Products / Chapter 90 HS Chapter 90 — Optical, photographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments HS chapter 90 (Optical, photographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments) covers 134 product categories in U.S. import records, with 1,280,473 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are Optical fibers and optical fiber bundles, Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing 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, and Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments.
Sourced from U.S. Customs bill of lading data · Updated monthly · Data through May 2026 · Chapter → heading → product, drill in for importers and suppliers
HS Heading Products Shipments 9001 Optical fibers and optical fiber bundles 6 220,031 9022 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing 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 8 213,489 9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments 13 124,368 9021 Orthopedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses 8 91,753 9019 Mechano-therapy appliances 2 83,696 9004 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other 2 74,404 9017 Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators) 5 51,326 9031 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines 6 47,520 9005 Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor 3 42,227 9032 Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus 5 37,385 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 heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032 4 31,202 9006 Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras 8 28,722 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 4 27,533 9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories 4 26,395 9028 Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof 4 20,154 9013 Lasers, other than laser diodes 4 19,246 9027 Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus) 6 15,670 9029 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, pedometers and the like 3 14,704 9003 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof 3 14,379 9024 Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics), and parts and accessories thereof 3 12,345 9008 Image projectors, other than cinematographic 1 11,321 9011 Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinemicrography or microprojection 4 11,201 9030 Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028 8 10,571 9025 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments 4 10,277 9015 Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses 5 9,903 9020 HS 9020 1 7,554 9033 HS 9033 1 6,651 9016 HS 9016 1 6,477 9014 Direction finding compasses 4 3,950 9023 HS 9023 1 3,307 9007 Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus 2 2,278 9012 Microscopes other than optical microscopes 1 434
