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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:

HTS Code 9018 covers any article best defined as Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories ThereofOptical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereofInstruments 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: in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 6 sub-classifications.

Where 9018 Appears in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

6 sub-codes
  1. Section 18Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories Thereof
  2. Chapter 90Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  3. 9018Instruments 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:

  1. HTS Codes Under 9018

  2. —Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters); parts and accessories thereof:
  3. 9018.20.00Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereof
  4. —Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof:
  5. —Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences, and parts and accessories thereof:
  6. 9018.50.00.00Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof
  7. 9018.90Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof:

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Notes

Official USITC notes that may affect classification under HTS 9018.
Chapter 90 Notes (includes Section 18 Notes)Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

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