Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
HTS heading 9018: Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medic…
54 numbered lines under heading 9018, including 42 10-digit statistical lines. The first six digits are the international HS subheading; the general column is the normal US duty rate.
| HTS code | Description | Unit | General | Special | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: | ||||
| Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof: | |||||
| 9018.11 | Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereof: | ||||
| 9018.11.30.00 | Electrocardiographs | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.11.60.00 | Printed circuit assemblies | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.11.90.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.12.00.00 | Ultrasonic scanning apparatus | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.13.00.00 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.14.00.00 | Scintigraphic apparatus | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.19 | Other: | ||||
| 9018.19.40.00 | Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereof | No. | Free | 55% | |
| Other: | |||||
| 9018.19.55.00 | Patient monitoring systems | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.19.75.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for parameter acquisition modules | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.19.95 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 9018.19.95.30 | Basal metabolism and blood pressure apparatus | No. | |||
| 9018.19.95.35 | Electroencephalographs (EEG) and electromyographs (EMG) | No. | |||
| 9018.19.95.50 | Other apparatus | No. | |||
| 9018.19.95.60 | Parts and accessories | No. | |||
| 9018.20.00 | Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereof | Free | 35% | ||
| 9018.20.00.40 | Therapeutic | No. | |||
| 9018.20.00.80 | Other | No. | |||
| Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof: | |||||
| 9018.31.00 | Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof | Free | 60% | ||
| Syringes, with or without their needles: | |||||
| 9018.31.00.40 | Hypodermic | No. | |||
| 9018.31.00.80 | Other | No. | |||
| 9018.31.00.90 | Parts and accessories | No. | |||
| 9018.32.00.00 | Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures and parts and accessories thereof | No. | Free | 55% | |
| 9018.39.00 | Other | Free | 30% | ||
| Bougies, catheters, drains and sondes, and parts and accessories thereof: | |||||
| 9018.39.00.20 | Rubber catheters | doz. | |||
| 9018.39.00.40 | Other | No. | |||
| 9018.39.00.50 | Other | No. | |||
| Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences, and parts and accessories thereof: | |||||
| 9018.41.00.00 | Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment, and parts and accessories thereof | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.49 | Other: | ||||
| 9018.49.40.00 | Dental burs | gross | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.49.80 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 9018.49.80.40 | Dental hand instruments and parts and accessories thereof | No. | |||
| 9018.49.80.80 | Other | No. | |||
| 9018.50.00.00 | Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof | No. | Free | 60% | |
| 9018.90 | Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof: | ||||
| Optical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof: | |||||
| 9018.90.10.00 | Mirrors and reflectors | No. | Free | 45% | |
| 9018.90.20.00 | Other | No. | Free | 60% | |
| Other: | |||||
| 9018.90.30.00 | Anesthetic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof | No. | Free | 45% | |
| 9018.90.40.00 | Percussion hammers, stethoscopes and parts of stethoscopes | No. | Free | 45% | |
| 9018.90.50 | Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof | Free | 27.5% | ||
| 9018.90.50.40 | Sphygmomanometers and parts and accessories thereof | No. | |||
| 9018.90.50.80 | Other | No. | |||
| Electro-medical instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof: | |||||
| 9018.90.60.00 | Electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof | No. | Free | 55% | |
| Other: | |||||
| 9018.90.64.00 | Defibrillators | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.90.68.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for the defibrillators of subheading 9018.90.64 | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 9018.90.75 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 9018.90.75.20 | Dialysis instruments and apparatus | No. | |||
| Other therapeutic appliances and instruments: | |||||
| 9018.90.75.40 | Ultrasonic | No. | |||
| 9018.90.75.60 | Other | No. | |||
| 9018.90.75.70 | Parts and accessories of dialysis instruments and apparatus | No. | |||
| 9018.90.75.80 | Other | No. | |||
| 9018.90.80.00 | Other | No. | Free | 55% |
Statistical (10-digit) lines without a rate use the rate of the 8-digit line above them. Additional duties such as Section 301 and Section 232 may apply; check them with the tariff checker.
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Request a free auditSource: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 2026 HTS Revision 20 (effective 2026-09-28), U.S. International Trade Commission (hts.usitc.gov), imported 2026-10-07. Reference only; not legal or customs advice or a binding classification. Additional duties under Chapter 99 may apply. ShipWave is not affiliated with the USITC or U.S. Customs and Border Protection.