- Section 18 – Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical Or Surgical Instruments And Apparatus; Clocks And Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts And Accessories Thereof
- Chapter 90 – Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
- Sub-Chapters under Chapter 90
- Case Laws Related to Chapter 90
- Important Disclaimer
90 HSN Code: Optical & Medical Instruments
HSN Chapter 90 represents Optical & Medical Instruments under GST classification. This code helps businesses identify Optical & Medical Instruments correctly for billing, taxation, and trade purposes. With HSN Chapter 90, companies can avoid errors in invoices, simplify compliance, and enable hassle-free import/export of Optical & Medical Instruments.
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Sub Chapters under HSN Chapter 90
Following Sub Chapters fall under HSN Chapter 90:
| Sub Chapter | New GST Rate | Old GST Rate | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 5% | 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 | |
| 18% | 18% | 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 | |
| 18% | 12% | Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof | |
| 18% | 18% | Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other | |
| 12% | 12% | Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronom | |
| 12% | 12% | Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flash bulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539 | |
| 18% | 18% | Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus | |
| 18% | 18% | Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers | |
| 18% | 18% | Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens | |
| 18% | 18% | Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicro-graphy, cinephotomicrography or microprojection | |
| 18% | 18% | Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus | |
| 18% | 18% | Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter | |
| 18% | 18% | Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances | |
| 18% | 18% | Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders | |
| 18% | 18% | Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights | |
| 18% | 18% | 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 | |
| 40% | 18% | Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instrument | |
| 18% | 18% | Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus | |
| 18% | 12% | Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters | |
| 12% | 12% | 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; intraocular lens | |
| 18% | 12% | Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiations, other than those 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 light | |
| 5% | 5% | Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses | |
| 12% | 12% | Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics) | |
| 18% | 18% | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments | |
| 18% | 18% | 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 | |
| 18% | 18% | 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 | |
| 18% | 18% | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor | |
| 18% | 18% | Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes | |
| 18% | 18% | 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 radiations | |
| 18% | 18% | Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors | |
| 18% | 18% | Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus | |
| 18% | 18% | Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90 |
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
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
Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof
Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronom
Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flash bulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539
Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicro-graphy, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights
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
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instrument
Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
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; intraocular lens
Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiations, other than those 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 light
Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
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
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
Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes
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 radiations
Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors
Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90
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Case Laws Related to Chapter 90
| Order Number | Description |
|---|---|
| Nipro India Corporation Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| M/S National Health Care (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Ashok Kumar Patel (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Madhya Pradesh) | |
| Jyoti Ceramic Industries Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| M/S. Heavy Vehicles Factory (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Sivantos India Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| M/S. Randox Laboratories India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Ess Ess Kay Engineering Company Pvt Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Punjab) | |
| Opto Electronics Factory (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttarakhand) | |
| M/S. House Of Marigold (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Abbott Healthcare Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) | |
| V.V. Enterprises Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Vihan Enterprises (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Madhya Pradesh) | |
| Abbott Healthcare (P.) Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) | |
| Sunchirin Auto Parts India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Manishaben Vipulbhai Sorathiya (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Freeze Tech Innovations (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Shree Mohit Rameshpal Gupta (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Nilkamal Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh) | |
| M/S. Shivani Scientific Industries Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Shivani Scientific Industries Pvt. Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| M/S. Dynamic Techno Medicals Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) | |
| Rishabh Garg Raghav Garg Huf (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh) | |
| M/S. Parker Hannifin India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Ananta Synthetic Innovations (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Si Air Springs Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Parker Hannifin India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Arco Electro Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Shiroki Technico India Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Saro Enterprises (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Nagarjuna Agro Chemicals Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Telangana) | |
| Gujarat Raffia Industries Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Trelleborg Marine Systems India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Dynamic Techno Medicals Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) | |
| Ekam, (Prop. Vinay Singh Rawat) (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan) | |
| Parker Hannifin India Pvt. Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Prag Polymers (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Rashi Eco Tourism Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Cummins India Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| I-tech Plast India Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Air Control And Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Sivantos India Pvt. Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Prag Polymers (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Nr Energy Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Usg Boral Building Products (India) Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan) | |
| Dyna Automation Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Shri Gopal Gireesh, Veena Chemicals (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) | |
| Sterlite Technologies Limited. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| M/S. Bharat Electronics Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Daebu Automotive Seat India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| M/S. Dynamic Techno Medicals Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) | |
| Sanofi India Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Imperial Motor Stores (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) |
Nipro India Corporation Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
M/S National Health Care (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Ashok Kumar Patel (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Madhya Pradesh)
Jyoti Ceramic Industries Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
M/S. Heavy Vehicles Factory (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Sivantos India Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
M/S. Randox Laboratories India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Ess Ess Kay Engineering Company Pvt Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Punjab)
Opto Electronics Factory (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttarakhand)
M/S. House Of Marigold (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Abbott Healthcare Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
V.V. Enterprises Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Vihan Enterprises (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Madhya Pradesh)
Abbott Healthcare (P.) Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
Sunchirin Auto Parts India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh)
Manishaben Vipulbhai Sorathiya (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Freeze Tech Innovations (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Shree Mohit Rameshpal Gupta (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Nilkamal Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh)
M/S. Shivani Scientific Industries Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Shivani Scientific Industries Pvt. Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
M/S. Dynamic Techno Medicals Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
Rishabh Garg Raghav Garg Huf (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh)
M/S. Parker Hannifin India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Ananta Synthetic Innovations (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Si Air Springs Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Parker Hannifin India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Arco Electro Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Shiroki Technico India Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Saro Enterprises (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Nagarjuna Agro Chemicals Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Telangana)
Gujarat Raffia Industries Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Trelleborg Marine Systems India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Dynamic Techno Medicals Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
Ekam, (Prop. Vinay Singh Rawat) (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan)
Parker Hannifin India Pvt. Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Prag Polymers (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh)
Rashi Eco Tourism Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Cummins India Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
I-tech Plast India Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Air Control And Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Sivantos India Pvt. Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Prag Polymers (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh)
Nr Energy Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Usg Boral Building Products (India) Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan)
Dyna Automation Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Shri Gopal Gireesh, Veena Chemicals (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
Sterlite Technologies Limited. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
M/S. Bharat Electronics Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Daebu Automotive Seat India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
M/S. Dynamic Techno Medicals Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
Sanofi India Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Imperial Motor Stores (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
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