HSN 90 — Optical
Description: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
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Sub-codes
- 9001 — OPTICAL FIBRES AND OPTICAL FIBRE BUNDLES, OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES OTHER T
- 9002 — LENSES, PRISMS, MIRRORS AND OTHER OPTICAL ELEMENTS, OF ANY MATERIAL, M
- 9003 — FRAMES AND MOUNTINGS FOR SPECTACLES, GOGGLES OR THE LIKE, AND PARTS TH
- 9004 — SPECTACLES, GOGGLES AND THE LIKE, CORRECTIVE, PROTECTIVE OR OTHER
- 9005 — BINOCULARS, MONOCULARS, OTHER OPTICAL TELESCOPES, AND MOUNTINGS THEREF
- 9006 — PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERAS, PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASHLI
- 9007 — CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS, WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING S
- 9008 — IMAGE PROJECTORS, OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC; PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN
- 9009 — OMITTED
- 9010 — APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC (INCLUDING CINEMATOGRAPHIC) L
- 9011 — COMPOUND OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR PHOTOMICRO-GRAPHY, C
- 9012 — MICROSCOPES OTHER THAN OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; DIFFRACTION APPARATUS
- 9013 — LASERS, OTHER THAN LASER DIODES; OTHER OPTICAL APPLIANCES AND INSTRUME
- 9014 — DIRECTION FINDING COMPASSES; OTHER NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIA
- 9015 — SURVEYING (INCLUDING PHOTOGRAMMETRICAL SURVEYING), HYDROGRAPHIC, OCEAN
- 9016 — BALANCES OF A SENSITIVITY OF 5 cg OR BETTER, WITH OR WITHOUT WEIGHTS
- 9017 — DRAWING, MARKING-OUT OR MATHEMATICAL CALCULATING INSTRUMENTS (FOR EXAM
- 9018 — INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES USED IN MEDICAL, SURGICAL, DENTAL OR VETERI
- 9019 — MECHANO-THERAPY APPLIANCES; MASSAGE APPARATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL APTITUDE-
- 9020 — OTHER BREATHING APPLIANCES AND GAS MASKS, EXCLUDING PROTECTIVE MASKS H
- 9021 — ORTHOPAEDIC APPLIANCES, INCLUDING CRUTCHES, SURGICAL BELTS AND TRUSSES
- 9022 — APPARATUS BASED ON THE USE OF X-RAYS OR OF ALPHA, BETA GAMMA OR OTHER
- 9023 — INSTRUMENTS, APPARATUS AND MODELS, DESIGNED FOR DEMONSTRATIONAL PURPOS
- 9024 — MACHINES AND APPLIANCES FOR TESTING THE HARDNESS, STRENGTH, COMPRESSIB
- 9025 — HYDROMETERS AND SIMILAR FLOATING INSTRUMENTS, THERMOMETERS, PYROMETERS
- 9026 — INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR CHECKING THE FLOW, LEVEL, P
- 9027 — INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (FOR EXAMP
- 9028 — GAS, LIQUID OR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY OR PRODUCTION METERS, INCLUDING CALI
- 9029 — REVOLUTION COUNTERS, PRODUCTION COUNTERS, TAXIMETERS, MILEOMETERS, PED
- 9030 — OSCILLOSCOPES, SPECTRUM ANALYSERS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS
- 9031 — MEASURING OR CHECKING INSTRUMENTS, APPLIANCES AND MACHINES, NOT SPECIF
- 9032 — AUTOMATIC REGULATING OR CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS
- 9033 — PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHA
- 9070 — Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)
Status: not in our table
DGFT's ITC-HS is the authority for 'Freely importable / Restricted / Prohibited / Canalised / STE'. Missing from our table is not the same as 'Free' — check DGFT before a filing.
Source: DGFT ITC-HS schedule (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.762611
No recorded benefit for this HS code in our table. Many codes carry none at all — verify against DGFT's notification before quoting a benefit, because rates change annually.
Source: DGFT RoDTEP/RoSCTL notifications (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.764860
no CBAM-relevant chapter by heading — still verify code-level CN scope
EU CBAM transitional reporting applied from 1 Oct 2023; the definitive carbon levy phase begins 1 Jan 2026 (subject to ongoing legislative changes).
Source: EU Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM), Annex I (sector list) . reviewed 2026-10-16; CBAM is applied at CN-code level - verify the exact code.
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