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Rate of duty

Standard

Preferential Areas

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(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

90.01

Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 85.44; 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.

9001.10

- Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables

30%

..

9001.20

- Sheets and plates of polarising material

30%

..

9001.30

- Contact lenses

30%

..

9001.40

- Spectacle lenses of glass

30%

..

9001.50

- Spectacle lenses of other materials

30%

..

9001.90

- Other

30%

..

90.02

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.

- Objective lenses:

9002.11

-- For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers

30%

..

9002.19

-- Other

30%

..

9002.20

- Filters

30%

9002.90

- Other

30%

..

90.03

Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof.

..

- Frames and mountings:

9003.11

-- Of plastics

30%

9003.19

-- Of other materials

30%

9003.90

- Parts

30%

..

90.04

Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other.

9004.10

- Sunglasses

30%

9004.90

- Other

30%

90.05

Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor, other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy.

..

9005.10

- Binoculars

30%

..

9005.80

- Other instruments

30%

..

9005.90

- Parts and accessories (including mountings)

30%

..

90.06

Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 85.39.

9006.10

- Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders

30%

..

9006.20

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

30%

..

9006.30

- Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerlal survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes

30%

..

9006.40

- Instant print cameras

30%

..

- Other cameras:

9006.51

-- With a through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR), for roll film of a width not exceeding 35 mm.

30%

..

9006.52

-- Other, for roll film of a width less than 35 mm.

30%

..

9006.53

-- Other, for roll film of a width of 35 mm

30%

..

9006.59

-- Other

30%

..

- Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs:

9006.61

-- Discharge lamp ("electronic") flashlight apparatus

30%

..

9006.62

-- Flashbulbs, flashcubes and the like

30%

..

9006.69

-- Other

30%

..

- Parts and accessories:

9006.91

-- For cameras

25%

..

9006.99

-- Other

25%

..

90.07

Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus.

- Cameras:

9007.11

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

25%

..

9007.19

-- Other

25%

..

- Projectors:

9007.20

-- Projectors

25%

..

- Parts and accessories:

9007.91

-- For cameras

25%

..

9007.92

-- For projectors

25%

..

90.08

Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers.

9008.10

- Slide projectors

30%

..

9008.20

- Microfilm, microfiche or other microform readers, whether or not capable of producing copies

30%

..

9008.30

- Other image projectors

30%

..

9008.40

- Photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers

30%

..

9008.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.09

Photo-copying apparatus incorporating an optical system or of the contact type and thermo-copying apparatus.

- Electrostatic photo-copying apparatus:

9009.11

-- Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process)

15%

..

9009.12

-- Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process)

30%

..

- Other photo-copying apparatus:

9009.21

-- Incorporating an optical system

15%

..

9009.22

-- Of the contact type

30%

..

9009.30

- Thermo-copying apparatus

30%

..

- Parts and accessories:

9009.91

-- Automatic document feeders

25%

..

9009.92

-- Paper feeders

25%

..

9009.93

-- Sorters

25%

..

9009.99

-- Other

25%

..

90.10

Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories (including apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitised semi-conductor materials), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, negatoscopes; projection screens.

9010.10

- 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%

..

- Apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitised semiconductor materials:

9010.41

- Direct write-on-wafer apparatus

Free

..

9010.42

-- Step and repeat aligners

Free

..

9010.49

-- Other

Free

..

9010.50

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

25%

..

9010.60

- Projection Screens

30%

..

9010.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.11

Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cine photomicrography or microprojection.

9011.10

- Stereoscopic microscopes

25%

..

9011.20

- Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection

25%

..

9011.80

- Other microscopes

25%

..

9011.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.12

Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus.

9012.10

- Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus

25%

..

9012.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.13

Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings; lasers, other than laser dlodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.

9013.10

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

25%

..

9013.20

- Lasers, other than laser diodes

25%

..

9013.80

- Other devices, appliances and instruments

25%

..

9013.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.14

Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances.

9014.10

- Direction finding compasses

25%

..

9014.20

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

25%

..

9014.80

- Other instruments and appliances

25%

..

9014.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.15

Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceano-graphic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders.

9015.10

- Rangefinders

25%

..

9015.20

- Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers)

25%

..

9015.30

- Levels

25%

..

9015.40

- Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances

25%

..

9015.80

- Other instruments and appliances

25%

..

9015.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.16

9016.00

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

25%

..

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.

9017.10

- Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic

25%

..

9017.20

- Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments

25%

..

9017.30

- Micrometers, callipers and gauges

25%

..

9017.80

- Other instruments

25%

..

9017.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.18

Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments.

- Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examina­tions or for checking physiological parameters):

9018.11

-- Electro-cardigraphs

25%

..

9018.12

-- Ultrasonic scanning apparatus

25%

..

9018.13

-- Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

25%

..

9018.14

-- Scintigraphic apparatus

25%

..

9018.19

-- Other

25%

..

9018.20

- Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus

25%

..

- Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae

and the like :

9018.31

-- Syringes, with or without needles

25%

..

9018.32

-- Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures

25%

..

9018.39

-- Other

25%

..

- Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences:

9018.41

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

25%

..

9018.49

-- Other

25%

..

9018.50

- Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances

25%

..

9018.90

- Other instruments and appliances

25%

..

90.19

Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, arificial respiration or other therapheutic resplration apparatus.

9019.10

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

25%

..

9019.20

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

25%

..

90.20

9020.00

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

25%

..

90.21

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.

9021.10

- Orthopaedic or fracture appliances

25%

- Artificial teeth and dental fittings:

9021.21

-- Artificial teeth

25%

..

9021.29

-- Other

25%

..

- Other artificial parts of the body:

z

9021.31

-- Artificial joints

25%

..

9021.39

-- Other

25%

..

9021.40

- Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories

25%

..

9021.50

- Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories

25%

..

9021.90

- Other

25%

..

90.22

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.

- Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:

9022.12

-- Computed tomography apparatus

25%

..

9022.13

-- Other, for dental use

25%

..

9022.14

-- Other, for medical, surgical or vaterinary uses

25%

..

9022.19

-- For other uses

30%

..

- Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radioations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:

9022.21

-- For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses

25%

..

9022.29

-- For other uses

30%

..

9022.30

- X-ray tubes

30%

..

9022.90

- Other, including parts and accessories

30%

..

90.23

9023.00

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

25%

..

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).

9024.10

- Machines and appliances for testing metals

25%

..

9024.80

- Other machines and appliances

25%

..

9024.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.25

Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments.

- Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments:

9025.11

-- Liquid-filled for direct reading

25%

..

9025.19

-- Other

25%

..

9025.80

- Other instruments

25%

..

9025.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

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 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32.

9026.10

- For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids

15%

..

9026.20

- For measuring or checking pressure

10%

..

9026.80

- Other instruments or apparatus

10%

..

9026.90

- Parts and accessories

5%

..

90.27

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

- Gas or smoke analysis apparatus

25%

..

9027.20

- Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments

10%

..

9027.30

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

10%

..

9027.40

- Exposure meters

25%

..

9027.50

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

10%

..

9027.80

- Other instruments and apparatus

10%

..

9027.90

- Microtomes; parts and accessories

25%

..

90.28

Gas, liquid or electricity supply or pro­duction meters, including calibrating meters therefor.

9028.10

- Gas meters

25%

..

9028.20

- Liquid meters

25%

..

9028.30

- Electricity meters

25%

..

9028.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

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.

9029.10

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

25%

..

9029.20

- Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes

25%

..

9029.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.30

Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantitles, excluding meters of heading 90.28; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations.

9030.10

- Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations

25%

..

9030.20

- Cathode-ray oscilloscopes and cathode ray oscillographs

25%

..

- Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, without a recording device:

9030.31

-- Multimeters

25%

..

9030.39

-- Other

25%

..

9030.40

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

15%

..

- Other instruments and apparatus:

9030.82

-- For measuring or checking semi-conduc­tor wafers or devices

Free

..

9030.83

-- Other, with a recording device

25%

..

9030.89

-- Other

25%

..

9030.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.31

Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, profile projectors.

9031.10

- Machines for balancing mechanical parts

25%

..

9031.20

- Test benches

25%

..

9031.30

- Profile projectors

25%

..

- Other optical instruments and appliances

9031.41

-- For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices

Free

..

9031.49

-- Other

25%

..

9031.80

- Other instruments, appliances and machines

25%

..

9031.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.32

Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus.

9032.10

- Thermostats

25%

..

9032.20

- Manostats

25%

..

- Other instruments and apparatus:

9032.81

-- Hydraulic or pneumatic

25%

..

9032.89

-- Other

25%

..

9032.90

- Parts and accessories

25%

..

90.33

9033.00

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

25%

..