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2670 Manufacture of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment


  • 26.70.1 Photographic equipment and parts thereof
  • 26.70.11 Objective lenses for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers
  • 26.70.12 Cameras for preparing printing plates or cylinders; cameras for recording documents on microfilm, microfiche and the like
  • 26.70.13 Digital cameras
  • 26.70.14 Instant print cameras and other cameras
  • 26.70.15 Cinematographic cameras
  • 26.70.16 Cinematographic projectors
  • 26.70.19 Photographic equipment and parts thereof n.e.c.

    This subcategory includes:

    • slide projectors
    • microfiche readers
    • photographic enlargers and reducers
    • photographic flashlights
  • 26.70.2 Other optical instruments and parts thereof
  • 26.70.21 Sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements (except of glass not optically worked), whether or not mounted, other than for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers

    This subcategory excludes:

    • glasses for spectacles, not optically worked, see 23.15.22
  • 26.70.22 Binoculars, monoculars and other optical telescopes; other astronomical instruments; optical microscopes
  • 26.70.23 Liquid crystal devices; lasers, except laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments
  • 26.70.24 Optical measuring and checking devices and instruments

    This subcategory includes:

    • rangefinders, light meters, stroboscopes, profile projectors and optical instruments and appliances n.e.c.
  • 26.70.25 Parts and accessories of binoculars, monoculars and other optical telescopes, of other astronomical instruments, and of optical microscopes
  • 26.70.26 Parts and accessories of liquid crystal devices, lasers, other optical appliances and instruments
  • 26.70.3 Magnetic and optical media
  • 26.70.31 Magnetic media, not recorded, except cards with a magnetic stripe

    This subcategory excludes:

    • cards with a magnetic stripe, see 26.70.34
  • 26.70.32 Optical media, not recorded
  • 26.70.33 Other recording media

    This subcategory also includes:

    • matrices and masters for the production of disks
  • 26.70.34 Cards with a magnetic stripe
  • 26.70.9 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment
  • 26.70.99 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment