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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 9001: Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles

Heading 9001 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 90, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

9001Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 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

Place in the nomenclature: 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof > 9001

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)

Subheadings (6 digits)
6
CN codes (8 digits)
13

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 9001

  • 9001 10Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544)

    • 9001 10 10 Image conductor cables
    • 9001 10 90 Other
  • 9001 20Sheets and plates of polarising material
    • 9001 20 00 Sheets and plates of polarising material
  • 9001 30Contact lenses
    • 9001 30 00 Contact lenses
  • 9001 40Spectacle lenses of glass
    • 9001 40 20 Not for the correction of vision
    • 9001 40 41 For the correction of vision | Both sides finished | Single focal
    • 9001 40 49 For the correction of vision | Both sides finished | Other
    • 9001 40 80 For the correction of vision | Other
  • 9001 50Spectacle lenses of other materials

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Spectacle lenses of materials other than glass

    • 9001 50 20 Not for the correction of vision
    • 9001 50 41 For the correction of vision | Both sides finished | Single focal
    • 9001 50 49 For the correction of vision | Both sides finished | Other
    • 9001 50 80 For the correction of vision | Other
  • 9001 90Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses)

    • 9001 90 00 Other

The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.

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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.