HS code 9012.90: Parts and accessories

Last updated 11 October 2026

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Key facts

HS code: 9012.90
Covers: Parts and accessories
Heading: 90.12: Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
Chapter: 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
Edition: HS2022
Duty in the United States: See its 1 line

Summary

HS code 9012.90 covers parts and accessories. It sits in heading 90.12 (microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus) in chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof). Other goods of heading 90.12 are classified under 9012.10 (microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus). National tariff lines under 9012.90 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

What this code covers

HS code 9012.90 covers parts and accessories.

The legal text of the subheading is “Parts and accessories”, in HS2022.

What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 90.12 are classified under 9012.10 (microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus).

9012.10Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus

How it is structured

9012.90 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 90, are the chapter; the first four, 9012, are heading 90.12; the last two, 90, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
Heading 90.12: Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
Subheading 9012.90: Parts and accessories

In other countries

National tariff lines under 9012.90 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

United States1 line, used by 1 other country

The same text, “Parts and accessories”, also divides 15 other headings in chapter 90: 9008.90 under heading 90.08, 9010.90 under heading 90.10, 9011.90 under heading 90.11, 9013.90 under heading 90.13, 9014.90 under heading 90.14, 9015.90 under heading 90.15, 9017.90 under heading 90.17 and 9024.90 under heading 90.24 and others.

9008.90Heading 90.08: Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
9010.90Heading 90.10: Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
9011.90Heading 90.11: Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
9013.90Heading 90.13: Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
9014.90Heading 90.14: Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
9015.90Heading 90.15: Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
9017.90Heading 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
9024.90Heading 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)
9025.90Heading 90.25: Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
9026.90Heading 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 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
9028.90Heading 90.28: Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
9029.90Heading 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
9030.90Heading 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
9031.90Heading 90.31: Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors
9032.90Heading 90.32: Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus

Frequently asked questions

What does HS code 9012.90 cover?

HS code 9012.90 covers parts and accessories.

Which heading and chapter is HS code 9012.90 in?

HS code 9012.90 is in heading 90.12 (microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus) in chapter 90 (optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof).

Where are goods of heading 90.12 classified when 9012.90 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 90.12 are classified under 9012.10 (microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus).

Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 9012.90?