9018 — Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

Description

Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

Subheadings

• 901811Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Electrocardiographs
• 901812Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
• 901813Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
• 901814Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Scintigraphic apparatus
• 901819Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Other
• 901820Ultraviolet or infra-red ray apparatus
• 901831Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like — Syringes, with or without needles
• 901832Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like — Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures
• 901839Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like — Other
• 901841Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences — Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment
• 901849Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences — Other
• 901850Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances
• 901890Other instruments and appliances

Common questions

What is HS code 9018?

Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

What does 9018 include?

It covers 13 subheadings: 901811 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Electrocardiographs; 901812 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Ultrasonic scanning apparatus; 901813 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus; 901814 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Scintigraphic apparatus; 901819 Electrodiagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters) — Other; 901820 Ultraviolet or infra-red ray apparatus; 901831 Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like — Syringes, with or without needles; 901832 Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like — Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures; 901839 Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like — Other; 901841 Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences — Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment; 901849 Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences — Other; 901850 Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances; 901890 Other instruments and appliances.

Other headings in Chapter 90

• 9001Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 8544; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
• 9002Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
• 9003Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof
• 9004Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
• 9005Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
• 9006Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading 8539
• 9007Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus
• 9008Image projectors, other than cinematographic; photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
• 9010Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens
• 9011Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection
• 9012Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus
• 9013Lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
• 9014Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances
• 9015Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders
• 9016Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights
• 9017Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
• 9019Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus
• 9020Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
• 9021Orthopaedic 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
• 9022Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionising radiation, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like
• 9023Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses
• 9024Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)
• 9025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments
• 9026Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032
• 9027Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes
• 9028Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor
• 9029Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes
• 9030Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiation
• 9031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors
• 9032Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus
• 9033Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90