9018.39.00

Analysis

HTS 9018.39.00 covers syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof: other under heading 9018 (instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in dozens.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 73% of the 296 tariff lines in chapter 90. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 30% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 30% duty.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), an industry of 1,310 US establishments employing 132,354 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

All 27 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.