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Chapter 90Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

The headings in this chapter of the AHECC, the Australian export classification published by the ABS. Each one opens on the codes it contains.

Chapter 90 covers optical, photographic, measuring, checking and medical instruments and apparatus. Its logic is neither material nor technology but function: to observe, measure, check, treat.

That is why it often wins against Chapter 85. A wholly electronic device that measures a quantity belongs here, not in Section XVI. Parts follow the chapter's own Note 2, which is distinct from the Section XVI rule: a part identifiable as suitable for use solely with an instrument of Chapter 90 stays in Chapter 90.

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  • 9001OPTICAL 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:
  • 9002LENSES, 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:
  • 9003FRAMES AND MOUNTINGS FOR SPECTACLES, GOGGLES OR THE LIKE, AND PARTS THEREOF:
  • 9004SPECTACLES, GOGGLES AND THE LIKE, CORRECTIVE, PROTECTIVE OR OTHER:
  • 9005BINOCULARS, MONOCULARS, OTHER OPTICAL TELESCOPES, AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR; OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MOUNTINGS THEREFOR, BUT NOT INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS FOR RADIO-ASTRONOMY:
    • 9005.10.00Binoculars
    • 9005.80.00Other instruments
    • 9005.90Parts and accessories (including mountings) (excluding those for 9620)
      • 9005.90.01Parts and accessories (including mountings) (excluding those for 9620)
  • 9006PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC) CAMERAS; PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND FLASHBULBS OTHER THAN DISCHARGE LAMPS OF 8539:
    • 9006.30.00Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes
    • 9006.40.00Instant print cameras
    • 9006.5Other cameras:
    • 9006.6Photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs:
    • 9006.9Parts and accessories:
  • 9007CINEMATOGRAPHIC CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS, WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDING OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS:
  • 9008IMAGE PROJECTORS, OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC; PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC) ENLARGERS AND REDUCERS:
  • 9010APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC (INCLUDING CINEMATOGRAPHIC) LABORATORIES, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER; NEGATOSCOPES; PROJECTION SCREENS:
    • 9010.10.00Apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper
    • 9010.50Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (incl. cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes
      • 9010.50.90Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (incl. cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes
    • 9010.60.00Projection screens
    • 9010.90Parts and accessories
  • 9011COMPOUND OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR PHOTOMICROGRAPHY, CINEPHOTOMICROGRAPHY OR MICROPROJECTION:
    • 9011.10Stereoscopic microscopes
    • 9011.20Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
      • 9011.20.30Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
    • 9011.80.00Other microscopes
    • 9011.90Parts and accessories
  • 9012MICROSCOPES OTHER THAN OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; DIFFRACTION APPARATUS:
    • 9012.10Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
      • 9012.10.10Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
    • 9012.90Parts and accessories
  • 9013LASERS, OTHER THAN LASER DIODES; OTHER OPTICAL APPLIANCES AND INSTRUMENTS, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER:
    • 9013.10.00Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter Section 16
    • 9013.20.00Lasers, other than laser diodes
    • 9013.80.00Other devices, appliances and instruments
    • 9013.90.00Parts and accessories
  • 9014DIRECTION FINDING COMPASSES; OTHER NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES:
    • 9014.10.00Direction finding compasses
    • 9014.20.00Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses)
    • 9014.80Other devices, appliances and instruments
      • 9014.80.01Other devices, appliances and instruments
    • 9014.90Parts and accessories
  • 9015SURVEYING (INCLUDING PHOTOGRAMMETRICAL SURVEYING), HYDROGRAPHIC, OCEANOGRAPHIC, HYDROLOGICAL, METEOROLOGICAL OR GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES, EXCLUDING COMPASSES; RANGEFINDERS:
  • 9016.00.00BALANCES OF A SENSITIVITY OF 5 CG OR BETTER, WITH OR WITHOUT WEIGHTS
  • 9017DRAWING, 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:
    • 9017.10.00Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic
    • 9017.20Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments
      • 9017.20.10Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments
    • 9017.30.00Micrometers, callipers and gauges
    • 9017.80.00Other instruments
    • 9017.90Parts and accessories
  • 9018INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES USED IN MEDICAL, SURGICAL, DENTAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCES, INCLUDING SCINTIGRAPHIC APPARATUS, OTHER ELECTRO-MEDICAL APPARATUS AND SIGHT-TESTING INSTRUMENTS:
    • 9018.1Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters):
    • 9018.20.00Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus
    • 9018.3Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like:
    • 9018.4Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences:
      • 9018.41.00Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment
      • 9018.49.00Other
    • 9018.50.00Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances
    • 9018.90Other instruments and appliances
  • 9019MECHANO-THERAPY APPLIANCES; MASSAGE APPARATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL APTITUDE-TESTING APPARATUS; OZONE THERAPY, OXYGEN THERAPY, AEROSOL THERAPY, ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION OR OTHER THERAPEUTIC RESPIRATION APPARATUS:
    • 9019.10.00Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus
    • 9019.20.00Ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
  • 9020.00.00OTHER BREATHING APPLIANCES AND GAS MASKS, EXCLUDING PROTECTIVE MASKS HAVING NEITHER MECHANICAL PARTS NOR REPLACEABLE FILTERS
  • 9021ORTHOPAEDIC 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:
  • 9022APPARATUS 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 TENSION GENERATORS, CONTROL PANELS AND DESKS, SCREENS, EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT TABLES, CHAIRS AND THE LIKE:
    • 9022.1Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:
    • 9022.2Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus:
    • 9022.30.00X-ray tubes
    • 9022.90.00Other, including parts and accessories
  • 9023.00.00INSTRUMENTS, APPARATUS AND MODELS, DESIGNED FOR DEMONSTRATIONAL PURPOSES (FOR EXAMPLE, IN EDUCATION OR EXHIBITIONS), UNSUITABLE FOR OTHER USES
  • 9024MACHINES AND APPLIANCES FOR TESTING THE HARDNESS, STRENGTH, COMPRESSIBILITY, ELASTICITY OR OTHER MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (FOR EXAMPLE, METALS, WOOD, TEXTILES, PAPER, PLASTICS):
  • 9025HYDROMETERS AND SIMILAR FLOATING INSTRUMENTS, THERMOMETERS, PYROMETERS, BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS AND PSYCHROMETERS, RECORDING OR NOT, AND ANY COMBINATION OF THESE INSTRUMENTS:
  • 9026INSTRUMENTS 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:
  • 9027INSTRUMENTS 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:
    • 9027.10.00Gas or smoke analysis apparatus
    • 9027.20.00Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments
    • 9027.30.00Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)
    • 9027.50.00Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)
    • 9027.81.00Mass spectrometers
    • 9027.89.00Other
    • 9027.90.00Microtomes; parts and accessories
  • 9028GAS, LIQUID OR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY OR PRODUCTION METERS, INCLUDING CALIBRATING METERS THEREFOR:
  • 9029REVOLUTION COUNTERS, PRODUCTION COUNTERS, TAXIMETERS, MILEOMETERS, PEDOMETERS AND THE LIKE; SPEED INDICATORS AND TACHOMETERS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF 9014 OR 9015; STROBOSCOPES:
    • 9029.10.00Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like
    • 9029.20Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes
      • 9029.20.01Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes
    • 9029.90Parts and accessories
  • 9030OSCILLOSCOPES, 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:
    • 9030.10.00Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations
    • 9030.20Oscilloscopes and oscillographs
    • 9030.3Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices):
    • 9030.40.00Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)
    • 9030.8Other instruments and apparatus:
    • 9030.90.00Parts and accessories
  • 9031MEASURING OR CHECKING INSTRUMENTS, APPLIANCES AND MACHINES, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER; PROFILE PROJECTORS:
    • 9031.10.00Machines for balancing mechanical parts
    • 9031.20.00Test benches
    • 9031.4Other optical instruments and appliances:
      • 9031.41.00For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices (including integrated circuits)
      • 9031.49Other
    • 9031.80.00Other instruments, appliances and machines
    • 9031.90.00Parts and accessories
  • 9032AUTOMATIC REGULATING OR CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS:
  • 9033.00PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER) FOR MACHINES, APPLIANCES, INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS OF CHAPTER 90
    • 9033.00.01PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER) FOR MACHINES, APPLIANCES, INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS OF CHAPTER 90

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