Customs code · HS subheading 9010 90

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Parts and accessories for photographic laboratory equipment

Viewing boxes or projection screens

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. Exports and Intrastat use it as it is. For an import into the EU the declaration uses 9010 90 20 00: this code with 00 added.

This code covers parts and accessories for photographic or cinematographic laboratory equipment and viewing boxes, or for projection screens, where the equipment belongs to the specified groups. It does not cover the complete equipment itself.

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Official tariff text

Parts and accessories of apparatus and equipment of subheadings 9010 50 00 or 9010 60 00, n.e.s.

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Your answer for export

The full EU export code is 9010 90 20.

You do not pick a 10-digit EU import line for an export declaration or Intrastat. The destination classifies the goods under its own tariff.

8 digits, ready

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

90.10.9000 Parts and accessories

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

9010 90 20 00 Of apparatus and equipment of subheadings 9010|50|00|or 9010|60|00

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 18, 2026

9010.90.85.00 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 1 Norwegian line

Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

90.10.9000

Parts and accessories

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

9010 90 20 00

Of apparatus and equipment of subheadings 9010|50|00|or 9010|60|00

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

See the 2 US lines

Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

9010.90.85.00

Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens; parts and accessories thereof, Parts and accessories, Parts and accessories of articles of subheadings 9010.50 and 9010.60

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
9010.90.95.00

Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens; parts and accessories thereof, Parts and accessories, Other

General rate

2.9%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 18, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

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What to do now for an import

The code is settled. What is left is the import declaration around it.

On an import declaration the code is 9010 90 20 00: this code with 00 added There is no further split under it. Go to this section
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On an import declaration

9010 90 20 00

When these goods are imported into the EU, the declaration uses the 10-digit form 9010902000: this code with 00 added. There is no further split under it.

Look this line up in the EU tariff

Exports from the EU and Intrastat normally use the 8-digit code as it is.

EU tariff data of Sept. 13, 2026.

This is the catch-all under 9010 90: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within the parent group, this is for parts and accessories for viewing boxes and projection screens that are not named by the sibling code for parts and accessories of photographic or cinematographic laboratory equipment.

9010 90 80 Parts and accessories for apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic or cinematographic film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper, n.e.s.

Rates, origin and documents

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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.

Data of Sept. 1, 2026

Lower duty for goods from some countries

Possible

Preferential rates exist for goods originating in:

Andorra
San Marino
Türkiye
European Union
Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia
Western Sahara
European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
+43 origins

These rates apply to Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); GSP - General arrangements.

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

Important

Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in:

Iraq
Syria
Ukraine

The EU records document conditions on this code. What customs may ask for depends on where the goods come from, exactly what the product is and the customs procedure.

Proof of origin 2 conditions

If you claim a lower rate for goods from a country the EU has a trade agreement with, customs asks for proof of origin, for example a EUR.1 certificate or an origin declaration.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions

Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Movement certificate EUR.1

Sanctions and restricted regions 2 conditions

Some conditions come from EU sanctions rules. They matter when the goods are linked to a country or region the EU restricts trade with.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions

Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia

Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

EU tariff measure data of Sept. 1, 2026.

One last classification check

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How we got to this code

XVIII
90
9010
9010 90
9010 90 20

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The path to this code

Every level is settled. Open an earlier step if you need to change a choice.

Step 5 of 5 · Complete

Step 1 · Section XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, …
Is the product an optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, control, precision, medical or surgical instrument or apparatus; a watch; or a musical instrument?
✓
Step 2 · Chapter 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, … 1 of 3 chapters in section XVIII
Is the product an optical or photographic article, a photographic or cinematographic apparatus, a medical or surgical instrument or apparatus, a measuring or control instrument or apparatus, another precision instrument or apparatus, or a part or accessory for one of these?
✓
Step 3 · Heading 9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic or cinemat… 9 of 32 headings under chapter 90
Is the product automatic developing or printing equipment, other photographic or cinematographic laboratory equipment or a viewing box, a projection screen, or a part or accessory for one of these?
✓
Step 4 · Subheading 9010 90 Parts and accessories for apparatus and equipment f… 4 of 4 subheadings under heading 9010
Is the part or accessory for photographic or cinematographic laboratory equipment or a viewing box, or is it for a projection screen?
✓
Step 5 · Full code 9010 90 20 Parts and accessories of apparatus and equipment of… 1 of 2 codes under subheading 9010 90

Compare with the codes next to it.

Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.

Classification decides the rate here: from duty free to 2.7%.

you are here 9010 90 20 Parts and accessories of apparatus and equipment of subheadings 9010 50 00 or 9010 60 00, n.e.s. Duty free
another option 9010 90 80 Parts and accessories for apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic or cinematographic film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper, n.e.s. 2.7%

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Mentioned by the legal text

Often confused with

9010 50 00 Apparatus and equipment for photographic or cinematographic laboratories, n.e.s.; negatoscopes Duty free
That code covers complete photographic or cinematographic laboratory equipment and viewing boxes, while this code covers their parts and accessories.
9010 60 00 Projection screens Duty free
That code covers complete projection screens, while this code covers parts and accessories for them.
9010 90 80 Parts and accessories for apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic or cinematographic film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper, n.e.s. 2.7%
That code covers parts and accessories for photographic and cinematographic laboratory equipment; this code specifically names parts and accessories for the equipment or viewing boxes in one group, and projection screens.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, 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.