HTS heading 9021
Orthopedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability; parts and accessories thereof — 19 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9021 | Orthopedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability; parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9021.10.00 | Orthopedic or fracture appliances, and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9021.10.00.50 | Bone plates, screws and nails, and other internal fixation devices or appliances + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9021.10.00) | No. |
| 9021.10.00.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9021.10.00) | No. |
| 9021.21 | Artificial teeth and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9021.21.40.00 | Of plastics + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9021.21.80.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9021.29 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9021.29.40.00 | Of plastics + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9021.29.80.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9021.31.00.00 | Artificial joints and parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9021.39.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9021.40.00.00 | Hearing aids, excluding parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9021.50.00.00 | Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 9021.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 9021.90.40 | Parts and accessories for hearing aids and for pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 9021.90.40.40 | For hearing aids + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9021.90.40) | No. |
| 9021.90.40.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 9021.90.40) | No. |
| 9021.90.81.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
4 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
19 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.