HTS heading 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 — 54 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9018.11 | Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9018.11.30.00 | Electrocardiographs + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.11.60.00 | Printed circuit assemblies + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.11.90.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.12.00.00 | Ultrasonic scanning apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.13.00.00 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.14.00.00 | Scintigraphic apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.19 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9018.19.40.00 | Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.19.55.00 | Patient monitoring systems + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.19.75.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for parameter acquisition modules + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.19.95 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9018.19.95.30 | Basal metabolism and blood pressure apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.19.95) | No. |
| 9018.19.95.35 | Electroencephalographs (EEG) and electromyographs (EMG) + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.19.95) | No. |
| 9018.19.95.50 | Other apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.19.95) | No. |
| 9018.19.95.60 | Parts and accessories + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.19.95) | No. |
| 9018.20.00 | Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9018.20.00.40 | Therapeutic + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.20.00) | No. |
| 9018.20.00.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.20.00) | No. |
| 9018.31.00 | Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9018.31.00.40 | Hypodermic + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.31.00) | No. |
| 9018.31.00.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.31.00) | No. |
| 9018.31.00.90 | Parts and accessories + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.31.00) | No. |
| 9018.32.00.00 | Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.39.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9018.39.00.20 | Rubber catheters + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.39.00) | doz. |
| 9018.39.00.40 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.39.00) | No. |
| 9018.39.00.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.39.00) | No. |
| 9018.41.00.00 | Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment, and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.49 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9018.49.40.00 | Dental burs + Ch. 99 | Free | gross |
| 9018.49.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9018.49.80.40 | Dental hand instruments and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.49.80) | No. |
| 9018.49.80.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.49.80) | No. |
| 9018.50.00.00 | Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.90 | Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9018.90.10.00 | Mirrors and reflectors + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.90.20.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.90.30.00 | Anesthetic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.90.40.00 | Percussion hammers, stethoscopes and parts of stethoscopes + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.90.50 | Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9018.90.50.40 | Sphygmomanometers and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.90.50) | No. |
| 9018.90.50.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.90.50) | No. |
| 9018.90.60.00 | Electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.90.64.00 | Defibrillators + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.90.68.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for the defibrillators of subheading 9018.90.64 + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9018.90.75 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9018.90.75.20 | Dialysis instruments and apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.90.75) | No. |
| 9018.90.75.40 | Ultrasonic + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.90.75) | No. |
| 9018.90.75.60 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.90.75) | No. |
| 9018.90.75.70 | Parts and accessories of dialysis instruments and apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.90.75) | No. |
| 9018.90.75.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9018.90.75) | No. |
| 9018.90.80.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
21 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.
Additional duties may apply
54 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.