HTS Index

HTS heading 9402

Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings, dentists' chairs); barbers' chairs and similar chairs, having rotating as well as both reclining and elevating movements; parts of the foregoing articles — 5 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
9402Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings, dentists' chairs); barbers' chairs and similar chairs, having rotating as well as both reclining and elevating movements; parts of the foregoing articles + Ch. 99not stated
9402.10.00.00Dentists', barbers' or similar chairs and parts thereof + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9402.90.00Other + Ch. 99Free
9402.90.00.10Hospital beds + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9402.90.00)No.
9402.90.00.20Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9402.90.00)No.

2 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

5 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.