Code 9001 90 00 · Subheading 9001 90
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers unmounted optical lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical articles made from any material. It excludes glass articles that have not been optically worked, as well as contact lenses and spectacle lenses.
For example
Official tariff text
Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked, contact lenses and spectacle lenses)
Classification complete
9001 90 00
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 90019000.
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 51 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Iraq; Syria; Ukraine; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Belarus; Russian Federation; North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); Libya; 1 more origin.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
90.01.9000
Other
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
All 2 UK lines under this code
They all have the same duty rates shown here.
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
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This code names objectives for cameras, projectors or photographic enlarging and reducing apparatus; 9001 90 00 covers unmounted optical articles and does not name those objectives.
This code is for lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical articles that are mounted for instruments and apparatus; 9001 90 00 is for unmounted articles.
This code is for corrective, protective or other glasses and similar goods with plastic lenses; 9001 90 00 is for unmounted optical articles.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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