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Chapter 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (a) Articles of a kind used in machines, appliances or for other technical uses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (4016), of leather or of composition leather (4204.00.00) or of textile material (5911); (b) Refractory goods of 6903; ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses, of 6909; (c) Glass mirrors, not optically worked, of 7009, or mirrors of base metal or of precious metal, not being optical elements (8306 or Chapter 71); (d) Goods of 7007, 7008.00.00, 7011, 7014.00, 7015 or 7017; (e) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV) or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39); (f) Pumps incorporating measuring devices, of 8413; weight-operated counting or checking machinery, or separately presented weights for balances (8423); lifting or handling machinery (8425 to 8428); paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds (8441); fittings for adjusting work or tools on machine-tools, of 8466, including fittings with optical devices for reading the scale (for example, “optical” dividing heads) but not those which are in themselves essentially optical instruments (for example, alignment telescopes); calculating machines (8470); valves or other appliances of 8481; (g) Searchlights or spotlights of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles (8512); portable electric lamps of 8513; cinematographic sound recording, reproducing or re-recording apparatus (8519 or 8520); sound-heads (8522); radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus or radio remote control apparatus (8526); sealed beam lamp units of 8539; optical fibre cables of 8544; (h) Searchlights or spotlights of 9405; (ij) Articles of Chapter 95; (k) Capacity measures, which are to be classified according to their constituent material; or (l) Spools, reek or similar supports (which are to be classified according to their constituent material, for example, in 3923 or Section XV). 2.- Subject to Note 1 above, parts and accessories for machines, apparatus, instruments or articles of this Chapter are to be classified according to the following rules: (a) Parts and accessories which are goods included in any of the headings of this Chapter or of Chapter 84, 85 or 91 (other than 8485, 8548.00.00 or 9033.00.00) are in all cases to be classified in their respective headings; (b) Other parts and accessories, if suitable for use solely or principally with a particular kind of machine, instrument or apparatus, or with a number of machines, instruments or apparatus of the same heading (including a machine, instrument or apparatus of 9010, 9013 or 9031) are to be classified with the machines, instruments or apparatus of that kind; (c) All other parts and accessories are to be classified in 9033.00.00. 3.- The provisions of Note 4 to Section XVI apply also to this Chapter. 4.- 9005 does not apply to telescopic sights for fitting to arms, periscopic telescopes for fitting to submarines or tanks, or to telescopes for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI; such telescopic sights and telescopes are to be classified in 9013. 5.- Measuring or checking optical instruments, appliances or machines which, but for this Note, could be classified both in 9013 and in 9031 are to be classified in 9031. 6 - 9032 applies only to: (a) Instruments and apparatus for automatically controlling the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for automatically controlling temperature, whether or not their operation depends on an electrical phenomenon which varies according to the factor to be automatically controlled; and (b) Automatic regulators of electrical quantities, and instruments or apparatus for automatically controlling non-electrical quantities the operation of which depends on an electrical phenomenon varying according to the factor to be controlled. <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">Additional Note.1.- In 9021, “orthopaedic appliances”, in relation to footwear, means footwear made to measure for a specific disorder.</td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:14.7%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">9001</td><td style="width:69.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">OPTICAL FIBRES AND OPTICAL FIBRE BUNDLES; OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES OTHER THAN THOSE OF 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:</td><td style="width:16.22%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:14.7%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">9001.10.00</td><td style="width:69.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">- Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables</td><td style="width:16.22%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">20%DC:15%</td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:14.7%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">9001.20.00</td><td style="width:69.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">- Sheets and plates of polarising material</td><td style="width:16.22%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">2%</td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:14.7%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">9001.30.00</td><td style="width:69.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">- Contact lenses</td><td style="width:16.22%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">20%DC:15%CAN:10%</td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:14.7%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">9001.40.00</td><td style="width:69.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">- Spectacle lenses of glass</td><td style="width:16.22%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">20%DC:15%CAN:10%</td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:14.7%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">9001.50.00</td><td style="width:69.08%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">- Spectacle lenses of other materials</td><td style="width:16.22%; padding-right:5.65pt; padding-left:5.65pt; vertical-align:top">20%DC:15%CAN:10%</td></tr></tbody></table> ``` | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | 9001.90 | - Other: | | | 9001.90.10 | ---Goods, other than of glass, of a kind used with motor vehicles | 25%FI:20%DC:20% | | 9001.90.20 | ---Powered glass lenses | 2% | | 9001.90.90 | ---Other | 20%DC:15% | | 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: | | | 9002.1 | - Objective lenses: | | | 9002.11.00 | - - For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers | 2% | | 9002.19.00 | - - Other | 2% | | 9002.20.00 | - Filters | 2% | | 9002.90.00 | - Other | 2% | | 9003 | FRAMES AND MOUNTINGS FOR SPECTACLES, GOGGLES OR THE LIKE, AND PARTS THEREOF: | | | 9003.1 | - Frames and mountings: | | | 9003.11.00 | - - Of plastics | 25%DC:20% | | 9003.19.00 | - - Of other materials | 25%DC:20% | | 9003.90.00 | - Parts | 25%DC:20% | | 9004 | SPECTACLES, GOGGLES AND THE LIKE, CORRECTIVE, PROTECTIVE OR OTHER: | | | 9004.10.00 | - Sunglasses | 25%DC:20% | | 9004.90.00 | - Other | 25%DC:20% | | 9005 | BINOCULARS, MONOCULARS, OTHER OPTICAL TELESCOPES, AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR; OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR, BUT NOT INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS FOR RADIO-ASTRONOMY: | | | 9005.10.00 | - Binoculars | 2% | | 9005.80.00 | - Other instruments | 2% | | 9005.90.00 | - Parts and accessories (including mountings) | 2% | | 9006 | PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC) CAMERAS; PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND FLASHBULBS OTHER THAN DISCHARGE LAMPS OF 8539: | | | 9006.10.00 | - Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders | 5% | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 9006.20.00 | -Cameras of a kind used for recording documents on microfilm, microfiche or other microforms | Free | | 9006.30.00 | - 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 | Free | | 9006.40.00 | - Instant print cameras | Free | | 9006.5 | - Other cameras: | | | 9006.51.00 | - - With a through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR)), for roll film of a width not exceeding 35 mm | Free | | 9006.52.00 | - - Other, for roll film of a width less than 35 mm | Free | | 9006.53.00 | - - Other, for roll film of a width of 35 mm | Free | | 9006.59.00 | - - Other | Free | | 9006.6 | - Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs: | | | 9006.61.00 | - - Discharge lamp (“electronic”) flashlight apparatus | 2% | | 9006.62.00 | - - Flashbulbs, flashcubes and the like | 2% | | 9006.69.00 | - - Other | 2% | | 9006.9 | - Parts and accessories: | | | 9006.91.00 | - - For cameras | 2% | | 9006.99.00 | - - Other | 2% | | 9007 | CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS, WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDING OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS: | | | 9007.1 | - Cameras: | | | 9007.11.00 | - - For film of less than 16 mm width or for double-8 mm film | Free | | 9007.19 | - - Other: | | | 9007.19.10 | ---Surveillance cameras, using 35 mm film size or larger, of a kind used in photographic security systems | 15%DC:10% | | 9007.19.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9007.2 | - Projectors: | | | 9007.21.00 | - - For film of less than 16 mm width | 2% | | 9007.29.00 | - - Other | 2% | | 9007.9 | - Parts and accessories: | | | 9007.91.00 | - - For cameras | 2% | | 9007.92.00 | - - For projectors | 2% | | 9008 | IMAGE PROJECTORS, OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC; PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC) ENLARGERS AND REDUCERS: | | | 9008.10.00 | - Slide projectors | 30%DC:25% | | 9008.20.00 | - Microfilm, microfiche or other microform readers, whether or not capable of producing copies | 2% | | 9008.30.00 | - Other image projectors | 10%DC:5% | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 9008.40.00 | - Photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers | 15%DC:10% | | 9008.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 20%DC:15% | | 9009 | PHOTO-COPYING APPARATUS INCORPORATING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM OR OF THE CONTACT TYPE AND THERMO-COPYING APPARATUS: | | | 9009.1 | - Electrostatic photo-copying apparatus: | | | 9009.11.00 | --Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) | 2% | | 9009.12.00 | --Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process) | 2% | | 9009.2 | - Other photo-copying apparatus: | | | 9009.21.00 | - - Incorporating an optical system | 2% | | 9009.22.00 | - - Of the contact type | 2% | | 9009.30.00 | - Thermo-copying apparatus | 2% | | 9009.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 2% | | 9010 | APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC (INCLUDING CINEMATOGRAPHIC) LABORATORIES (INCLUDING APPARATUS FOR THE PROJECTION OF CIRCUIT PATTERNS ON SENSITISED SEMI-CONDUCTOR MATERIALS), NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER; NEGATOSCOPES; PROJECTION SCREENS: | | | 9010.10.00 | - 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 | 25%DC:20% | | 9010.20.00 | - Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes | 5% | | 9010.30.00 | - Projection screens | 25%DC:20% | | 9010.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 5% | | 9011 | COMPOUND OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR MICROPHOTOGRAPHY, MICRO-CINEMATOGRAPHY OR MICROPROJECTION: | | | 9011.10.00 | - Stereoscopic microscopes | 2% | | 9011.20.00 | - Other microscopes, for microphotography, microcinematography or microprojection | 2% | | 9011.80.00 | - Other microscopes | 2% | | 9011.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 2% | | 9012 | MICROSCOPES OTHER THAN OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; DIFFRACTION APPARATUS: | | | 9012.10.00 | - Microscopes other than optical microscopes and diffraction apparatus | Free | | 9012.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | Free | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 9013 | 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: | | | 9013.10.00 | - Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI | Free | | 9013.20.00 | - Lasers, other than laser diodes | 25%DC:20% | | 9013.80.00 | - Other devices, appliances and instruments | 2% | | 9013.90 | - Parts and accessories: | | | 9013.90.10 | ---For goods of 9013.20.00 | 25%DC:20% | | 9013.90.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9014 | DIRECTION FINDING COMPASSES; OTHER NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES: | | | 9014.10.00 | - Direction finding compasses | 2% | | 9014.20 | - Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses): | | | 9014.20.10 | ---Incorporating lasers or designed to incorporate lasers | 25%DC:20% | | 9014.20.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9014.80 | - Other instruments and appliances: | | | 9014.80.10 | ---Incorporating lasers or designed to incorporate lasers | 25%DC:20% | | 9014.80.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9014.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 25%DC:20% | | 9015 | SURVEYING (INCLUDING PHOTO-GRAMMETRICAL SURVEYING), HYDROGRAPHIC, OCEANOGRAPHIC, HYDROLOGICAL, METEOROLOGICAL OR GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES, EXCLUDING COMPASSES; RANGEFINDERS: | | | 9015.10 | - Rangefinders: | | | 9015.10.10 | ---Incorporating lasers or designed to incorporate lasers | 25%DC:20% | | 9015.10.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9015.20 | - Theodolites and tacheometers: | | | 9015.20.10 | ---Incorporating lasers or designed to incorporate lasers | 25%DC:20% | | 9015.20.20 | ----Electrical geophysical instruments, NSA | 15%DC:10% | | 9015.20.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9015.30 | - Levels: | | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 9015.30.10 | ---Incorporating lasers or designed to incorporate lasers | 25%DC:20% | | 9015.30.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9015.40.00 | - Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances | Free | | 9015.80 | - Other instruments and appliances: | | | 9015.80.10 | ---Incorporating lasers or designed to incorporate lasers | 25%DC:20% | | 9015.80.20 | ---Electrical geophysical instruments and appliances, NSA | 15%DC:10% | | 9015.80.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9015.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 25%DC:20% | | 9016.00.00 | BALANCES OF A SENSITIVITY OF 5 cg OR BETTER, WITH OR WITHOUT WEIGHTS | Free | | 9017 | 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: | | | 9017.10.00 | - Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic | 2% | | 9017.20.00 | - Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments | 5% | | 9017.30.00 | - Micrometers, callipers and gauges | 2% | | 9017.80.00 | - Other instruments | 2% | | 9017.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 2% | | 9018 | INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES USED IN MEDICAL, SURGICAL, DENTAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCES, INCLUDING SCINTIGRAPHIC APPARATUS, OTHER ELECTRO-MEDICAL APPARATUS AND SIGHT-TESTING INSTRUMENTS: | | | 9018.1 | - Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters): | | | 9018.11.00 | - - Electro-cardiographs | 30%DC:25% | | 9018.19 | - - Other: | | | 9018.19.10 | - - -Goods, as follows:(a) kymographs;(b) physiological equipment for monitoring or recording respiration rate, heart beat rate, blood pressure or body temperature;(c) ultrasonic diagnostic imaging units | 30%DC:25% | | 9018.19.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9018.20.00 | - Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus | Free | | 9018.3 | - Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like: | | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 9018.31 | - - Syringes, with or without needles: | | | 9018.31.10 | ---Syringes of plastic with or without needles, designed for use with injection or puncture needles | 30%DC:25% | | 9018.31.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9018.32.00 | - - Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures | Free | | 9018.39 | - - Other: | | | 9018.39.10 | ---Catheters (other than elastic gum woven catheters), cannulae, suction tubes, drainage appliances (including calibrated drainage bags) with or designed to be used with a catheter, of a kind used for the removal of fluids, gases or foreign matter from the human body, and the like | 30%DC:25% | | 9018.39.20 | ---Injection or puncture needles | 20%DC:15% | | 9018.39.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9018.4 | - Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences: | | | 9018.41.00 | - - Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment | Free | | 9018.49.00 | - - Other | Free | | 9018.50.00 | - Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances | Free | | 9018.90.00 | - Other instruments and appliances | 10%DC:5% | | 9019 | MECHANO-THERAPY APPLIANCES; MASSAGE APPARATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL APTITUDE-TESTING APPARATUS; OZONE THERAPY, OXYGEN THERAPY, AEROSOL THERAPY, ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION OR OTHER THERAPEUTIC RESPIRATION APPARATUS: | | | 9019.10.00 | - Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus | 2% | | 9019.20.00 | - Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus | 5% | | 9020.00.00 | OTHER BREATHING APPLIANCES AND GAS MASKS, EXCLUDING PROTECTIVE MASKS HAVING NEITHER MECHANICAL PARTS NOR REPLACEABLE FILTERS | 10%DC:5% | | 9021 | 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: | | | 9021.1 | - Artificial joints and other orthopaedic or fracture appliances: | | | 9021.11.00 | - - Artificial joints | 2% | | 9021.19.00 | - - Other | 2% | | 9021.2 | - Artificial teeth and dental fittings: | | | 9021.21.00 | - - Artificial teeth | 2% | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 9021.29.00 | - - Other | 2% | | 9021.30.00 | - Other artificial parts of the body | 2% | | 9021.40.00 | - Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories | 2% | | 9021.50.00 | - Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories | 25%DC:20% | | 9021.90.00 | - Other | 5% | | 9022 | 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: | | | 9022.1 | - Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus: | | | 9022.11.00 | - - For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses | 2% | | 9022.19.00 | - - For other uses | 2% | | 9022.2 | - 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: | | | 9022.21.00 | - - For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses | 2% | | 9022.29.00 | - - For other uses | 2% | | 9022.30.00 | - X-ray tubes | 2% | | 9022.90.00 | - Other, including parts and accessories | 2% | | 9023.00.00 | INSTRUMENTS, APPARATUS AND MODELS, DESIGNED FOR DEMONSTRATIONAL PURPOSES (FOR EXAMPLE, IN EDUCATION OR EXHIBITIONS), UNSUITABLE FOR OTHER USES | Free | | 9024 | MACHINES AND APPLIANCES FOR TESTING THE HARDNESS, STRENGTH, COMPRESSIBILITY, ELASTICITY OR OTHER MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (FOR EXAMPLE, METALS, WOOD, TEXTILES, PAPER, PLASTICS): | | | 9024.10.00 | - Machines and appliances for testing metals | Free | | 9024.80.00 | - Other machines and appliances | Free | | 9024.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 2% | | 9025 | HYDROMETERS AND SIMILAR FLOATING INSTRUMENTS, THERMOMETERS, PYROMETERS, BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS AND PSYCHROMETERS, RECORDING OR NOT, AND ANY COMBINATION OF THESE INSTRUMENTS: | | | 9025.1 | - Thermometers, not combined with other instruments: | | | 9025.11.00 | - - Liquid-filled, for direct reading | 2% | | 9025.19.00 | - - Other | Free | | 9025.20.00 | - Barometers, not combined with other instruments | Free | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | 9025.80.00 | - Other instruments | Free | | 9025.90.00 | - Parts and accessories | 2% | | 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 9014, 9015, 9028 OR 9032: | | | 9026.10 | - For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids: | | | 9026.10.10 | - - -Goods, as follows:(a) gauges of a kind used with internal combustion engines for indicating the amount of fuel in the fuel tank;(b) other gauges of a kind used solely or principally in motor vehicles | 25%DC:20% | | 9026.10.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9026.20 | - For measuring or checking pressure: | | | 9026.20.10 | - - -Electrical gauges of a kind used solely or principally in motor vehicles | 25%FI:20%DC:20% | | 9026.20.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9026.80 | - Other instruments or apparatus: | | | 9026.80.10 | ---Gauges, of a kind used solely or principally in motor vehicles | 25%FI:20%DC:20% | | 9026.80.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9026.90 | - Parts and accessories: | | | 9026.90.10 | - - -For goods, as follows:(a) gauges of a kind used with internal combustion engines for indicating the amount of fuel in the fuel tank;(b) pressure gauges, other than electric;(c) other gauges of a kind used solely or principally in motor vehicles | 25%FI:20%DC:20% | | 9026.90.90 | ---Other | 2% | | 9027 | 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: | | | 9027.10.00 | - Gas or smoke analysis apparatus | Free | | 9027.20.00 | - Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments | Free | | 9027.30.00 | - Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) | Free | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | 9027.40.00 | - Exposure meters | Free | | 9027.50.00 | - Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) | Free | | 9027.80 | - Other instruments and apparatus: | | | 9027.80.10 | ---Electrical pH and rH meters | 20%DC:15% | | 9027.80.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9027.90 | - Microtomes; parts and accessories: | | | 9027.90.10 | ---Parts and accessories for goods of 9027.80.10 | 20%DC:15% | | 9027.90.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9028 | GAS, LIQUID OR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY OR PRODUCTION METERS, INCLUDING CALIBRATING METERS THEREFOR: | | | 9028.10.00 | - Gas meters | 2% | | 9028.20.00 | - Liquid meters | 2% | | 9028.30.00 | - Electricity meters | 20%DC:15% | | 9028.90 | - Parts and accessories: | | | 9028.90.10 | ---For electricity meters | 20%DC:15% | | 9028.90.90 | ---Other | 25%DC:20% | | 9029 | REVOLUTION COUNTERS, PRODUCTION COUNTERS, TAXIMETERS, MILEOMETERS, PEDOMETERS AND THE LIKE; SPEED INDICATORS AND TACHOMETERS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF 9015; STROBOSCOPES: | | | 9029.10 | - Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like: | | | 9029.10.10 | ---Goods of a kind commonly used with motor vehicles of 8701.20.00, 8702, 8703, 8704 or 8705 | 25%FI:20%DC:20% | | 9029.10.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9029.20 | - Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes: | | | 9029.20.10 | ---Dwell tachometers | Free | | 9029.20.90 | ---Other | 25%FI:20%DC:20% | | 9029.90.00 | -Parts and accessories | 25%FI:20%DC:20% | | 9030 | OSCILLOSCOPES, SPECTRUM ANALYSERS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR CHECKING ELECTRICAL QUANTITIES, EXCLUDING METERS OF 9028; INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR DETECTING ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, X-RAY, COSMIC OR OTHER IONISING RADIATIONS: | | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | | 9030.10.00 | - Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations | Free | | 9030.20.00 | - Cathode-ray oscilloscopes and cathode-ray oscillographs | 20%DC:15% | | 9030.3 | -Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, without a recording device: | | | 9030.31.00 | - - Multimeters | 20%DC:15% | | 9030.39.00 | - - Other | 20%DC:15% | | 9030.40.00 | - Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) | 20%DC:15% | | 9030.8 | - Other instruments and apparatus: | | | 9030.81.00 | - - With a recording device | 20%DC:15% | | 9030.89.00 | - - Other | 20%DC:15% | | 9030.90 | - Parts and accessories: | | | 9030.90.10 | ---For goods of 9030.10.00 | 2% | | 9030.90.90 | ---Other | 20%DC:15% | | 9031 | MEASURING OR CHECKING INSTRUMENTS, APPLIANCES AND MACHINES, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER; PROFILE PROJECTORS: | | | 9031.10 | - Machines for balancing mechanical parts: | | | 9031.10.1 | ---Motor vehicle wheel balancers: | | | 9031.10.11 | ----Dynamic wheel balancers | 20%DC:15% | | 9031.10.19 | ----Static wheel balancers | 25%DC:20% | | 9031.10.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9031.20 | - Test benches: | | | 9031.20.10 | ---Electrical, for internal combustion engines | 20%DC:15% | | 9031.20.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9031.30.00 | - Profile projectors | 2% | | 9031.40.00 | - Other optical instruments and appliances | 2% | | 9031.80 | - Other instruments, appliances and machines: | | | 9031.80.10 | ---Electrical apparatus for analysing or testing internal combustion engines or for testing power output of motor vehicles or motor cycle engines | 20%DC:15% | | 9031.80.2 | ---Electrical instruments, appliances and machines, NSA: | | | 9031.80.21 | ----Planimeters | 15%DC:10% | | | SCHEDULE 3—continued | | | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | 9031.80.29 | ----Other | Free | | 9031.80.90 | ---Other | 25%DC:20% | | 9031.90 | - Parts and accessories: | | | 9031.90.10 | ---For goods of 9031.80.21 | 15%DC:10% | | 9031.90.20 | ---For goods of 9031.10.11, 9031.20.10 and 9031.80.10 | 20%DC:15% | | 9031.90.90 | ---Other | 25%DC:20% | | 9032 | AUTOMATIC REGULATING OR CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS: | | | 9032.10 | - Thermostats: | | | 9032.10.10 | ---Of a kind used with electrically operated domestic appliances | 25%DC:20% | | 9032.10.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9032.20.00 | - Manostats | Free | | 9032.8 | - Other instruments and apparatus: | | | 9032.81.00 | - - Hydraulic or pneumatic | 2% | | 9032.89 | - - Other: | | | 9032.89.10 | ---Automatic voltage regulators of a kind commonly used with motor vehicles, for 6 V or 12 V systems | 25%FI:20%DC:20% | | 9032.89.20 | ---Of a kind commonly used with dies or moulds to automatically control their temperature, being apparatus the control function of which is achieved by the temperature of the circulating fluid responding to changes in the temperature of the goods being controlled | 15%DC:10% | | 9032.89.30 | ---Goods incorporating, or designed to incorporate, thyristors, power transistors or the like, of a kind used for controlling electric motors | 20%DC:15% | | 9032.89.90 | ---Other | Free | | 9032.90 | - Parts and accessories: | | | 9032.90.10 | ---For programmable controllers | Free | | 9032.90.90 | ---Other | 20%DC:15% | | 9033.00.00 | PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER) FOR MACHINES, APPLIANCES, INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS OF CHAPTER 90 | 2% |