Working Tariff Document of New Zealand

Working Tariff Document of New Zealand, chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

  • 240Tariff lines
  • 0%–5%Rate

Chapter 90 → Duty rates compared

Chapter 90 has 240 lines in the Working Tariff Document of New Zealand, spread over 32 headings.

Rates run from 0% to 5%, averaging 0.6%; 209 lines are duty-free.

1 line carries a specific or compound duty.

Heading 9021, orthopaedic appliances, is divided furthest: 38 lines.

The most common rate is zero, on 209 lines.

The highest is 5% on 9001.10.01.00 (OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES).

9001 Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 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

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

9003 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof

9004 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other

9005 Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy

9006 Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539

9007 Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus

9008 Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers

9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens

9011 Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection

9012 Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus

9013 Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter

9014 Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances

9015 Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders

9016 Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights

9017 Drawing, 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

9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

9019 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus

9020 Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters

9021 Orthopaedic 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

9022 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation, 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

9023 Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses

9024 Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)

9025 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments

9026 Instruments 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 heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032

9027 Instruments 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

9028 Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor

9029 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes

9030 Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiation

9031 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors

9032 Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus

9033 Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90

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