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9004 90 90
Corrective, protective or other glasses with non-plastic lenses, excluding sunglasses
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 90049090.
Code 9004 90 90 · Subheading 9004 90
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Corrective, protective or other glasses with non-plastic lenses, excluding sunglasses
This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers complete glasses and similar items that are corrective, protective or used for another purpose, provided they do not have plastic lenses. It excludes vision-testing glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses, spectacle lenses, and frames or mountings.
For example
- Corrective spectacles with glass lenses
- Protective goggles with glass lenses
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See the official tariff text
Official tariff text
Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (other than with lenses of plastics and excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, sunglasses, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames and mountings for spectacles)
One last check
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
- another option 9004 90 10 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other, with lenses of plastics (excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, sunglasses, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames and mountings for spectacles) 2.9%*
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you are here 9004 90 90 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (other than with lenses of plastics and excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, sunglasses, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames and mountings for spectacles) 2.9%*
Trade measures to be aware of
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.
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Lower duty for goods from some countries
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; 52 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 database -
Restrictions and paperwork
Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Iraq; Syria; Ukraine; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
- Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
- Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
- Movement certificate EUR.1
- Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
- Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
- Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate
Export to Norway
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
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90.04.9000
Other
- Ordinary duty
- Duty free*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
Export to the United Kingdom
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
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9004 90 90 00
Other
- Ordinary duty
- 2.0%*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
Check the facts that sit outside 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.
- The product and its form Check that your product really matches this description, including what it is made of and the form it arrives in.
- Country of origin Trade agreements, sanctions and extra measures can change the treatment of the very same code.
- Current tariff measures Check today's rate, any restrictions or licences, and the quantity customs asks for, with SKAT or TARIC.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
Similar products elsewhere in the tariff
- 9003 19 00 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like (excl. of plastics) 2.2%*
- 9003 90 00 Parts of frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, n.e.s. 2.2%*
- 9003 11 00 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, of plastics 2.2%*
- 9001 50 80 Spectacle lenses of materials (excl. glass), partly finished No rate on file
- 9002 90 00 Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, mounted, of any material, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus (excl. objective lenses for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers, such elements of glass not optically worked, and filters) Duty free*
Often confused with
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9001 50 80
Spectacle lenses of materials (excl. glass), partly finished
No rate on file
That code covers corrective spectacle lenses as separate lenses, while this code covers glasses and similar goods rather than spectacle lenses.
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9003 11 00
Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, of plastics
2.2%*
That code covers plastic frames and mountings for glasses, while this code covers glasses and similar goods rather than frames or mountings.
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9004 90 10
Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other, with lenses of plastics (excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, sunglasses, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames and mountings for spectacles)
2.9%*
That code is for otherwise similar glasses with plastic lenses, while this code excludes glasses with plastic lenses.
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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