Consistent Export Growth: 11.92% CAGR Over 7 Years
India's exports under HSN Chapter 90 have grown at a compound annual rate of 11.92% over 7 fiscal years, rising from ₹22,764.58 Crore in FY 2018-19 to ₹44,741.39 Crore in FY 2024-25.
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 Optical & Medical Instruments:
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
Old GST Rate
Description
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
5
%
Essential
Old GST Rate
5
%
Description
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
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
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
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
12
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronom
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
12
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flash bulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicro-graphy, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
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
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
40
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instrument
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
12
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
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
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
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
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
5
%
Essential
Old GST Rate
5
%
Description
Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
12
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
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
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
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
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
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
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of chapter 90
India’s Trade Performance — HSN Chapter 90 in FY 2024-25
TradeStat EIDB — Ministry of Commerce & Industry
FY 2018-19–FY 2024-25
Values in ₹ Crore
India’s Exports
FY 2024-25₹44,741 Cr
+8.30%
vs FY 2023-24
1.2081% of India’s total exports
India’s Imports
FY 2024-25₹1,17,087 Cr
+9.43%
vs FY 2023-24
1.9200% of India’s total imports
Trade Balance
FY 2024-25−₹72,346 Cr
Trade Deficit
Surplus rank #90 of 97 chapters
At a glance
11.92%
Export CAGR
FY 2018-19 → FY 2024-25 · 7 fiscal years
#21
National Export Rank
of 97 chapters by export value, FY 2024-25
+29.92%
Peak Growth Year
FY 2022-23 · strongest single-year move
2×
Export Growth · 7Y
₹22,764.58 Cr → ₹44,741.39 Cr
India Export-Import Trade Statistics for HSN Chapter 90
7-year export and import data, FY 2018-19 to FY 2024-25, in ₹ Crore. Source: Ministry of Commerce & Industry, TradeStat EIDB.
FY 2018-19
Exp. Rank #22
Balance
−44,587.05
Exports
22,764.58 ₹ Cr
0.9869% share
— YoY
Imports
67,351.63 ₹ Cr
1.8738% share
— YoY
FY 2019-20
Exp. Rank #21
Balance
−41,652.19
Exports
23,882.84 ₹ Cr
1.0766% share
+4.91% YoY
Imports
65,535.03 ₹ Cr
1.9500% share
−2.70% YoY
FY 2020-21
Exp. Rank #22
Balance
−39,250.75
Exports
24,221.74 ₹ Cr
1.1223% share
+1.42% YoY
Imports
63,472.49 ₹ Cr
2.1768% share
−3.15% YoY
FY 2021-22
Exp. Rank #21
Balance
−54,697.52
Exports
29,675.67 ₹ Cr
0.9431% share
+22.52% YoY
Imports
84,373.19 ₹ Cr
1.8452% share
+32.93% YoY
FY 2022-23
Exp. Rank #20
Balance
−55,314.90
Exports
38,555.81 ₹ Cr
1.0649% share
+29.92% YoY
Imports
93,870.71 ₹ Cr
1.6326% share
+11.26% YoY
FY 2023-24
Exp. Rank #19
Balance
−65,687.85
Exports
41,313.91 ₹ Cr
1.1418% share
+7.15% YoY
Imports
1,07,001.76 ₹ Cr
1.9053% share
+13.99% YoY
FY 2024-25
Exp. Rank #21
Balance
−72,345.70
Exports
44,741.39 ₹ Cr
1.2081% share
+8.30% YoY
Imports
1,17,087.09 ₹ Cr
1.9200% share
+9.43% YoY
CAGR · 7-Year
Exports
11.92% /yr
Imports
9.65% /yr
Consistently Deficit
Peak export growth year
Latest available data
Not available
YoY = change vs previous FY
Key Trade Insights: HSN Chapter 90 Export-Import Analysis
HSN Chapter 90 Ranked #21 Among All 97 Chapters by Export Value
In FY 2024-25, HSN Chapter 90 ranks #21 out of 97 chapters by total export value. By trade surplus, it ranks #90 of 97.
FY 2022-23 Was the Strongest Growth Year for HSN Chapter 90 Exports
The strongest single-year export movement for HSN Chapter 90 was recorded in FY 2022-23, when exports surged by 29.92% over the prior year.
India Records a Trade Deficit of ₹72,345.70 Crore in HSN Chapter 90 Goods
In FY 2024-25, India's imports of ₹1,17,087.09 Cr exceeded exports of ₹44,741.39 Cr, resulting in a trade deficit of ₹72,345.70 Crore — ranking #90 of 97 by surplus magnitude.
Import Growth of 9.65% CAGR Signals Stable Import Dependency for Optical & Medical Instruments
India's imports under HSN Chapter 90 have grown at 9.65% CAGR, reaching ₹1,17,087.09 Crore in FY 2024-25.
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