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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 1,296,724 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 July 2026 · Chapter → heading → product, drill in for importers and suppliers

Headings in this chapter

HSHeadingProductsShipments
9001Optical fibers and optical fiber bundles6222,347
9022Apparatus 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 like8214,029
9018Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments13124,434
9021Orthopedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses892,201
9019Mechano-therapy appliances283,683
9004Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other278,365
9017Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators)553,434
9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines647,606
9005Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor343,483
9032Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus537,296
9026Instruments 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 9032431,382
9006Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras828,795
9010Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories428,727
9002Lenses, 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 worked427,504
9028Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof420,143
9013Lasers, other than laser diodes419,248
9027Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus)618,814
9029Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, pedometers and the like314,676
9003Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof314,532
9024Machines 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 thereof312,224
9008Image projectors, other than cinematographic111,280
9011Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinemicrography or microprojection411,247
9030Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028810,523
9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments410,387
9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses59,927
9020HS 902017,608
9033HS 903316,553
9016HS 901616,276
9014Direction finding compasses44,006
9023HS 902313,306
9007Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus22,234
9012Microscopes other than optical microscopes1454
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