Heading 9018 · Chapter 90
Medical, surgical, dental and veterinary instruments and equipment, including electromedical and vision-testing equipment
This heading covers instruments and equipment for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary use. It includes scintigraphy equipment, other electromedical equipment and equipment for vision testing.
For example
- electrocardiograph for medical use
- ultrasound scanner for medical use
- medical syringe
- dental drill
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Official tariff text
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, incl. scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments, n.e.s.
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- 9018 11 Electro-cardiographs 0.0%* Save
- 9018 12 Ultrasonic scanning apparatus 0.0%* Save
- 9018 13 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus 0.0%* Save
- 9018 14 Scintigraphic apparatus 0.0%* Save
- 9018 19 Electro-diagnostic apparatus, incl. apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters (excl. electro-cardiographs, ultrasonic scanning apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and scintigraphic apparatus) 0.0%* Save
- 9018 20 Ultraviolet or infra-red ray apparatus used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences 0.0%* Save
- 9018 31 Syringes, with or without needles, used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences 0.0%* Save
- 9018 32 Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures, used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences 0.0%* Save
- 9018 39 Needles, catheters, cannulae and the like, used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (excl. syringes, tubular metal needles and needles for sutures) 0.0%* Save
- 9018 41 Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment 0.0%* Save
- 9018 49 Instruments and appliances used in dental sciences, n.e.s. 0.0%* Save
- 9018 50 Ophthalmic instruments and appliances, n.e.s. 0.0%* Save
- 9018 90 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s. 0.0%* Save
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- 9001 Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544); sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses, incl. contact lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements of any material, unmounted (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked) 0.0–2.9%*
- 9002 Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus (excl. such elements of glass not optically worked) 0.0–6.7%*
- 9003 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof, n.e.s. 2.2%*
- 9004 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other (excl. spectacles for testing eyesight, contact lenses, spectacle lenses and frames and mountings for spectacles) 2.9%*
- 9005 Binoculars, monoculars, astronomical and other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor; other astronomical instruments and mountings therefor (excl. instruments for radio-astronomy and other instruments or apparatus specified elsewhere) 4.2%*
- 9006 Photographic cameras, photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs (excl. discharge lamps of heading 8539) 3.2–4.2%*
- 9007 Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus (excl. video equipment) 3.7%*
- 9008 Image projectors, and photographic enlargers and reducers (excl. cinematographic) 3.7%*
- 9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic or cinematographic laboratories, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; negatoscopes; projection screens 0.0–2.7%*
- 9011 Optical microscopes, incl. those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection (excl. binocular microscopes for ophthalmology and instruments, appliances and machines of heading 9031) 0.0–6.7%*
- 9012 Electron microscopes, proton microscopes and diffraction apparatus 0.0%*
- 9013 Lasers (excl. laser diodes); other optical appliances and instruments, n.e.s. in chapter 90 0.0–4.7%*
- 9014 Direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances (excl. radio navigational equipment) 0.0%*
- 9015 Surveying, incl. photogrammetrical surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excl. compasses); rangefinders 0.0–3.7%*
- 9016 Vægte, følsomme for 5 cg og derunder, også med tilhørende lodder 3.7%*
- 9017 Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments, e.g. drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators; instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand, e.g. measuring rods and tapes, micrometres, callipers and other gauges, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 0.0–2.7%*
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9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, incl. scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments, n.e.s. you are here 0.0%*
- 9019 Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus 0.0%*
- 9020 Respirationsapparater og gasmaskerr, herunder dele og tilbehør (undtagen beskyttelsesmasker uden mekaniske eller udskiftelige filtre samt respirationsapparater til kunstigt åndedræt og andre apparater til respirationsterapi) 1.7%*
- 9021 Orthopaedic appliances, incl. 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 0.0%*
- 9022 Apparatus 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, incl. 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 0.0–2.1%*
- 9023 Instrumenter, apparater og modeller til demonstrationsbrug, f.eks. ved undervisning eller på udstillinger, uanvendelige til andet brug (undtagen stationært flyvetræningsudstyr henhørende under pos. 8805, samlerobjekter henhørende under pos. 9705, mannequinfigurer mv. henhørende under pos. 9618 samt > 100 år gamle antikviteter henhørende under pos. 9706) 0.0%*
- 9024 Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials, e.g. metals, wood, textiles, paper or plastics 0.0%*
- 9025 Hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments 0.0–3.2%*
- 9026 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, e.g. flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters (excl. instruments and apparatus of heading 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032) 0.0%*
- 9027 Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, e.g. 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, incl. exposure meters; microtomes 0.0%*
- 9028 Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, incl. calibrating meters therefor 2.1%*
- 9029 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like (excl. gas, liquid and electricity meters); speed indicators and tachometers (excl. those of heading 9014 and 9015); stroboscopes 1.9–2.6%*
- 9030 Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities (excl. meters of heading 9028); instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations 0.0–2.1%*
- 9031 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors 0.0–2.8%*
- 9032 Regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus (excl. taps, cocks and valves of heading 8481) 0.0–2.8%*
- 9033 Dele og tilbehør til maskiner, apparater, instrumenter eller andre apparater i kapitel 90, specificeres hverken i dette kapitel eller andre steder 0.0–3.7%*
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