Optical, Photographic, Medical Instruments · 15 pending regulations · 15 court cases · $3007.7M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC
General
Free
Special
Free
Column 2
Free
Trade Agreement Eligibility
Monthly Imports
$3007.7M
2026-01
Trade Concentration
100%
from top 3 of 1 origins
Regulatory Pressure
HIGH
4 rulings — · 15 reg · 10 CIT, 5 CAFC (4 recent)
Global Rates
🇺🇸 Free
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: N/A · 🇪🇺 European Union: N/A · 🇨🇦 Canada: N/A · 🇧🇷 Brazil: N/A
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Data compiled from USITC HTS, US Census Bureau, CBP CROSS Rulings, Federal Register, CourtListener · As of 2026-04-28 · Updates monthly
This code has elevated regulatory activity — 4 CBP rulings (0 in last 2 years, trend: stable), 15 pending Federal Register actions, and 15 CIT/CAFC cases.
100% of US imports for this code come from just 1 countries. High origin concentration increases exposure to trade disruptions or tariff escalations.
This is a high-volume import code — $3008M in monthly US imports. Duty rate changes or trade remedy actions on this code have significant economic impact.
List 1 — ~$34B of Chinese goods (machinery, electronics, industrial components)
Active — 7.5%–25% additional duties on Chinese-origin goods across four tranches (Lists 1–4A), with higher 2024/2025 increases on targeted product categories.
Effective 2018-07-06
These additional tariffs apply on top of the general duty rate. View full trade remedy tracker →
| Code | Description | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9018.11 | Electrocardiographs, and parts and accessories thereof: | — |
| 9018.11.30.00 | Electrocardiographs | Free |
| 9018.11.60.00 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 9018.11.90.00 | Other | Free |
| 9018.12.00.00 | Ultrasonic scanning apparatus | Free |
| 9018.13.00.00 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus | Free |
| 9018.14.00.00 | Scintigraphic apparatus | Free |
| 9018.19 | Other: | — |
| 9018.19.40.00 | Apparatus for functional exploratory examination, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.19.55.00 | Patient monitoring systems | Free |
| 9018.19.75.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for parameter acquisition modules | Free |
| 9018.19.95 | Other | Free |
| 9018.19.95.30 | Basal metabolism and blood pressure apparatus | — |
| 9018.19.95.35 | Electroencephalographs (EEG) and electromyographs (EMG) | — |
| 9018.19.95.50 | Other apparatus | — |
| 9018.19.95.60 | Parts and accessories | — |
| 9018.20.00 | Ultraviolet or infrared ray apparatus, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.20.00.40 | Therapeutic | — |
| 9018.20.00.80 | Other | — |
| 9018.31.00 | Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.31.00.40 | Hypodermic | — |
| 9018.31.00.80 | Other | — |
| 9018.31.00.90 | Parts and accessories | — |
| 9018.32.00.00 | Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.39.00 | Other | Free |
| 9018.39.00.20 | Rubber catheters | — |
| 9018.39.00.40 | Other | — |
| 9018.39.00.50 | Other | — |
| 9018.41.00.00 | Dental drill engines, whether or not combined on a single base with other dental equipment, and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.49 | Other: | — |
| 9018.49.40.00 | Dental burs | Free |
| 9018.49.80 | Other | Free |
| 9018.49.80.40 | Dental hand instruments and parts and accessories thereof | — |
| 9018.49.80.80 | Other | — |
| 9018.50.00.00 | Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.90 | Other instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof: | — |
| 9018.90.10.00 | Mirrors and reflectors | Free |
| 9018.90.20.00 | Other | Free |
| 9018.90.30.00 | Anesthetic instruments and appliances and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.90.40.00 | Percussion hammers, stethoscopes and parts of stethoscopes | Free |
| 9018.90.50 | Sphygmomanometers, tensimeters and oscillometers; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.90.50.40 | Sphygmomanometers and parts and accessories thereof | — |
| 9018.90.50.80 | Other | — |
| 9018.90.60.00 | Electro-surgical instruments and appliances, other than extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters; all the foregoing and parts and accessories thereof | Free |
| 9018.90.64.00 | Defibrillators | Free |
| 9018.90.68.00 | Printed circuit assemblies for the defibrillators of subheading 9018.90.64 | Free |
| 9018.90.75 | Other | Free |
| 9018.90.75.20 | Dialysis instruments and apparatus | — |
| 9018.90.75.40 | Ultrasonic | — |
| 9018.90.75.60 | Other | — |
| 9018.90.75.70 | Parts and accessories of dialysis instruments and apparatus | — |
| 9018.90.75.80 | Other | — |
| 9018.90.80.00 | Other | Free |
Protest 0401-95-100544; Specular Microscope; HQs088231, 954855; heading 9011; EN 90.11; EN 90.18
Revocation of classification principle set forth in HQ 958579; specular microscope, heading 9018.
Revocation of HQ 965968; classification of dental lamps
Request for Internal Advice; Classification of LED Surgical Lights
Guidance for Grants and Agreements
Final rule; notification of final guidance.·Effective 2023-10-23
Final rule.·Effective 2021-11-04
Proposed rule.
Proposed rule.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHS
Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.
