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Chapter 90

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

172 tariff codes

9001.10

Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables

Free
9001.20

Sheets and plates of polarising material

Free
9001.30

Contact lenses

Free
9001.40

Spectacle lenses of glass

20%
9001.50

Spectacle lenses of other materials :

Free
9001.50.10

Un-worked (blanks)

Free
9001.50.90

Worked

20% or Rs.100/= per pair
9001.90

Other

Free
9002.11

For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers of reducers

Free
9002.19

Other

15%
9002.20

Filters

Free
9002.90

Other

15%
9003.11

Of plastics

20%
9003.19

Of other materials :

Free
9003.19.10

Frames for spectacles, mainly of metal

20% or Rs.100/= per pair
9003.19.90

Other

20%
9003.90

Parts :

Free
9003.90.10

Hinges and re-enforcing wire arms

Free
9003.90.90

Other

Free
9004.10

Sunglasses

20%
9004.90

Other

Free
9005.10

Binoculars

15%
9005.80

Other instruments

Free
9005.90

Parts and accessories (including mountings)

Free
9006.30

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

Instant print cameras

Free
9006.53

For roll film of a width of 35 mm

Free
9006.53.10

Cameras of a kind used for recording documents on microfilm, microfiche or other microforms

Free
9006.53.20

Other used single-used cameras

Free
9006.53.90

Other

Free
9006.59

Other :

Free
9006.59.10

Cameras of a kind used for recording documents on microfilm, microfiche or other microforms

Free
9006.59.90

Other

Free
9006.61

Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatus

15%
9006.69

Other

Free
9006.91

For cameras

15%
9006.99

Other

15%
9007.10

Cameras:

Free
9007.10.10

For film of less than 16 mm width or for double-8 mm film

15%
9007.10.90

Other

Free
9007.20

Projectors :

Free
9007.20.10

For film of less than 16 mm width

15%
9007.20.90

Other

Free
9007.91

For cameras

Free
9007.92

For projectors

Free
9008.50

Projectors, enlargers and reducers

Free
9008.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9010.10

Apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed films to rolls of photographic paper

Free
9010.50

Other, apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes :

Free
9010.50.10

Apparatus and equipment for cinematographic laboratories

Free
9010.50.90

Other

Free
9010.60

Projection screens

Free
9010.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9011.10

Stereoscopic microscopes

Free
9011.20

Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection

Free
9011.80

Other microscopes

Free
9011.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9012.10

Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus

Free
9012.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9013.10

Telescopic sights for fittings to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chaptr or Section XVI

Free
9013.20

Lasers, other than laser diodes

Free
9013.80

Other devices, appliances and instruments

Free
9013.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9014.10

Direction finding compasses

Free
9014.20

Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses)

Free
9014.80

Other instruments and appliances

Free
9014.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9015.10

Rangefinders

Free
9015.20

Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)

Free
9015.30

Levels

Free
9015.40

Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances

Free
9015.80

Other instruments and appliances

Free
9015.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9016.00

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

Free
9017.10

Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic

Free
9017.20

Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments:

Free
9017.20.10

Protractors (radius 10 cm and below)

20%
9017.20.20

Rulers 30 cm and below

20%
9017.20.30

Triangular set squares shortest side 17.5 cm or below

20%
9017.20.40

Dividers and compasses

20%
9017.20.50

Sets of mathematical instruments used by school children, with a ruler not exceeding 15 cm packed in metal or plastic

20%
9017.20.90

Other

Free
9017.30

Micrometers, callipers and gauges

Free
9017.80

Other instruments (+)

Free
9017.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9018.11

Electro-cardiographs

Free
9018.12

Ultrasonic scanning apparatus

Free
9018.13

Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

Free
9018.14

Scintigraphic apparatus

Free
9018.19

Other

Free
9018.20

Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus

Free
9018.31

Syringes, with or without needles

Free
9018.32

Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures

Free
9018.39

Other

Free
9018.41

Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment

Free
9018.49

Other

Free
9018.50

Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances

Free
9018.90

Other instruments and appliances

Free
9019.10

Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus, psychological aptitude-testing apparatus

Free
9019.20

Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus

Free
9020.00

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

Free
9021.10

Orthopaedic or fracture appliances

Free
9021.21

Artificial teeth

Free
9021.29

Other

Free
9021.31

Artificial joints

Free
9021.39

Other

Free
9021.40

Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories

Free
9021.50

Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories

Free
9021.90

Other

Free
9022.12

Computed tomography apparatus

Free
9022.13

Other, for dental uses

Free
9022.14

Other, for medical, surgical, or veterinary uses

Free
9022.19

For other uses

Free
9022.21

For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses

Free
9022.29

For other uses

Free
9022.30

X-ray tubes

Free
9022.90

Other, including parts and accessories

Free
9023.00

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

Free
9024.10

Machines and appliances for testing metals

Free
9024.80

Other machines and appliances

Free
9024.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9025.11

Liquid-filled, for direct reading

Free
9025.19

Other

Free
9025.80

Other instruments :

Free
9025.80.10

Instruments for testing of milk

Free
9025.80.90

Other

Free
9025.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9026.10

For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids

Free
9026.20

For measuring or checking pressure

Free
9026.80

Other instruments or apparatus

Free
9026.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9027.10

Gas or smoke analysis apparatus

Free
9027.20

Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments

Free
9027.30

Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible,IR)

Free
9027.50

Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR)

Free
9027.81

Mass spectrometers

Free
9027.89

Other

Free
9027.90

Microtomes; parts and accessories

Free
9028.10

Gas meters

Free
9028.20

Liquid meters

Free
9028.30

Electricity meters

Free
9028.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9029.10

Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like:

Free
9029.10.10

Taximeters

Free
9029.10.90

Other

Free
9029.20

Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes

Free
9029.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9030.10

Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations

Free
9030.20

Oscilloscopes and oscillographs

Free
9030.31

Multimeters without a recording device

Free
9030.32

Multimeters with a recording device

Free
9030.33

Other, without a recording device

Free
9030.39

Other, with a recording device

Free
9030.40

Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)

Free
9030.82

For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits)

Free
9030.84

Other, with a recording device

Free
9030.89

Other

Free
9030.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9031.10

Machines for balancing mechanical parts

Free
9031.20

Test benches

Free
9031.41

For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)

Free
9031.49

Other

Free
9031.80

Other instruments, appliances and machines

Free
9031.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9032.10

Thermostats

Free
9032.20

Manostats

Free
9032.81

Hydraulic or pneumatic

Free
9032.89

Other :

Free
9032.89.10

Apparatus for regulating the charging of accumulators using direct current generated from solar energy, and for distributing direct current [“Charge Controllers” and the like]

Free
9032.89.90

Other

Free
9032.90

Parts and accessories

Free
9033.00

Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90.

Free