HS chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical
Chapter 90 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, with the official text of every heading in it and their 6-digit subheadings.
Official description
90OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
- Headings (4 digits)
- 32
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 143
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 215
Headings in chapter 90
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544); sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses, incl. contact lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked)
- 9001 10 Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables
- 9001 20 Sheets and plates of polarising material
- 9001 30 Contact lenses
- 9001 40 Spectacle lenses of glass
- 9001 50 Spectacle lenses of other materials
- 9001 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked)
- 9002 11 Objective lenses | For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers
- 9002 19 Objective lenses | Other
- 9002 20 Filters
- 9002 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof, n.e.s.
- 9003 11 Frames and mountings | Of plastics
- 9003 19 Frames and mountings | Of other materials
- 9003 90 Parts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames and mountings for spectacles)
- 9004 10 Sunglasses
- 9004 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Binoculars, monoculars, astronomical and other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor (excl. instruments for radio-astronomy and other instruments or apparatus specified elsewhere)
- 9005 10 Binoculars
- 9005 80 Other instruments
- 9005 90 Parts and accessories (including mountings)
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Photographic cameras, photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs (excl. discharge lamps of heading 8539)
- 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 Other cameras | For roll film of a width of 35 mm
- 9006 59 Other cameras | Other
- 9006 61 Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs | Discharge lamp (electronic) flashlight apparatus
- 9006 69 Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs | Other
- 9006 91 Parts and accessories | For cameras
- 9006 99 Parts and accessories | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus (excl. video equipment)
- 9007 10 Cameras
- 9007 20 Projectors
- 9007 91 Parts and accessories | For cameras
- 9007 92 Parts and accessories | For projectors
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Image projectors, and photographic enlargers and reducers (excl. cinematographic)
- 9008 50 Projectors, enlargers and reducers
- 9008 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Apparatus and equipment for photographic or cinematographic laboratories, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; 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
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Optical microscopes, incl. those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection (excl. binocular microscopes for ophthalmology and instruments, appliances and machines of heading 9031)
- 9011 10 Stereoscopic microscopes
- 9011 20 Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
- 9011 80 Other microscopes
- 9011 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electron microscopes, proton microscopes and diffraction apparatus
- 9012 10 Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
- 9012 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lasers (excl. laser diodes); other optical appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90
- 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
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances (excl. radio navigational equipment)
- 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
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Surveying, incl. photogrammetrical surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excl. 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
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Balances of a sensitivity of 50 mg or better, with or without weights
- 9016 00 Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments, e.g. drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators; instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand, e.g. measuring rods and tapes, micrometres, callipers and other gauges, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90
- 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
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, incl. scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments, n.e.s.
- 9018 11 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) | Electrocardiographs
- 9018 12 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) | Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
- 9018 13 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
- 9018 14 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) | Scintigraphic apparatus
- 9018 19 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) | Other
- 9018 20 Ultraviolet or infra-red ray apparatus
- 9018 31 Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like | Syringes, with or without needles
- 9018 32 Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like | Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures
- 9018 39 Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like | Other
- 9018 41 Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences | Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment
- 9018 49 Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences | Other
- 9018 50 Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances
- 9018 90 Other instruments and appliances
- 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
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Breathing appliances and gas masks, incl. parts and accessories (excl. protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters, and artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus)
- 9020 00 Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Orthopaedic appliances, incl. 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 teeth and dental fittings | Artificial teeth
- 9021 29 Artificial teeth and dental fittings | Other
- 9021 31 Other artificial parts of the body | Artificial joints
- 9021 39 Other artificial parts of the body | Other
- 9021 40 Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories
- 9021 50 Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories
- 9021 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, incl. 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 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus | Computed tomography apparatus
- 9022 13 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus | Other, for dental uses
- 9022 14 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus | Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses
- 9022 19 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus | For other uses
- 9022 21 Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus | For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses
- 9022 29 Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus | For other uses
- 9022 30 X-ray tubes
- 9022 90 Other, including parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Instruments, apparatus and models designed for demonstrational purposes, e.g. in education or exhibitions, unsuitable for other uses (excl. ground flying trainers of heading 8805, collectors' pieces of heading 9705 and antiques of an age > 100 years of heading 9706)
- 9023 00 Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials, e.g. metals, wood, textiles, paper or plastics
- 9024 10 Machines and appliances for testing metals
- 9024 80 Other machines and appliances
- 9024 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
- 9025 11 Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments | Liquid-filled, for direct reading
- 9025 19 Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments | Other
- 9025 80 Other instruments
- 9025 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, e.g. flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters (excl. instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032)
- 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
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, e.g. 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, incl. exposure meters; microtomes
- 9027 10 Gas or smoke analysis apparatus
- 9027 20 Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments
- 9027 30 Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR)
- 9027 50 Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR)
- 9027 81 Other instruments and apparatus | Mass spectrometers
- 9027 89 Other instruments and apparatus | Other
- 9027 90 Microtomes; parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, incl. calibrating meters therefor
- 9028 10 Gas meters
- 9028 20 Liquid meters
- 9028 30 Electricity meters
- 9028 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like (excl. gas, liquid and electricity meters); speed indicators and tachometers (excl. those of heading 9014 and 9015); stroboscopes
- 9029 10 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like
- 9029 20 Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes
- 9029 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities (excl. meters of heading 9028); instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations
- 9030 10 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiation
- 9030 20 Oscilloscopes and oscillographs
- 9030 31 Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) | Multimeters, without a recording device
- 9030 32 Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) | Multimeters, with a recording device
- 9030 33 Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) | Other, without a recording device
- 9030 39 Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices) | Other, with a recording device
- 9030 40 Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)
- 9030 82 Other instruments and apparatus | For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)
- 9030 84 Other instruments and apparatus | Other, with a recording device
- 9030 89 Other instruments and apparatus | Other
- 9030 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors
- 9031 10 Machines for balancing mechanical parts
- 9031 20 Test benches
- 9031 41 Other optical instruments and appliances | For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)
- 9031 49 Other optical instruments and appliances | Other
- 9031 80 Other instruments, appliances and machines
- 9031 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481)
- 9032 10 Thermostats
- 9032 20 Manostats
- 9032 81 Other instruments and apparatus | Hydraulic or pneumatic
- 9032 89 Other instruments and apparatus | Other
- 9032 90 Parts and accessories
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts and accessories for machines, appliances, instruments or other apparatus in chapter 90, specified neither in this chapter nor elsewhere
- 9033 00 Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.