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HTS 9001

Optical fibers and optical fiber bundles; optical fiber cables other than those of heading 8544; sheets and plates of polarizing material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked

16 lines US HTS, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
9001.10.00Optical fibers, optical fiber bundles and cables6.7%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)65%USITC
Optical fibers
9001.10.00.30For transmission of voice, data or video communicationsm6.7%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)65%USITC
Other
9001.10.00.50Plastic optical fibersm6.7%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)65%USITC
9001.10.00.70Otherm6.7%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)65%USITC
Optical fiber bundles and cables
9001.10.00.75Plastic optical fiber bundles and cablesFiber m6.7%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)65%USITC
9001.10.00.85OtherFiber m6.7%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)65%USITC
9001.20.00.00Sheets and plates of polarizing materialkgFree50%USITC
9001.30.00.00Contact lensesNo.2%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)40%USITC
9001.40.00.00Spectacle lenses of glassprs.2%Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)40%USITC
9001.50.00.00Spectacle lenses of other materialsprs.2%Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)40%USITC
9001.90OtherUSITC
9001.90.40.00LensesNo.Free45%USITC
9001.90.50.00PrismsNo.Free65%USITC
9001.90.60.00MirrorsNo.Free45%USITC
Other
9001.90.80.00Halftone screens designed for use in engraving or photographic processesNo.Free25%USITC
9001.90.90.00OtherNo.Free85%USITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 9001 at USITC

Not shown: the additional duties of Chapter 99 (such as Section 301 and Section 232), anti-dumping and countervailing duties, quotas and the legal notes.

This page is general information, not legal advice and not a classification decision. Tariff texts and rates change: check the publisher's current schedule, and ask the customs authority for a binding ruling where the answer matters.

All headings of chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus