CN codes / chapter 90
CN chapter 90 and EU sanctions
Optical, measuring, checking and medical instruments
In chapter 90 of the Combined Nomenclature (Optical, measuring, checking and medical instruments), 40 CN codes are restricted by EU measures: 40 toward Russia and 34 toward Belarus. Determine the status of a single product on its code page, because the same chapter can hold both restricted and unrestricted entries.
| CN code | Goods | Regime | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Belarus, Russia | import and export, import |
| 9001 10 | Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9002 11 | Objective lenses: For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9002 19 | Objective lenses: Other | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9005 | Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9006 | Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539 | Belarus, Russia | import and export, import |
| 9006 30 | Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or criminological purposes | Russia | export |
| 9006 91 | Parts and accessories: For cameras | Russia | export |
| 9007 | Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9010 | Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9013 | Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export, import |
| 9013 10 | Telescopic sights for fitting to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this chapter or Section XVI | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9013 80 | Other devices, appliances and instruments | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9014 | Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export, import |
| 9014 20 | Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9014 80 | Other instruments and appliances | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9015 | Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9015 10 00 | Rangefinders | Russia | export |
| 9016 | Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 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 | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9024 | Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper or plastics) | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9024 10 00 | Machines and appliances for testing metals | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9025 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9025 19 | Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments: Other | Russia | export |
| 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 | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export, import |
| 9026 00 00 | 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 | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 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 | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export, import |
| 9027 50 | Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9029 | Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 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 radiations | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export, import |
| 9030 20 | Oscilloscopes and oscillographs | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9030 32 | Multimeters, with a recording device | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9030 39 | Other, with a recording device | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9030 82 | Other instruments and apparatus: For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
| 9031 | Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export, import |
| 9031 80 20 | Other instruments, appliances and machines | Russia | export |
| 9032 | Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export, import |
| 9032 10 | Thermostats | Russia | export |
| 9033 | Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90 | Belarus, Russia | import and export, export |
Frequently asked questions
Is the whole of chapter 90 under sanctions?
No. The annexes list specific entries rather than whole chapters, with few exceptions. This list contains only codes present in the goods annexes. A code from chapter 90 that is not here requires separate verification, because restrictions outside the CN database may apply, for example dual-use or entity-based bans.
How do I know whether it is an export or import ban?
The direction follows from the article and annex where the code appears. The same code may be under an export ban to Russia and an import ban from Belarus at the same time. For every code we show the regime, annex, article and direction separately.
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