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SECTION XVIII OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF  
  Chapter 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof.  
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2011.04
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General Temporary WTO GSP LDC Singapore Mexico Malaysia Chile Thailand Indonesia Brunei ASEAN Philippines Switzerland Viet Nam I II
  90.01 Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 85.44; 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
  9001.10 Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables
  010 - Of glass
  090 - Other
  9001.20 000 Sheets and plates of polarising material
  9001.30 000 Contact lenses
  9001.40 000 Spectacle lenses of glass
  9001.50 000 Spectacle lenses of other materials
  9001.90 000 Other
  90.02 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
  Objective lenses
  9002.11 For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers
  010 - For cameras
  090 - Other
  9002.19 000 Other
  9002.20 000 Filters
  9002.90 000 Other
  90.03 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof
  Frames and mountings
  9003.11 000 Of plastics
  9003.19 Of other materials
  010 1 Of metal
  020 2 Other
  9003.90 000 Parts
  90.04 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
  9004.10 000 Sunglasses
  9004.90 000 Other
  90.05 Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
  9005.10 000 Binoculars
  9005.80 000 Other instruments
  9005.90 000 Parts and accessories (including mountings)
  90.06 Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 85.39
  9006.10 000 Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders
  9006.30 000 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
  9006.40 000 Instant print cameras
  Other cameras
  9006.51 000 With a through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR)), for roll film of a width not exceeding 35mm
  9006.52 000 Other, for roll film of a width less than 35mm
  9006.53 Other, for roll film of a width of 35mm
  100 - Without a function of exchanging film
  900 - Other
  9006.59 000 Other
  Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs
  9006.61 000 Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatus
  9006.69 000 Other
  Parts and accessories
  9006.91 000 For cameras
  9006.99 000 Other
  90.07 Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
  Cameras
  9007.11 000 For film of less than 16mm width or for double-8mm film
  9007.19 000 Other
  9007.20 000 Projectors
  Parts and accessories
  9007.91 000 For cameras
  9007.92 000 For projectors
  90.08 Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
  9008.10 000 Slide projectors
  9008.20 000 Microfilm microfiche or other microform readers, whether or not capable of producing copies
  9008.30 000 Other image projectors
  9008.40 000 Photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
  9008.90 Parts and accessories
  010 - Of image projectors
  090 - Other
  90.10 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
  9010.10 000 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
  9010.50 000 Other apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes
  9010.60 000 Projection screens
  9010.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.11 Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
  9011.10 000 Stereoscopic microscopes
  9011.20 000 Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
  9011.80 000 Other microscopes
  9011.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.12 Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
  9012.10 000 Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
  9012.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.13 Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings; lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
  9013.10 000 Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section@‡]‡Y
  9013.20 Lasers, other than laser diodes
  010 - For laboratory uses
  090 - Other
  9013.80 000 Other devices, appliances and instruments
  9013.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.14 Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
  9014.10 000 Direction finding compasses
  9014.20 000 Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses)
  9014.80 000 Other instruments and appliances
  9014.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.15 Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
  9015.10 000 Rangefinders
  9015.20 000 Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)
  9015.30 000 Levels
  9015.40 000 Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances
  9015.80 000 Other instruments and appliances
  9015.90 Parts and accessories
  010 - Of electrical instruments and appliances
  090 - Other
  90.16
  9016.00 000 Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights
  90.17 Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
  9017.10 000 Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic
  9017.20 000 Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments
  9017.30 Micrometers, callipers and gauges
  010 - Of electrical type
  090 - Other
  9017.80 000 Other instruments
  9017.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.18 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other elector-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
  Electoro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters)
  9018.11 000 Electoro-cardiographs
  9018.12 000 Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
  9018.13 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
  010 - For veterinary use
  090 - Other
  9018.14 Scintigraphic apparatus
  010 - For veterinary use
  090 - Other
  9018.19 Other
  010 - Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment
  - Other
  091 -- For veterinary use
  098 -- Other
  9018.20 000 Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus
  Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like
  9018.31 Syringes, with or without needles
  010 - For dental use
  020 - Other
  9018.32 Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures
  010 - For dental use
  020 - Other
  9018.39 Other
  010 - For dental use
  - Other
  021 -- For surgical use
  029 -- Other
  Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences
  9018.41 000 Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment
  9018.49 Other
  010 - Dentists' chairs
  020 - Other electro-dental apparatus (excluding apparatus merely driven by electric motors), and parts and accessories thereof
  090 - Other
  9018.50 Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances
  010 - Electrical apparatus (excluding apparatus merely driven by electric motors), and parts and accessories thereof
  090 - Other
  9018.90 Other instruments and appliances
  010 - Surgical instruments and appliances (except electro-medical apparatus (excluding apparatus merely driven by electric motor), forceps, knives, scissors and other hand-held instruments and parts and accessories thereof
  - Other electro-dental apparatus (excluding apparatus merely driven by electric motors), and parts and accessories thereof
  -- For medical or surgical use
  --- For surgical use
  021 ---- Electrical apparatus (excluding apparatus merely driven by electric motors), and parts and accessories thereof
  022 ---- Other
  --- Other
  023 ---- Electrical apparatus (excluding apparatus merely driven by electric motors), and parts and accessories thereof
  024 ---- Other
  029 -- Other
  90.19 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
  9019.10 000 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus
  9019.20 000 Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
  90.20
  9020.00 000 Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
  90.21 Orthopaedic appliances, including 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
  9021.10 000 Orthopaedic or fracture appliances
  False teeth and dental fittings
  9021.21 Artificial teeth
  010 - Factitious teeth
  090 - Other electro-dental apparatus (excluding apparatus merely driven by electric motors), and parts and accessories thereof
  9021.29 000 Other
  Other artificial parts of the body
  9021.31 000 Artificial joints
  9021.39 000 Other
  9021.40 000 Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories
  9021.50 000 Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories
  9021.90 000 Other
  90.22 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma 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
  Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus
  9022.12 000 Computed tomography apparatus
  9022.13 000 Other, for dental uses
  9022.14 Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses
  010 - For medical, surgical or dental use
  090 - For veterinary use
  9022.19 000 For other uses
  Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus
  9022.21 000 For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses
  9022.29 000 For other uses
  9022.30 X-ray tubes
  010 - For medical, surgical or dental use
  090 - Other
  9022.90 Other, including parts and accessories
  010 - Parts and accessories of apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations
  - Other
  021 -- For medical or surgical use
  029 -- Other
  90.23
  9023.00 000 Instruments, apparatus and models, designated for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
  90.24 Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
  9024.10 000 Machines and appliances for testing metals
  9024.80 000 Other machines and appliances
  9024.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.25 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
  Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments
  9025.11 000 Liquid-filled, for direct reading
  9025.19 Other
  010 - Of electrical type
  090 - Other
  9025.80 000 Other instruments
  9025.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.26 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 90.14, 90.15, 90.28, or 90.32
  9026.10 000 For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids
  9026.20 For measuring or checking pressure
  010 - Of electrical type
  090 - Other
  9026.80 000 Other instruments or apparatus
  9026.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.27 Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, 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 (including exposure meters); microtomes
  9027.10 000 Gas or smoke analysis apparatus
  9027.20 000 Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments
  9027.30 000 Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)
  9027.50 000 Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)
  9027.80 Other instruments and apparatus
  - Of electrical type
  011 -- Instruments and apparatus for analysis
  019 -- Other
  090 - Other
  9027.90 Microtomes; parts and accessories
  010 - Parts and accessories of electrical instruments and apparatus
  090 - Other
  90.28 Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
  9028.10 000 Gas meters
  9028.20 000 Liquid meters
  9028.30 000 Electricity meters
  9028.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.29 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 90.14 or 90.15; stroboscopes
  9029.10 000 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like
  9029.20 Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes
  010 - Of electrical type
  090 - Other
  9029.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.30 Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations
  9030.10 000 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations
  9030.20 000 Oscilloscopes and oscillographs
  Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power
  9030.31 000 Multimeters without a recording device
  9030.32 000 Multimeters with a recording device
  9030.33 Other, without a recording device
  010 - Voltmeters and ammeters
  090 - Other
  9030.39 000 Other, with a recording device
  9030.40 000 Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)
  Other instruments and apparatus
  9030.82 000 For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices
  9030.84 000 Other, with a recording device
  9030.89 Other
  010 - Character measuring testers for integrated circuits or semiconductors
  - Other
  091 -- Spectrum analyzers
  092 -- Logic analyzers
  099 -- Other
  9030.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.31 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
  9031.10 000 Machines for balancing mechanical parts
  9031.20 000 Test benches
  Other optical instruments and appliances
  9031.41 000 For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices
  9031.49 Other
  010 - Profile projectors
  090 - Other
  9031.80 Other instruments, appliances and machines
  - Of electrical type
  011 -- Automatic measuring instruments
  012 -- Dynamometers
  013 -- Vibration measuring and testing apparatus
  019 -- Other
  090 - Other
  9031.90 Parts and accessories
  010 - Of electrical instruments and apparatus
  090 - Other
  90.32 Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
  9032.10 Thermostats
  010 - Of electrical type
  090 - Other
  9032.20 000 Manostats
  Other instruments and apparatus
  9032.81 000 Hydraulic or pneumatic
  9032.89 Other
  010 - Of electrical type
  090 - Other
  9032.90 000 Parts and accessories
  90.33
  9033.00 000 Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90
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