9001.90.50.00

Prisms

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: Other

Unit: No. Heading: 9001 Chapter: 90 As of May 1, 2026

Duty rates

Column 1 (General / MFN)

Free

Column 2 (Non-NTR)

65%

The rates above are statutory column rates. Trade remedies in Chapter 99 (Section 301, 232, IEEPA, reciprocal) and FTA preferences can change the duty owed on a given entry — see below.

Trade measures (Chapter 99)

9903.03.01

The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 10%

Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.02

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of any country that (1) were loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transit prior to entry into the United States, before 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 24, 2026; and (2) are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 28, 2026

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.03

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.04

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(iii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.05

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles of civil aircraft (all aircraft other than military aircraft); their engines, parts and components; their other parts, components and subassemblies; and ground flight simulators and their parts and components of any country, provided for in subdivision (aa)(iv) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.06

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles of aluminum, of steel, or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; and semiconductor articles, of any country, as provided in subdivision (aa)(v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.07

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of Canada, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(vi) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Applies to origin: CA

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.08

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(vii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Applies to origin: MX

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.09

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles of textiles or apparel the product of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(viii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Applies to origin: CR, SV, GT, HN, NI, DO

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.10

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles that are donations, by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, such as food, clothing and medicine, intended to be used to relieve human suffering

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.11

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles that are informational materials, including but not limited to publications, films, posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, tapes, compact disks, CD ROMs, artworks and news wire feeds

Applies to origin: IL

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.88.03

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The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25%

Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)

Applies to origin: CN

Effective from August 23, 2018

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N294388 March 16, 2018

The tariff classification of smartglasses lenses, nose-piece, and remote control from Israel

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H098958 September 27, 2017

Revocation of Headquarters Ruling Letter (HQ) 962445 concerning the tariff classification of fiber optic ribbon

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N267335 August 28, 2015

The tariff classification of glass filters from Great Britain

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H237601 March 27, 2015

Application for Further Review of Protest Number 3901-12-100982; Tariff classification of glass lenses

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N255816 August 26, 2014

The tariff classification of EyeFly 3D Products from Korea

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N240255 May 2, 2013

The tariff classification of spherical and aspherical lenses from Japan

The product literature describes the items as spherical glass lenses, glass aspherical lenses, plastic aspherical lenses and collimator lenses. The lenses are used in scanners, laser applications, microscopes, digital imaging, machine visio

N240409 April 30, 2013

The tariff classification of stick on bifocals from China

The tariff classification of stick on bifocals from China

H219210 May 29, 2012

Coastwise Transportation; 46 U.S.C. § 55103; 19 C.F.R. § 4.50(b)

You ask whether an individual may be transported on the non-coastwise-qualified M/V E.R. CUXHAVEN (the “vessel”), from Savannah, Georgia, to Jacksonville, Florida. The subject individual would embark the vessel at Savannah on June 11, 2012,

H216853 May 9, 2012

Coastwise Transportation; 46 U.S.C. § 55103; 19 C.F.R. § 4.50(b)

You ask whether an individual may be transported on the non-coastwise-qualified M/V ZIM BEIJING (the “vessel”), from Savannah, Georgia, to New York, New York. The subject individual would embark the vessel at Savannah on May 11, 2012, and d

H215536 April 30, 2012

Coastwise Transportation; 46 U.S.C. § 55103; 19 C.F.R. § 4.50(b)

You ask whether an individual may be transported on the non-coastwise-qualified M/V E.R. CUXHAVEN (the “vessel”), from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Charleston, South Carolina. The subject individual would embark the vessel at Philadelphia

H128136 June 29, 2011

Modification of New York Ruling Letter N097693; classification of certain synthetic diamond products

In NY N097693, CBP classified 5 synthetic diamond products: a CO2 Beam Splitter, classified under subheading 9002.90.95, HTSUS, which provides for: “Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts o

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Duty by origin country

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