Import duty / Chapter 90
32 headings and 143 tariff lines in section XVIII; 75 lines clear duty-free under USMCA for North American origin goods. Each heading lists its lines with the published US and Canadian rates, verified October 2026.
Ship chapter 90 goods: instant rate →Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables not of heading no. 8544; sheets, plates of polarising material; lenses, prisms, mirrors, of any material; unmounted; not non optical glass
6 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
4 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Frames and mountings; for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts
3 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Spectacles, goggles and the like; corrective, protective or other
2 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, mountings therefore; other astronomical instruments, mountings therefore, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
3 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic); photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading no. 8539
8 lines · 6 USMCA-free
Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
4 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
2 lines · 0 USMCA-free
Photographic (including cinematographic) laboratory apparatus and equipment, n.e.c. in chapter 90; negatoscopes; projection screens
4 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Microscopes, compound optical; including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
4 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Microscopes (excluding optical microscopes); diffraction apparatus
2 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments n.e.c. in this chapter
4 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Navigational instruments and appliances; direction finding compasses
4 lines · 0 USMCA-free
Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses, rangefinders
6 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Balances; of a sensitivity of 5cg or better, with or without weights
1 line · 0 USMCA-free
Drawing, marking-out, mathematical calculating instruments (drafting machines, protractors, drawing sets etc); instruments for measuring length (e.g. measuring rods, tapes, micrometers, callipers) n.e.c.
5 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight testing instruments
13 lines · 9 USMCA-free
Mechano-therapy, massage appliances; psychological aptitude testing apparatus; ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
2 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Breathing appliances and gas masks; excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters and excluding apparatus of item no. 9019.20
1 line · 0 USMCA-free
Orthopaedic appliances; including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other which are worn, carried or implanted in the body to compensate for a defect or disability
8 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Apparatus based on the use of x-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising 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 tens
8 lines · 6 USMCA-free
Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
1 line · 1 USMCA-free
Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity of other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
3 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not
4 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Instruments, apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure of liquids, gases (e.g. flow meters, heat meters etc), not instruments and apparatus of heading no. 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
4 lines · 0 USMCA-free
Instruments and apparatus; for physical or chemical analysis (e.g. polarimeters, spectrometers), for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, etc, for measuring quantities of heat, sound or light
7 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
4 lines · 4 USMCA-free
Revolution counter, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like, speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading no. 9015, stroboscopes
3 lines · 0 USMCA-free
Instruments, apparatus for measuring, checking electrical quantities not meters of heading no. 9028; instruments, apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, x-ray, cosmic and other radiations
11 lines · 8 USMCA-free
Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, n.e.c. or included in this chapter; profile projectors
6 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; automatic type
5 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90; parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90
1 line · 0 USMCA-free
This page is a free reference for shippers, not a customs ruling. Final classification and duty are determined by the licensed customs broker at entry, and government amounts are always billed at actual. Rates change with each tariff edition and trade action.
