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 1,287,594 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 June 2026 · Chapter → heading → product, drill in for importers and suppliers
HS Heading Products Shipments 9001 Optical fibers and optical fiber bundles 6 221,052 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 8 213,783 9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments 13 124,160 9021 Orthopedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses 8 91,934 9019 Mechano-therapy appliances 2 83,619 9004 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other 2 77,177 9017 Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators) 5 52,349 9031 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines 6 47,494 9005 Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor 3 42,650 9032 Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus 5 37,266 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 31,287 9006 Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras 8 28,727 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 27,490 9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories 4 27,397 9028 Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof 4 20,089 9013 Lasers, other than laser diodes 4 19,211 9027 Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus) 6 16,782 9029 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, odometers, pedometers and the like 3 14,681 9003 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof 3 14,451 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 12,255 9008 Image projectors, other than cinematographic 1 11,276 9011 Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinemicrography or microprojection 4 11,203 9030 Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028 8 10,510 9025 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments 4 10,289 9015 Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses 5 9,916 9020 HS 9020 1 7,594 9033 HS 9033 1 6,617 9016 HS 9016 1 6,321 9014 Direction finding compasses 4 4,002 9023 HS 9023 1 3,308 9007 Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus 2 2,260 9012 Microscopes other than optical microscopes 1 444
