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), 46 CN codes are restricted by EU measures: 42 toward Russia and 40 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 (excluding made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544 ); sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses, including contact lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements of any material, unmounted (excluding such elements of glass not optically worked) | Belarus, Russia | import |
| 9001 10 | Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9002 11 | Objective lenses for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9002 19 | Objective lenses (excl. for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| ex 9004 90 00 | Other | North Korea, Russia | export, import |
| ex 9004 90 90 | Night Vision Equipment, or Thermal Sight Equipment | Russia, Belarus | export |
| 9005 | Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor (excl. instruments for radio-astronomy and other instruments or apparatus specified elsewhere) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| ex 9006 00 00 | Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539 | Russia, North Korea, Belarus | export, import |
| ex 9006 30 | Cameras for aerial survey | Iran (military support to Russia), Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9006 91 | Parts and accessories for cameras | Belarus, Russia | export |
| ex 9007 00 00 | Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus | Belarus, North Korea, Russia | export, import |
| 9010 | Apparatus and equipment for photographic or cinematographic laboratories, not elsewhere specified in Chapter 90; negatoscopes; projection screens | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9013 | Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in Chapter 90 | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | 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 | Iran (military support to Russia), Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9013 80 | Other optical devices, appliances and instruments | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9014 | Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances (excl. radio navigational equipment); parts thereof | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export, import |
| ex 9014 10 00 | Direction finding compasses, solely for the maritime industry | Iran | export |
| 9014 20 | Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than compasses) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9014 80 | Other navigational instruments and appliances | Belarus, Russia | export |
| ex 9014 80 00 | Other navigational instruments and appliances, solely for the maritime industry | Iran | export |
| ex 9014 90 00 | Parts and accessories of subheadings 9014 10 00 and 9014 80 00, solely for the maritime industry | Iran | export |
| 9015 | Surveying, incl. photogrammetrical surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excl. compasses); rangefinders | Belarus, Iran, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export |
| 9015 10 00 | Rangefinders | Belarus, Russia | export |
| ex 9015 80 | Gravity meters (gravimeters) for ground use, other than those specified in the CML or in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, as follows: a. Having a static accuracy of less (better) than 100 μGal; or b. Being of the quartz element (Worden) type | Iran (military support to Russia) | export |
| 9016 | Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights | Belarus, Russia | 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 Chapter 90 | Belarus, Russia | export |
| ex 9020 00 00 | Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters | North Korea, Russia | import, 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 the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials: Machines and appliances for testing metals | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9025 | Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export |
| 9025 19 | Other thermometers and pyrometers, not combined with other instruments | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 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, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, Crimea and Sevastopol | export, import |
| 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, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export, import |
| 9027 50 | Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR) | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9028 | Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export |
| 9029 | Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like (excl. gas, liquid and electricity meters); speed indicators and tachometers (excl. those of heading 9014 and 9015); stroboscopes | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | 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, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export, import |
| 9030 20 | Oscilloscopes and oscillographs | Iran (military support to Russia), Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9030 32 | Multimeters with recording device | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9030 39 | Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or electrical power, with recording device | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9030 82 | Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices | Iran (military support to Russia), Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9031 | Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines not elsewhere specified in Chapter 90; profile projectors | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export, import |
| 9031 80 20 | Other instruments, appliances and machines, for measuring or checking geometrical quantities | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9032 | Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | export, import |
| 9032 10 | Thermostats | Belarus, Russia | export |
| 9033 | Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in Chapter 90) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90 | Belarus, Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts | 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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