HS Chapter 90
Optical, photographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments
32 headings · 184 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.
Heading 9001
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
8 codes
Heading 9002
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 codes
Heading 9003
Frames and mountings; for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts
3 codes
Heading 9004
Spectacles, goggles and the like; corrective, protective or other
2 codes
Heading 9005
Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, mountings therefore; other astronomical instruments, mountings therefore, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
3 codes
Heading 9006
Cameras, photographic (excluding cinematographic); photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading no. 8539
8 codes
Heading 9007
Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
6 codes
Heading 9008
Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
2 codes
Heading 9010
Photographic (including cinematographic) laboratory apparatus and equipment, n.e.c. in chapter 90; negatoscopes; projection screens
4 codes
Heading 9011
Microscopes, compound optical; including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
4 codes
Heading 9012
Microscopes (excluding optical microscopes); diffraction apparatus
2 codes
Heading 9013
Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments n.e.c. in this chapter
6 codes
Heading 9014
Navigational instruments and appliances; direction finding compasses
5 codes
Heading 9015
Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses, rangefinders
7 codes
Heading 9016
Balances; of a sensitivity of 5cg or better, with or without weights
1 codes
Heading 9017
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.
6 codes
Heading 9018
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight testing instruments
34 codes
Heading 9019
Mechano-therapy, massage appliances; psychological aptitude testing apparatus; ozone, oxygen, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
5 codes
Heading 9020
Breathing appliances and gas masks; excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters and excluding apparatus of item no. 9019.20
1 codes
Heading 9021
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
9 codes
Heading 9022
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 codes
Heading 9023
Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
1 codes
Heading 9024
Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity of other mechanical properties of materials (e.g. metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
4 codes
Heading 9025
Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not
4 codes
Heading 9026
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 codes
Heading 9027
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 codes
Heading 9028
Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
8 codes
Heading 9029
Revolution counter, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like, speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading no. 9015, stroboscopes
4 codes
Heading 9030
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 codes
Heading 9031
Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, n.e.c. or included in this chapter; profile projectors
6 codes
Heading 9032
Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; automatic type
5 codes
Heading 9033
Machines and appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90; parts and accessories n.e.c. in chapter 90
2 codes
Recorded imports
Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 39,997,528,198 (11,783,698 kg) under this chapter, across 182 of its 184 tariff lines. The remaining 2 recorded no commercial import in that window.
NBR's import statements also record one code under this chapter that the published Operative Tariff 2026-2027 does not list (90330000). Those figures are included in the totals above but have no tariff page here, because there is no published rate to show.
| Month | Lines with imports | Net weight | Assessable value |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 170 | 2,259,670 kg | BDT 7,400,596,260 |
| January 2026 | 166 | 1,995,868 kg | BDT 8,412,040,788 |
| February 2026 | 164 | 2,040,382 kg | BDT 6,386,510,818 |
| March 2026 | 152 | 2,014,749 kg | BDT 5,494,934,236 |
| April 2026 | 161 | 1,807,665 kg | BDT 6,224,110,464 |
| May 2026 | 160 | 1,665,364 kg | BDT 6,079,335,632 |
The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:
- 90318000 — Instruments, Appliances And Machines For Measuring Or Checking, Nes — BDT 1,728,375,826
- 90278900 — Other instruments and apparatus, OTHER Excl. Mass spectrometers — BDT 472,392,683
- 90301000 — Instruments And Apparatus For Measuring Or Detecting Ionising Radiations — BDT 327,694,642
- 90189030 — Angiographic catheter wire, guidy catheter wire....balloons, stents — BDT 264,977,854
- 90183110 — Empty prefilled glass/plastic syringes with needles,.. shield, plunger and stopper — BDT 250,705,512
Bonded imports. A further BDT 1,443,734,818 (195,774 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 3.5% of the total value imported under this chapter.
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), December 2025 – May 2026. Assessable value is the customs value on which duty is charged, not the retail or invoice price.