HTS heading · chapter 90
9002
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; parts and accessories thereof
Analysis
Heading 9002 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers 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; parts and accessories thereof. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 11 eight-digit tariff lines, with 11 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
9 of its 11 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (82%) and 2 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.45%. The median line pays duty-free.
The largest subheadings are 9002.90 (other, 5 lines), 9002.11 (for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers…, 3 lines), 9002.20 (filters and parts and accessories thereof, 2 lines) and 9002.19 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 37th percentile of the headings in chapter 90.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9002.11.40 | For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers: projection | 2.45% |
| 9002.11.60 | Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motors | Free |
| 9002.11.90 | Other: other | 2.3% |
| 9002.19.00 | Objective lenses and parts and accessories thereof: other | Free |
| 9002.20.40 | Filters and parts and accessories thereof: photographic | Free |
| 9002.20.80 | Filters and parts and accessories thereof: other | Free |
| 9002.90.20 | Other: prisms | Free |
| 9002.90.40 | Other: mirrors | Free |
| 9002.90.70 | Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processes | Free |
| 9002.90.85 | Mounted lenses suitable for use in, and entered separately from, closed-circuit television cameras, with or without attached electrical or non-electrical closed-circuit television camera connectors, and with or without attached motors | Free |
| 9002.90.95 | Other: other | Free |