Code 9011 20 90 · Subheading 9011 20
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This code covers optical microscopes used for photomicrography, cinematophotomicrography or microprojection. It excludes stereoscopic microscopes and microscopes with equipment specially designed to handle and transport semiconductor wafers and masks.
For example
Official tariff text
Optical microscopes for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection (excl. fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles, and stereoscopic microscopes)
Classification complete
9011 20 90
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 90112090.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 6.7%.
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; 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 databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
90.11.2000
Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
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.
9011 20 90 00
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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.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers image projectors and photographic enlargers or reducers, whereas this code covers optical microscopes for microprojection and related microscopy purposes.
That code covers the same type of optical microscope when it has equipment specially designed for handling and transporting semiconductor wafers and masks.
That code covers electron microscopes, proton microscopes and electron diffractographs, rather than the optical microscopes covered here.
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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