HS chapter 90
Optical, medical and measuring instruments
Chapter 90 has 32 headings with 241 EU tariff lines and 368 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 235 EU and 84 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 0 EU and 272 Mercosur lines.
Official chapter title: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories · Data last updated 18 October 2026
How fast duties fall
Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.
| Treatment | EU lines | Mercosur lines |
|---|---|---|
| Duty-free from entry into force (0) | 235 | 84 |
| Phased out over 4 to 8 years | 6 | 12 |
| Phased out over 10 years | 0 | 180 |
| Phased out over 15 years (15, 15V) | 0 | 62 |
| Excluded (E) | 0 | 30 |
Headings in this chapter
Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.
| Heading | Description | Into the EU | Into Brazil | Calculate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9001 | Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables not of heading no. 8544; sheets, plates of polarising material; lenses, prisms, mirrors, of any material; unmounted; not non optical glassExcluded lines | base 2.9% | base 12–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9002 | Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked | base 6.7%zero by 2030 | base 0–16%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9003 | Frames and mountings; for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts | base 2.2% | base 16–18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9004 | Spectacles, goggles and the like; corrective, protective or other | base 2.9% | base 18–20%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9005 | Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, mountings therefore; other astronomical instruments, mountings therefore, but not including instruments for radio-astronomyExcluded lines | base 4.2% | base 14–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9006 | Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic); photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading no. 8539Excluded lines | base 3.2–4.2% | base 0–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9007 | Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus | base 3.7% | base 0–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9008 | Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers | base 3.7% | base 16–18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9010 | Photographic (including cinematographic) laboratory apparatus and equipment, n.e.c. in chapter 90; negatoscopes; projection screens | base 2.7% | base 0–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9011 | Microscopes, compound optical; including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection | base 0–6.7%zero by 2030 | base 0–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9012 | Microscopes (excluding optical microscopes); diffraction apparatus | base 0–3.7% | base 0–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9013 | Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments n.e.c. in this chapter | base 0–4.7%zero by 2030 | base 0–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9014 | Navigational instruments and appliances; direction finding compasses | base 2.7–3.7% | base 0–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9015 | Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses, rangefinders | base 2.7–3.7% | base 0–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9016 | Balances; of a sensitivity of 5cg or better, with or without weightsExcluded lines | base 3.7% | base 14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9017 | Drawing, marking-out, mathematical calculating instruments (drafting machines, protractors, drawing sets etc); instruments for measuring length (e.g. measuring rods, tapes, micrometers, callipers) n.e.c.Excluded lines | base 0–2.7% | base 0–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9018 | Medical and dental instrumentsExcluded lines | base 0% | base 0–16%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9019 | Mechano-therapy, massage appliances; psychological aptitude testing apparatus; ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatusExcluded lines | base 0% | base 14%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9020 | Breathing appliances and gas masks; excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters and excluding apparatus of item no. 9019.20 | base 1.7% | base 16%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9021 | Orthopaedic appliances and implantsExcluded lines | base 0% | base 0–16%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 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 tensExcluded lines | base 0–2.1% | base 0–14%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9023 | Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses | base 1.4% | base 16%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9024 | Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity of other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics) | base 2.1–3.2% | base 0–14%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9025 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or notExcluded lines | base 0–3.2% | base 0–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9026 | Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032Excluded lines | base 0% | base 2–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9027 | Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light | base 0–2.5% | base 0–14%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereforExcluded lines | base 2.1% | base 14–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9029 | Revolution counter, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like, speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading no. 9015, stroboscopes | base 1.9–2.6% | base 14–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9030 | Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities not meters of heading no. 9028; instruments, apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic and other radiationsExcluded lines | base 0–4.2% | base 0–18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 9031 | Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, n.e.c. or included in this chapter; profile projectors | base 0–4% | base 0–16%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9032 | Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; automatic type | base 2.1–2.8% | base 8–18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 9033 | Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90; parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90 | base 3.7% | base 16%zero by 2036 | Calculate |