# European Union tariff, chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (page 1 of 2)

> The European Union tariff has 255 national lines in HS chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision… Page 1 of 2.

Source: https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/90
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[Countries](https://border.bot/countries) / [European Union](https://border.bot/countries/european-union) / [Chapter 90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/90)

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## Key facts

- National lines: 255
- Subheadings: 143
- Import VAT/GST in the European Union: VAT 21%
- De minimis in the European Union: Flat €3 duty up to €150; tax always charged
- Tariff: [European Union](https://border.bot/countries/european-union)
- Chapter: 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

## Subheadings with European Union lines

The European Union tariff has 255 national lines in HS chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof), under 143 subheadings in 32 headings.

### 90.01 Optical 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

- [9001.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900110) Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (3 lines)
- [9001.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900120) Sheets and plates of polarising material (1 line)
- [9001.30](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900130) Contact lenses (1 line)
- [9001.40](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900140) Spectacle lenses of glass (4 lines)
- [9001.50](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900150) Spectacle lenses of other materials (7 lines)
- [9001.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900190) Other (2 lines)

### 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

- [9002.11](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900211) Objective lenses: For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers (7 lines)
- [9002.19](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900219) Objective lenses: Other (1 line)
- [9002.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900220) Filters (1 line)
- [9002.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900290) Other (1 line)

### 90.03 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof

- [9003.11](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900311) Frames and mountings: Of plastics (1 line)
- [9003.19](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900319) Frames and mountings: Of other materials (2 lines)
- [9003.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900390) Parts (2 lines)

### 90.04 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other

- [9004.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900410) Sunglasses (3 lines)
- [9004.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900490) Other (2 lines)

### 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](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900510) Binoculars (1 line)
- [9005.80](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900580) Other instruments (1 line)
- [9005.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900590) Parts and accessories (including mountings) (1 line)

### 90.06 Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539

- [9006.30](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900630) 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 (1 line)
- [9006.40](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900640) Instant print cameras (1 line)
- [9006.53](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900653) Other cameras: For roll film of a width of 35mm (2 lines)
- [9006.59](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900659) Other cameras: Other (1 line)
- [9006.61](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900661) Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs: Discharge lamp (“electronic”) flashlight apparatus (1 line)
- [9006.69](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900669) Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs: Other (1 line)
- [9006.91](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900691) Parts and accessories: For cameras (1 line)
- [9006.99](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900699) Parts and accessories: Other (1 line)

### 90.07 Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus

- [9007.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900710) Cameras (1 line)
- [9007.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900720) Projectors (2 lines)
- [9007.91](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900791) Parts and accessories: For cameras (1 line)
- [9007.92](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900792) Parts and accessories: For projectors (2 lines)

### 90.08 Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers

- [9008.50](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900850) Projectors, enlargers and reducers (1 line)
- [9008.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/900890) Parts and accessories (1 line)

### 90.10 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens

- [9010.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901010) 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 (1 line)
- [9010.50](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901050) Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes (1 line)
- [9010.60](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901060) Projection screens (1 line)
- [9010.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901090) Parts and accessories (2 lines)

### 90.11 Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection

- [9011.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901110) Stereoscopic microscopes (1 line)
- [9011.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901120) Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephoto-micrography or microprojection (2 lines)
- [9011.80](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901180) Other microscopes (1 line)
- [9011.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901190) Parts and accessories (1 line)

### 90.12 Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus

- [9012.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901210) Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus (1 line)
- [9012.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901290) Parts and accessories (1 line)

### 90.13 Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter

- [9013.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901310) Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI (2 lines)
- [9013.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901320) Lasers, other than laser diodes (1 line)
- [9013.80](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901380) Other devices, appliances and instruments (2 lines)
- [9013.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901390) Parts and accessories (2 lines)

### 90.14 Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances

- [9014.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901410) Direction finding compasses (2 lines)
- [9014.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901420) Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) (2 lines)
- [9014.80](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901480) Other instruments and appliances (1 line)
- [9014.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901490) Parts and accessories (1 line)

### 90.15 Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders

- [9015.10](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901510) Rangefinders (1 line)
- [9015.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901520) Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers) (1 line)
- [9015.30](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901530) Levels (2 lines)
- [9015.40](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901540) Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances (1 line)
- [9015.80](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901580) Other instruments and appliances (3 lines)
- [9015.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901590) Parts and accessories (1 line)

### 90.16 Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights

- [9016.00](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901600) Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights (2 lines)

### 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](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901710) Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic (2 lines)
- [9017.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901720) Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (4 lines)
- [9017.30](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901730) Micrometers, callipers and gauges (1 line)
- [9017.80](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901780) Other instruments (2 lines)
- [9017.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901790) Parts and accessories (1 line)

### 90.18 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

- [9018.11](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901811) Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters): Electro-cardiographs (1 line)
- [9018.12](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901812) Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters): Ultrasonic scanning apparatus (1 line)
- [9018.13](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901813) Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters): Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus (1 line)
- [9018.14](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901814) Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters): Scintigraphic apparatus (1 line)
- [9018.19](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901819) Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters): Other (2 lines)
- [9018.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901820) Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus (1 line)
- [9018.31](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901831) Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like: Syringes, with or without needles (2 lines)
- [9018.32](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901832) Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like: Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures (2 lines)
- [9018.39](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901839) Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like: Other (1 line)
- [9018.41](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901841) Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences: Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment (1 line)
- [9018.49](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901849) Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences: Other (2 lines)
- [9018.50](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901850) Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances (2 lines)
- [9018.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901890) Other instruments and appliances (8 lines)

### 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](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901910) Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus (2 lines)
- [9019.20](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/901920) Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus (3 lines)

### 90.20 Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters

- [9020.00](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902000) Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters (5 lines)

### 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](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902110) Orthopaedic or fracture appliances (2 lines)
- [9021.21](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902121) Artificial teeth and dental fittings: Artificial teeth (2 lines)
- [9021.29](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902129) Artificial teeth and dental fittings: Other (1 line)
- [9021.31](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902131) Other artificial parts of the body: Artificial joints (1 line)
- [9021.39](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902139) Other artificial parts of the body: Other (2 lines)
- [9021.40](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902140) Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories (1 line)
- [9021.50](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902150) Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories (1 line)
- [9021.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902190) Other (2 lines)

### 90.22 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, 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

- [9022.12](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902212) 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 (1 line)
- [9022.13](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902213) 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 (1 line)
- [9022.14](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902214) 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 (1 line)
- [9022.19](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902219) 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 (1 line)
- [9022.21](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902221) 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 (1 line)
- [9022.29](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902229) 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 (1 line)
- [9022.30](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902230) X-ray tubes (1 line)
- [9022.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902290) Other, including parts and accessories (2 lines)

### 90.23 Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses

- [9023.00](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902300) Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses (2 lines)

### 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](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902410) Machines and appliances for testing metals (3 lines)
- [9024.80](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902480) Other machines and appliances (1 line)
- [9024.90](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902490) Parts and accessories (1 line)

### 90.25 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments

- [9025.11](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902511) Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments: Liquid-filled, for direct reading (3 lines)
- [9025.19](https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/902519) Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments: Other (2 lines)


## Import VAT and de minimis in the European Union

The European Union charges VAT on imports at a standard rate of 21%.

From 1 July 2026 until 1 July 2028, consignments sold to buyers in the European Union worth up to €150 pay a flat customs duty of €3 per tariff classification in the consignment instead of the tariff rate. Import tax is charged whatever the value.

## In other countries

National tariff lines under chapter 90 are live on border.bot for the United States (411 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/90): 411 lines, used by 1 other country
- [The Harmonized System text for chapter 90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/90)

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## Frequently asked questions

### How many national tariff lines does the European Union tariff have in HS chapter 90?

The European Union tariff has 255 national lines in HS chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof), under 143 subheadings in 32 headings.

## Sources and updates

The tariff lines for the European Union come from border.bot release 1, read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 11 October 2026.

The duty rates for the European Union come from border.bot release 1, read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 11 October 2026.

The trade programmes for the European Union come from border.bot release 1, read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 11 October 2026.

The import taxes for the European Union come from border.bot release 1, imported from a file, and have been live since 9 October 2026.

The de minimis thresholds for the European Union come from border.bot release 2, entered by border.bot, and have been live since 11 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

Official source files:

- https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/9e277705-ac42-441d-8580-90cd730d9bc6/Geographical%20areas%20composition.xlsx
- https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/bfb94607-8b4c-40c3-ad33-1efef11bb80a/Duties%20Import%2001-99.xlsx
- https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/4b3c682c-947c-4f34-932d-0b8d192537bd/Measure%20exclusions.xlsx
- https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/13694f84-6980-4966-8c91-22459447b52b/Nomenclature%20EN.xlsx

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/countries/european-union/hs-codes/90.json