or muscles) (Section XI);
3. Refractory goods of 6903; ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses, of 6909;
4. Glass mirrors, not optically worked, of 7009, or mirrors of base metal or of precious metal, not being optical elements (8306 or Chapter 71);
5. Goods of 7007, 7008.00.00, 7011, 7014, 7015 or 7017;
6. Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV) or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39); however, articles specially designed for use exclusively in implants in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences are to be classified in 9021;
7. Pumps incorporating measuring devices, of 8413; weight-operated counting or checking machinery, or separately presented weights for balances (8423); lifting or handling machinery (8425 to 8428); paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds (8441); fittings for adjusting work or tools on machine-tools or water jet-cutting machines, of 8466, including fittings with optical devices for reading the scale (for example, "optical" dividing heads) but not those which are in themselves essentially optical instruments (for example, alignment telescopes); calculating machines (8470); valves or other appliances of 8481; machines and apparatus (including apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitised semiconductor materials) of 8486;
8. Searchlights or spotlights of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles (8512); portable electric lamps of 8513; cinematographic sound recording, reproducing or re-recording apparatus (8519); sound-heads (8522); television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders (8525); radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus or radio remote control apparatus (8526); connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables (8536); numerical control apparatus of 8537; sealed beam lamp units of 8539; optical fibre cables of 8544;
- ij. Searchlights or spotlights of 9405;
1. Articles of Chapter 95;
2. Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles, of 9620;
3. Capacity measures, which are to be classified according to their constituent material; or
4. Spools, reels or similar supports (which are to be classified according to their constituent material, for example, in 3923 or Section XV).
Subject to Note 1 above, parts and accessories for machines, apparatus, instruments or articles of this Chapter are to be classified according to the following rules:
1. Parts and accessories which are goods included in any of the headings of this Chapter or of Chapter 84, Chapter 85 or Chapter 91 (other than 8487, 8548 or 9033.00.00) are in all cases to be classified in their respective headings;
2. Other parts and accessories, if suitable for use solely or principally with a particular kind of machine, instrument or apparatus, or with a number of machines, instruments or apparatus of the same heading (including a machine, instrument or apparatus of 9010, 9013 or 9031) are to be classified with the machines, instruments or apparatus of that kind;
3. All other parts and accessories are to be classified in 9033.00.00.
The provisions of Notes 3 and 4 to Section XVI apply also to this Chapter.
9005 does not apply to telescopic sights for fitting to arms, periscopic telescopes for fitting to submarines or tanks, or to telescopes for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI; such telescopic sights and telescopes are to be classified in 9013.
Measuring or checking optical instruments, appliances or machines which, but for this Note, could be classified both in 9013 and in 9031 are to be classified in 9031.
For the purposes of 9021, “orthopaedic appliances” means appliances for:
- Preventing or correcting bodily deformities; or
- Supporting or holding parts of the body following an illness, operation or injury.
Orthopaedic appliances include footwear and special insoles designed to correct orthopaedic conditions, provided that they are either (1) made to measure or (2) mass-produced, presented singly and not in pairs and designed to fit either foot equally.
9032 applies only to:
1. Instruments and apparatus for automatically controlling the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for automatically controlling temperature, whether or not their operation depends on an electrical phenomenon which varies according to the factor to be automatically controlled, which are designed to bring this factor to, and maintain it at, a desired value, stabilised against disturbances, by constantly or periodically measuring its actual value; and
2. Automatic regulators of electrical quantities, and instruments or apparatus for automatically controlling non-electrical quantities the operation of which depends on an electrical phenomenon varying according to the factor to be controlled, which are designed to bring this factor to, and maintain it at, a desired value, stabilised against disturbances, by constantly or periodically measuring its actual value.

Note 1(f) operative 1/1/22.

Additional Notes

This Chapter does not cover gas pressure regulators (so called) of the piston or diaphragm type, of a kind used with compressed gas cylinders or reticulated gas pipeline systems, incorporating a pressure reducing valve or the like, whether or not combined with a pressure gauge (8481).
For the purposes of 9021.10.42 and 9021.10.49, parts does not include pegs, protectors, eyelets, hooks, buckles, ornaments, braid, laces, pompons or other trimmings (which are to be classified in their appropriate headings) or buttons or other goods of 9606.

Additional Note 2 operative 1/1/22.

9001: Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of 8544; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
9002: Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
9003: Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof
9004: Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
9005: Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
9006: Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of 8539
9007: Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
9008: Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
9009: No heading
9010: Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
9011: Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
9012: Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
9013: Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
9014: Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
9015: Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
9016: Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights
9017: Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
9018: Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
9019: Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
9020: Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
9021: Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability
9022: Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising 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
9023: Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
9024: Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
9025: Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
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 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
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
9028: Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
9029: Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes
9030: Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations
9031: Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
9032: Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
9033: Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9001			OPTICAL FIBRES AND OPTICAL FIBRE BUNDLES; OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES OTHER THAN THOSE OF 8544; SHEETS AND PLATES OF POLARISING MATERIAL; LENSES (INCLUDING CONTACT LENSES), PRISMS, MIRRORS AND OTHER OPTICAL ELEMENTS, OF ANY MATERIAL, UNMOUNTED, OTHER THAN SUCH ELEMENTS OF GLASS NOT OPTICALLY WORKED:
9001.10.00	04	..	- Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables	Free	View TCOs for 9001.10.00 View TCOs for 9001.10
9001.20.00	03	..	- Sheets and plates of polarising material	Free	View TCOs for 9001.20.00
9001.30			- Contact lenses:		View TCOs for 9001.30
9001.30.10	37	No	--- Ophthalmic powered	Free	View TCOs for 9001.30.10
9001.30.90	38	No	--- Other	5% DCS:4% CA:Free DCT:5%	View TCOs for 9001.30.90
9001.40.00	39	Pr	- Spectacle lenses of glass	5% CA:Free	View TCOs for 9001.40.00
9001.50.00	51	Pr	- Spectacle lenses of other materials	5% CA:Free	View TCOs for 9001.50.00
9001.90			- Other:		View TCOs for 9001.90
9001.90.10			--- Goods, as follows: shaped eyepieces, not powered, for goggles and the like; other than of glass, of a kind used with motor vehicles; other articles of glass, other than prisms, mirrors or powered lenses	From 1 January 2017: 3.75% From 1 July 2017: 2.5% From 1 July 2018: 1.25% From 1 July 2019: Free
	10	..	Shaped eyepieces, not powered, for goggles and the like
			Other:
	20	..	.Glass semi-finished lens blanks for spectacles
	21	..	.Other
9001.90.90			--- Other	Free
	30	..	.Non-glass semi-finished lens blanks for spectacles
	31	..	.Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
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:
9002.11.00	54	No	-- For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers	Free
9002.19.00	20	..	-- Other	Free
9002.20.00	55	..	- Filters	Free
9002.90.00	23	..	- Other	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9003			FRAMES AND MOUNTINGS FOR SPECTACLES, GOGGLES OR THE LIKE, AND PARTS THEREOF:
9003.1			- Frames and mountings:
9003.11.00	29	No	-- Of plastics	5%	View TCOs for 9003.11.00
9003.19.00			-- Of other materials	5%	View TCOs for 9003.19.00
			Frames:
	57	No	.Spectacle type (including sunglass frames of the spectacle type but excluding frames for goggles)
	34	No	.Other
	35	..	Mountings
9003.90.00	36	..	- Parts	5%	View TCOs for 9003.90.00 View TCOs for 9003.90

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9004			SPECTACLES, GOGGLES AND THE LIKE, CORRECTIVE, PROTECTIVE OR OTHER:
9004.10.00	01	No	- Sunglasses	5%	View TCOs for 9004.10.00
9004.90.00			- Other	5%	View TCOs for 9004.90.00 View TCOs for 9004.90
	02	No	Non-powered safety eyewear (including sporting goggles)
	03	No	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9005			BINOCULARS, MONOCULARS, OTHER OPTICAL TELESCOPES, AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR; OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR, BUT NOT INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS FOR RADIO-ASTRONOMY:
9005.10.00	04	No	- Binoculars	Free
9005.80.00			- Other instruments	Free
	54	No	Refracting telescopes, monocular or binocular
	07	No	Other
9005.90.00	58	..	- Parts and accessories (including mountings)	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9006			PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC) CAMERAS; PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASH LIGHT APPARATUS AND FLASHBULBS OTHER THAN DISCHARGE LAMPS OF 8539:
9006.30.00	16	No	- 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
9006.40.00	17	No	- Instant print cameras	Free
9006.5			- Other cameras:
9006.53.00	23	No	-- For roll film of a width of 35 mm	Free
9006.59			-- Other:		View TCOs for 9006.59
9006.59.10	05	No	--- Cameras: (a) used for preparing printing plates or cylinders; and (b) used solely or principally in the graphic arts industries for the production of line, continuous tone or half-tone images	5% DCS:4% DCT:5%	View TCOs for 9006.59.10
9006.59.90	90	No	--- Other	Free
9006.6			- Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs:
9006.61.00	24	No	-- Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatus	Free
9006.69.00	25	No	-- Other	Free
9006.9			- Parts and accessories:
9006.91.00	01	..	-- For cameras	Free
9006.99.00	63	..	-- Other	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9007			CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS, WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDING OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS:
9007.10.00	10	No	- Cameras	Free
9007.20.00	51	No	- Projectors	Free
9007.9			- Parts and accessories:
9007.91.00	12	..	-- For cameras	Free
9007.92.00	09	..	-- For projectors	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9008			IMAGE PROJECTORS, OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC; PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC) ENLARGERS AND REDUCERS:
9008.50			- Projectors, enlargers and reducers:		View TCOs for 9008.50
9008.50.10	17	No	--- Overhead projectors	5% DCS:4% DCT:5%	View TCOs for 9008.50.10
9008.50.90	18	No	--- Other	Free
9008.90.00	24	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9010			APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC (INCLUDING CINEMATOGRAPHIC) LABORATORIES, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER; NEGATOSCOPES; PROJECTION SCREENS:
9010.10.00	47	No	- 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	Free
9010.50			- Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes:
9010.50.10	55	No	--- Goods, as follows: (a) layout tables; (b) photographic silver recovery apparatus; (c) vacuum frames	Free
9010.50.20	56	No	--- Apparatus and equipment for the processing of sensitised film or paper, NSA	Free
9010.50.90	59	No	--- Other	Free
9010.60.00	58	No	- Projection screens	5% From 1 July 2018: 3.75% From 1 July 2019: Free
9010.90			- Parts and accessories:		View TCOs for 9010.90
9010.90.10	30	..	--- For goods of 9010.50.90	Free
9010.90.20	36	..	--- For goods of 9010.50.20 or 9010.60.00	5% From 1 July 2018: 2.5% From 1 July 2019: Free
9010.90.30	37	..	--- For goods of 9010.50.10	5% DCS:4% DCT;5% From 1 July 2018: 2.5% From 1 July 2019: Free
9010.90.90	38	..	--- Other	5% DCS:4% DCT:5%	View TCOs for 9010.90.90

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9011			COMPOUND OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR PHOTOMICROGRAPHY, CINEPHOTOMICROGRAPHY OR MICROPROJECTION:
9011.10.00	03	No	- Stereoscopic microscopes	Free
9011.20.00	04	No	- Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection	Free
9011.80.00	04	No	- Other microscopes	Free
9011.90.00	06	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9012			MICROSCOPES OTHER THAN OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; DIFFRACTION APPARATUS:
9012.10.00	20	No	- Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus	Free
9012.90.00	20	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9013			LASERS, OTHER THAN LASER DIODES; OTHER OPTICAL APPLIANCES AND INSTRUMENTS, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER:
9013.10.00			- Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI	Free
	08	No	Telescopic sights for fitting to arms
	09	No	Other
9013.20.00	10	No	- Lasers, other than laser diodes	Free
9013.80.00	54	No	- Other devices, appliances and instruments	Free
9013.90.00			- Parts and accessories	Free
	48	..	For goods of 9013.20.00
	49	..	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9014			DIRECTION FINDING COMPASSES; OTHER NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES:
9014.10.00	16	No	- Direction finding compasses	Free
9014.20.00			- Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses)	Free
	18	No	Electric
	19	No	Other
9014.80.00			- Other instruments and appliances	Free
	50	No	Incorporating, or designed to incorporate, lasers
	51	No	Other
9014.90.00			- Parts and accessories	Free
	52	..	For goods of 9014.80.00.50
	53	..	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9015			SURVEYING (INCLUDING PHOTOGRAMMETRICAL SURVEYING), HYDROGRAPHIC, OCEANOGRAPHIC, HYDROLOGICAL, METEOROLOGICAL OR GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES, EXCLUDING COMPASSES; RANGEFINDERS:
9015.10.00	78	No	- Rangefinders	Free
9015.20.00	76	No	- Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)	Free
9015.30.00			- Levels	Free
	56	No	Incorporating, or designed to incorporate, lasers
	57	No	Other
9015.40.00	79	No	- Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances	Free
9015.80.00			- Other instruments and appliances	Free
	58	No	Goods, as follows: (a) incorporating, or designed to incorporate, lasers; (b) electrical geophysical instruments and appliances
	59	No	Other
9015.90.00	06	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9016.00.00	80	..	BALANCES OF A SENSITIVITY OF 5 cg OR BETTER, WITH OR WITHOUT WEIGHTS	Free	View TCOs for 9016.00.00

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
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:
9017.10.00	08	No	- Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic	Free
9017.20			- Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments:		View TCOs for 9017.20
9017.20.10	40	No	--- Goods, as follows: (a) disc calculators and the like; (b) drawing curves; (c) parallel rules of plastic; (d) protractors; (e) set squares; (f) stencils	5%	View TCOs for 9017.20.10
9017.20.90	49	No	--- Other	Free
9017.30.00	50	No	- Micrometers, callipers and gauges	Free
9017.80			- Other instruments:		View TCOs for 9017.80
9017.80.20	54	No	--- Goods, as follows: (a) graduated rules of wood or plastic, other than folding rules; (b) steel tape measures	5%	View TCOs for 9017.80.20
9017.80.80	57	No	--- Other	Free
9017.90.00	60	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
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):
9018.11.00	16	..	-- Electro-cardiographs	Free
9018.12.00	43	No	-- Ultrasonic scanning apparatus	Free
9018.13.00	44	No	-- Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus	Free
9018.14.00	45	No	-- Scintigraphic apparatus	Free
9018.19.00			-- Other	Free
	69	No	Physiological equipment for monitoring or recording respiration rate, heart beat rate, blood pressure or body temperature
	70	..	Goods, as follows: (a) audiometers, single channel, of the screening type other than those used solely for testing the hearing of new born infants; (b) kymographs
	71	..	Other
9018.20.00	20	..	- Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus	Free
9018.3			- Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like:
9018.31.00			-- Syringes, with or without needles	Free
	86	..	Syringes of plastic with or without needles, designed for use with injection or puncture needles
	87	..	Other
9018.32.00			-- Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures	Free
	88	No	Injection or puncture needles
	89	..	Other
9018.39.00			-- Other	Free
	90	..	Catheters (other than elastic gum woven catheters), cannulae, suction tubes and the like
	91	..	Other
9018.4			- Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences:
9018.41.00	04	No	-- Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment	Free
9018.49.00			-- Other	Free
	79	..	Goods, as follows: (a) apparatus for the administration of anaesthetic gases; (b) dental endodontic depth measuring gauges, dental occlusal programming units; (c) dental chairs; (d) operating handpieces
	77	..	Other
9018.50.00	08	..	- Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances	Free
9018.90.00			- Other instruments and appliances	Free
	81	No	Goods, as follows: (a) apparatus for the administration of anaesthetic gases; (b) drainage appliances (including calibrated drainage bags) with, or designed to be used with, a catheter; (c) incubators for babies; (d) infusion or transfusion sets for blood or other fluids; (e) suction apparatus
	82	No	Blood packs and blood pack systems used for collecting, processing, storing and administering blood and blood components
	83	No	Defibrillators
	08	..	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9019			MECHANO-THERAPY APPLIANCES; MASSAGE APPARATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL APTITUDE-TESTING APPARATUS; OZONE THERAPY, OXYGEN THERAPY, AEROSOL THERAPY, ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION OR OTHER THERAPEUTIC RESPIRATION APPARATUS:
9019.10.00	12	..	- Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus	Free
9019.20.00			- Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus	Free
	84	..	Goods, as follows: (a) aerosol therapy apparatus; (b) ozone therapy apparatus
	85	..	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9020.00.00			OTHER BREATHING APPLIANCES AND GAS MASKS, EXCLUDING PROTECTIVE MASKS HAVING NEITHER MECHANICAL PARTS NOR REPLACEABLE FILTERS	Free	View TCOs for 9020.00.00
	51	..	Breathing appliances of a kind designed to enable the wearer to breathe underwater
	52	..	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
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:		View TCOs for 9021.10
9021.10.10	64	..	--- Footwear and special insoles made to measure for a specific orthopaedic disorder	Free
9021.10.20	69	..	--- Footwear, NSA, excluding parts, designed to correct orthopaedic conditions	5%	View TCOs for 9021.10.20
9021.10.30	56	..	--- Special insoles, NSA, excluding parts, designed to correct orthopaedic conditions	5%	View TCOs for 9021.10.30
9021.10.4			--- Parts for goods of 9021.10.20 or 9021.10.30:		View TCOs for 9021.10.4
9021.10.42	73	..	---- Parts, as specified in Note 1(f) to this Chapter, being of titanium	Free	View TCOs for 9021.10.42
9021.10.49	75	..	---- Other	5%	View TCOs for 9021.10.49
9021.10.9			--- Other:
9021.10.91	90	..	---- Parts, as specified in Note 1(f) to this Chapter, excluding titanium	5%	View TCOs for 9021.10.91
9021.10.99	91	..	---- Other	Free	View TCOs for 9021.10.91
9021.2			- Artificial teeth and dental fittings:
9021.21.00	17	..	-- Artificial teeth	Free
9021.29			-- Other:
9021.29.10	19	..	--- Parts, as specified in Note 1(f) to this Chapter, excluding titanium	5%	View TCOs for 9021.29.10
9021.29.90	90	..	--- Other	Free
9021.3			- Other artificial parts of the body:
9021.31.00	78	No	-- Artificial joints	Free
9021.39.00	79	..	-- Other	Free
9021.40.00	20	No	- Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories	Free
9021.50.00	21	..	- Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories	Free
9021.90.00			- Other	Free
	22	..	Parts and accessories for hearing aids
	90	..	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9022			APPARATUS BASED ON THE USE OF X-RAYS OR OF ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA OR OTHER IONISING 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:
9022.12.00	45	..	-- Computed tomography apparatus	Free
9022.13.00	46	..	-- Other, for dental uses	Free
9022.14.00	47	..	-- Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses	Free
9022.19.00	25	..	-- For other uses	Free
9022.2			- Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:
9022.21.00	27	..	-- For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses	Free
9022.29.00	55	..	-- For other uses	Free
9022.30.00	28	No	- X-ray tubes	Free
9022.90.00	30	..	- Other, including parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9023.00.00	01	..	INSTRUMENTS, APPARATUS AND MODELS, DESIGNED FOR DEMONSTRATIONAL PURPOSES (FOR EXAMPLE, IN EDUCATION OR EXHIBITIONS), UNSUITABLE FOR OTHER USES	Free	View TCOs for 9023.00.00

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
9024			MACHINES AND APPLIANCES FOR TESTING THE HARDNESS, STRENGTH, COMPRESSIBILITY, ELASTICITY OR OTHER MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (FOR EXAMPLE, METALS, WOOD, TEXTILES, PAPER, PLASTICS):
9024.10.00	46	..	- Machines and appliances for testing metals	Free
9024.80.00	47	..	- Other machines and appliances	Free
9024.90.00	06	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
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:
9025.11.00	07	No	-- Liquid-filled, for direct reading	Free
9025.19.00	40	No	-- Other	Free
9025.80.00	48	No	- Other instruments	Free
9025.90.00	16	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
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 9014, 9015, 9028 OR 9032:
9026.10			- For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids:		View TCOs for 9026.10
9026.10.20	59	No	--- Gauges of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles	5%	View TCOs for 9026.10.20
9026.10.80	53	No	--- Other	Free
9026.20			- For measuring or checking pressure:		View TCOs for 9026.20
9026.20.20	61	No	--- Gauges of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles	5%	View TCOs for 9026.20.20
9026.20.80			--- Other	Free
	98	No	Gauges of a kind used in motor vehicles other than passenger motor vehicles
	62	No	Electric gauges, NSA
	63	No	Other
9026.80			- Other instruments or apparatus:		View TCOs for 9026.80
9026.80.20	99	No	--- Gauges of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles	5%	View TCOs for 9026.80.20
9026.80.80	34	No	--- Other	Free
9026.90.00			- Parts and accessories	Free
	91	..	For goods of 9026.10.20, 9026.20.20 or 9026.80.20
	95	..	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#
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:
9027.10.00	01	No	- Gas or smoke analysis apparatus	Free
9027.20.00	02	No	- Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments	Free
9027.30.00			- Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)	Free
	42	No	Spectrometers; spectrographs
			Spectrophotometers:
	43	No	.Electrical
	44	No	.Other
9027.50.00	69	No	- Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)	Free
9027.8			- Other instruments and apparatus:
9027.81.00	80	No	-- Mass spectrometers	Free
9027.89.00	90	No	-- Other	Free
9027.90.00			- Microtomes; parts and accessories	Free
	47	..	Parts and accessories for electrical spectrophotometers of 9027.30.00.43
	48	..	Parts and accessories for electrical pH and rH meters of 9027.80.00.41
			Other:
	49	No	.Microtomes
	50	..	.Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9028			GAS, LIQUID OR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY OR PRODUCTION METERS, INCLUDING CALIBRATING METERS THEREFOR:
9028.10			- Gas meters:		View TCOs for 9028.10
9028.10.10	24	No	--- Of the household supply kind	Free	View TCOs for 9028.10.10
9028.10.90	25	No	--- Other	Free
9028.20			- Liquid meters:		View TCOs for 9028.20
9028.20.10	26	No	--- Water meters, as follows: (a) of the inferential kind; (b) of the positive kind not exceeding 100 mm diameter in size	5%	View TCOs for 9028.20.10
9028.20.90	27	No	--- Other	Free
9028.30.00			- Electricity meters	From 1 January 2017: 3.75% From 1 July 2017: 2.5% From 1 July 2018: 1.25% From 1 July 2019: Free
	17	No	Single phase
	18	No	Other
9028.90.00	68	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9029			REVOLUTION COUNTERS, PRODUCTION COUNTERS, TAXIMETERS, MILEOMETERS, PEDOMETERS AND THE LIKE; SPEED INDICATORS AND TACHOMETERS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF 9014 OR 9015; STROBOSCOPES:
9029.10			- Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like:		View TCOs for 9029.10
9029.10.20	03	No	--- Of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles	5%	View TCOs for 9029.10.20
9029.10.80	06	No	--- Other	Free
9029.20			- Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes:		View TCOs for 9029.20
9029.20.10	68	No	--- Of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles	5%	View TCOs for 9029.20.10
9029.20.90	71	No	--- Other	Free
9029.90			- Parts and accessories:		View TCOs for 9029.90
9029.90.10	72	..	--- For goods of 9029.10.20 or 9029.20.10	5%	View TCOs for 9029.90.10
9029.90.90	73	..	--- Other	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9030			OSCILLOSCOPES, SPECTRUM ANALYSERS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR CHECKING ELECTRICAL QUANTITIES, EXCLUDING METERS OF 9028; INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR DETECTING ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, X-RAY, COSMIC OR OTHER IONISING RADIATIONS:
9030.10.00	74	No	- Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations	Free	View
9030.20.00	75	No	- Oscilloscopes and oscillographs	Free
9030.3			- Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices):
9030.31.00	40	No	-- Multimeters without a recording device	Free
9030.32.00	41	No	-- Multimeters with a recording device	Free
9030.33.00	42	No	-- Other, without a recording device	Free
9030.39.00	43	No	-- Other, with a recording device	Free
9030.40.00	36	No	- Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)	Free
9030.8			- Other instruments and apparatus:
9030.82.00	39	No	-- For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)	Free
9030.84.00	47	No	-- Other, with a recording device	Free
9030.89.00	48	No	-- Other	Free
9030.90.00			- Parts and accessories	Free
	74	..	For goods of 9030.10.00
	77	..	Other

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
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:
9031.10.20	67	No	--- Motor vehicle wheel balancers of the static kind	5% From 1 July 2018: 3.75% From 1 July 2019: Free
9031.10.80	69	No	--- Other	Free
9031.20			- Test benches:		View TCOs for 9031.20
9031.20.10	70	No	--- Electrical, for internal combustion engines	5%	View TCOs for 9031.20.10
9031.20.90	71	No	--- Other	Free
9031.4			- Other optical instruments and appliances:
9031.41.00	42	No	-- For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)	Free
9031.49.00	44	No	-- Other	Free
9031.80.00			- Other instruments, appliances and machines	Free
	82	No	Goods, as follows: (a) bubble levels; (b) electrical dynamometers (chassis or engine), for testing motor vehicles or motor cycles; (c) electrical instruments, appliances and machines for analysing or testing internal combustion engines; (d) non-electrical instruments, appliances and machines
	83	No	Other
9031.90.00	89	..	- Parts and accessories	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9032			AUTOMATIC REGULATING OR CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS:
9032.10.00	50	No	- Thermostats	Free
9032.20.00	94	No	- Manostats	Free
9032.8			- Other instruments and apparatus:
9032.81.00	03	No	-- Hydraulic or pneumatic	Free
9032.89			-- Other:		View TCOs for 9032.89
9032.89.1			--- Automatic voltage regulators of a kind commonly used with motor vehicles, for 6 V or 12 V systems:		View TCOs for 9032.89.1
9032.89.11	18	No	---- Of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles	5%	View TCOs for 9032.89.11
9032.89.19	19	No	---- Other	Free
9032.89.80			--- Other	Free
	89	No	Goods, as follows: (a) of a kind commonly used with dies or moulds to automatically control their temperature, being apparatus the control function of which is achieved by the temperature of the circulating fluid responding to changes in the temperature of the goods being controlled; (b) incorporating, or designed to incorporate, thyristors, power transistors or the like, of a kind used for controlling electric motors
	90	No	Other
9032.90			- Parts and accessories:		View TCOs for 9032.90
9032.90.20	92	..	--- Of a kind used as components in passenger motor vehicles	5%	View TCOs for 9032.90.20
9032.90.80	93	..	--- Other	Free

Reference Number	Statistical Code	Unit	Goods	Rate#	Tariff concession orders
9033.00.00	11	..	PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER) FOR MACHINES, APPLIANCES, INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS OF CHAPTER 90	Free	View TCOs for 9033.00.00

Footnote

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# Unless otherwise indicated NZ, PG, FI, DC, LDC and SG rates are Free.

The SG rate cannot be used to claim preferential tariff treatment for goods that are the produce or manufacture of Singapore unless the goods were imported before 1 December 2020.

Unless otherwise indicated general rate applies for CA.

Unless indicated in the relevant Schedule, rates for originating goods under a free trade agreement are Free.

DCS denotes the rate for countries and places listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff Regulations 2004.

DCT denotes the rate for HK, KR, SG and TW.

If no DCT rate shown, DCS rate applies. If no DCT or DCS rate shown, general rate applies.

From 25 April 2022 the amount of duty applied to additional duty goods, in accordance with section 18A of the Customs Tariff Act 1995, is equal to the general rate of duty plus an amount equal to 35% of the value of the goods.

From 4 July 2022, goods of Ukraine, in accordance with proposed section 18B of the Customs Tariff Act 1995, are Free.

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Section XVIII - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof

Chapter 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

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