HTS Index

HTS 9018

Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments; parts and accessories thereof

General rateNot stated for this line
What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them.
Special rateNot stated for this line
Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes.
Column 2 rateNot stated for this line
Only for the few countries without normal trade relations.

This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.

Additional duties may apply

This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.

What the Chapter 99 provisions are

Statistical breakouts

The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.

CodeDescriptionUnitsRate
9018.11Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereofsee above
9018.11.30.00ElectrocardiographsNo.Free
9018.11.60.00Printed circuit assembliesNo.Free
9018.11.90.00OtherNo.Free
9018.12.00.00Ultrasonic scanning apparatusNo.Free
9018.13.00.00Magnetic resonance imaging apparatusNo.Free
9018.14.00.00Scintigraphic apparatusNo.Free
9018.19Othersee above
9018.19.40.00Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereofNo.Free
9018.19.55.00Patient monitoring systemsNo.Free
9018.19.75.00Printed circuit assemblies for parameter acquisition modulesNo.Free
9018.19.95OtherFree
9018.19.95.30Basal metabolism and blood pressure apparatusNo.Free
9018.19.95.35Electroencephalographs (EEG) and electromyographs (EMG)No.Free
9018.19.95.50Other apparatusNo.Free
9018.19.95.60Parts and accessoriesNo.Free
9018.20.00Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.20.00.40TherapeuticNo.Free
9018.20.00.80OtherNo.Free
9018.31.00Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.31.00.40HypodermicNo.Free
9018.31.00.80OtherNo.Free
9018.31.00.90Parts and accessoriesNo.Free
9018.32.00.00Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures and parts and accessories thereofNo.Free
9018.39.00OtherFree
9018.39.00.20Rubber cathetersdoz.Free
9018.39.00.40OtherNo.Free
9018.39.00.50OtherNo.Free
9018.41.00.00Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment, and parts and accessories thereofNo.Free
9018.49Othersee above
9018.49.40.00Dental bursgrossFree
9018.49.80OtherFree
9018.49.80.40Dental hand instruments and parts and accessories thereofNo.Free
9018.49.80.80OtherNo.Free
9018.50.00.00Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereofNo.Free
9018.90Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereofsee above
9018.90.10.00Mirrors and reflectorsNo.Free
9018.90.20.00OtherNo.Free
9018.90.30.00Anesthetic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereofNo.Free
9018.90.40.00Percussion hammers, stethoscopes and parts of stethoscopesNo.Free
9018.90.50Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereofFree
9018.90.50.40Sphygmomanometers and parts and accessories thereofNo.Free
9018.90.50.80OtherNo.Free
9018.90.60.00Electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereofNo.Free
9018.90.64.00DefibrillatorsNo.Free
9018.90.68.00Printed circuit assemblies for the defibrillators of subheading 9018.90.64No.Free
9018.90.75OtherFree
9018.90.75.20Dialysis instruments and apparatusNo.Free
9018.90.75.40UltrasonicNo.Free
9018.90.75.60OtherNo.Free
9018.90.75.70Parts and accessories of dialysis instruments and apparatusNo.Free
9018.90.75.80OtherNo.Free
9018.90.80.00OtherNo.Free

What changed

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Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.