Subheading · Chapter 90 · Section XVIII, Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precisi…

HS 9018 19Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments: other

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

Customs duty
7.5%
3 tariff items
GST now
5%
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
units
Duty in China
0%
On Indian goods
Search codesDuty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

3 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.

Codes under this code
CodeDescriptionCustoms dutyGST nowUnit
9018 19 10Electro encephalographs7.5%5%units
9018 19 20Echo cardiograph7.5%5%units
9018 19 90Other7.5%5%units

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 3 tariff items: 7.5%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 20 Oct 2026.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items

  • Free: 3 tariff items

GST

IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.

  • Now 5%.
  • Until 21 September 2025 12%, or 5% for some goods.
  • Change: Down.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 483Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 473Coronary stents and coronary stent systems for use with cardiac catheters5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 474Artificial kidney5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 475Blood glucose monitoring system (Glucometer) and test strips5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 476Patent Ductus Arteriosus / Atrial Se ptal Defect occlusion device5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 477Parts of the following goods, namely: - (i) Crutches; (ii) Wheel chairs; (iii)Walking frames; (iv)Tricycles; (v)Braillers; and (vi) Artificial limbs5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 478Assistive devices, rehabilitation aids and other goods for disabled, specified in List 1 appended to this Schedule5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 479Disposable sterilized dialyzer or micro barrier of artificial kidney5%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 20255% or 12%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 20255%9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)

Exporting from India

Export duty

Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.

Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback itemGoodsRateCap
9018Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight- testing instruments1.2%—

Drawback items follow the 4-digit heading, not the 8-digit code: claim the one that describes your goods. Rates of notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) as amended, in force on 20 Oct 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

  • Free: 3 tariff items

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 9018 19, and China's below.

China: the same goods (9018 19)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 6 in force and 2 expired under 9018 19. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.

China's tariff for these goods
China codeGoodsDuty on Indian goodsMFNImport VATExport rebateLicences
9018.19.30.10Patient monitoring apparatus病员监护仪0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%6AM
9018.19.30.90Parts and accessories for patient monitoring apparatus病员监护仪的零件及附件0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%6
9018.19.41.00Audiometers听力计0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%6AM
9018.19.49.00Other apparatus for testing hearing其他听力诊断装置0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%6AM
9018.19.90.10Strain gauges containing mercury含汞的应变片0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%89M
9018.19.90.90Other electro-diagnostic apparatus其他电气诊断装置0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin0%13%13%6AM
  • India is a member of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). With an APTA certificate of origin, Indian goods pay China's APTA rate where the line has one; China applies the lower of that and its provisional rate.
  • The export VAT rebate is what China refunds its own exporters. When China cuts it, Chinese export prices tend to rise.

Every Chinese code in full

9018.19.30Patient monitoring apparatus

9018.19.30.10Patient monitoring apparatus病员监护仪

Complete machines整机

Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 6Old mechanical and electrical products banned from import旧机电产品禁止进口
  • AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
Inspection and quarantine
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.If complete machine, declare operating principle如为整机,请申报原理
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.Number of probes探头数量
  • 7.Declare registration number if medical device registration number is available如有医疗器械注册编号请申报注册编号
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9018193010999Patient monitors (complete)病员监护仪(整机)
9018.19.30.90Parts and accessories for patient monitoring apparatus病员监护仪的零件及附件
Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 6Old mechanical and electrical products banned from import旧机电产品禁止进口
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.If complete machine, declare operating principle如为整机,请申报原理
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.Number of probes探头数量
  • 7.Declare registration number if medical device registration number is available如有医疗器械注册编号请申报注册编号
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9018193090301Parts and accessories for patient monitors (medical devices, invasive blood pressure sensors)病员监护仪的零件及附件(医疗器械,有创血压传感器)
  • 9018193090302Parts and accessories for patient monitors (medical devices, electrophysiological mapping catheters)病员监护仪的零件及附件(医疗器械,电生理标测导管)
  • 9018193090303Parts and accessories for patient monitors (medical devices, surface electrodes)病员监护仪的零件及附件(医疗器械,体表电极)
  • 9018193090304Parts and accessories for patient monitors (medical devices, pulse oximetry sensors)病员监护仪的零件及附件(医疗器械,脉搏血氧传感器)
  • 9018193090305Parts and accessories for patient monitoring systems (medical devices, ECG lead wires)病员监护仪的零件及附件(医疗器械,心电导联线)
  • 9018193090990Parts and accessories of patient monitoring apparatus (other)病员监护仪的零件及附件(其他)
9018.19.30.00Patient monitoring apparatus病员监护仪Expired
Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
17%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
17%
Updated by China
25 Jul 2021
Licences and certificates
  • 6Old mechanical and electrical products banned from import旧机电产品禁止进口
  • AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
Inspection and quarantine
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state

Not listed.

China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%

9018.19.41Audiometers

9018.19.41.00Audiometers听力计
Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 6Old mechanical and electrical products banned from import旧机电产品禁止进口
  • AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
Inspection and quarantine
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.If complete machine, declare operating principle如为整机,请申报原理
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.Number of probes探头数量
  • 7.Declare registration number if medical device registration number is available如有医疗器械注册编号请申报注册编号
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9018194100999Audiometers听力计

9018.19.49Other apparatus for testing hearing

9018.19.49.00Other apparatus for testing hearing其他听力诊断装置
Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 6Old mechanical and electrical products banned from import旧机电产品禁止进口
  • AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
Inspection and quarantine
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.If complete machine, declare operating principle如为整机,请申报原理
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.Number of probes探头数量
  • 7.Declare registration number if medical device registration number is available如有医疗器械注册编号请申报注册编号
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
2%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
2.2%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9018194900999Other apparatus for testing hearing其他听力诊断装置

9018.19.90Electrical diagnostic apparatus, not elsewhere specified or included

9018.19.90.10Strain gauges containing mercury含汞的应变片
Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 8Export prohibited禁止出口商品
  • 9Import prohibited禁止进口商品
Inspection and quarantine
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.If complete machine, declare operating principle如为整机,请申报原理
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.Number of probes探头数量
  • 7.Declare registration number if medical device registration number is available如有医疗器械注册编号请申报注册编号
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
2%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
2.4%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9018199010999Strain gauges containing mercury含汞的应变片
9018.19.90.90Other electro-diagnostic apparatus其他电气诊断装置

Not specified in heading 90181000编号90181000中未列名的

Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 6Old mechanical and electrical products banned from import旧机电产品禁止进口
  • AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
Inspection and quarantine
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.If complete machine, declare operating principle如为整机,请申报原理
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.Number of probes探头数量
  • 7.Declare registration number if medical device registration number is available如有医疗器械注册编号请申报注册编号
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
2%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
2.4%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9018199090301Other electro-diagnostic apparatus (not specified in 90181000) (medical devices, respiratory function and gas analysis apparatus)其他电气诊断装置(编号90181000中未列名的)(医疗器械,呼吸功能及气体分析测定装置)
  • 9018199090302Other electro-diagnostic apparatus (not specified in heading 90181000) (medical devices, physiological parameter analysis and measurement equipment)其他电气诊断装置(编号90181000中未列名的)(医疗器械,生理参数分析测量设备)
  • 9018199090303Other electro-diagnostic apparatus (not specified in 90181000) (medical device, radionuclide diagnostic equipment)其他电气诊断装置(编号90181000中未列名的)(医疗器械,放射性核素诊断设备)
  • 9018199090304Other electro-diagnostic apparatus (not specified in 90181000) (medical device, telemetry and central monitoring equipment)其他电气诊断装置(编号90181000中未列名的)(医疗器械,遥测和中央监护设备)
  • 9018199090305Other electro-diagnostic apparatus (not specified in 90181000) (medical device, other measuring, analyzing equipment)其他电气诊断装置(编号90181000中未列名的)(医疗器械,其他测量、分析设备)
  • 9018199090306Other electro-diagnostic apparatus (not specified in heading 90181000) (medical devices, cardiac rhythm management equipment)其他电气诊断装置(编号90181000中未列名的)(医疗器械,心脏节律管理设备)
9018.19.90.00Other electro-diagnostic apparatus其他电气诊断装置Expired

Not specified in heading 90181000编号90181000中未列名的

Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
0%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
17%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
21 Jan 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 6Old mechanical and electrical products banned from import旧机电产品禁止进口
  • AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
Inspection and quarantine
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.If complete machine, declare operating principle如为整机,请申报原理
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.Number of probes探头数量
  • 7.Declare registration number if medical device registration number is available如有医疗器械注册编号请申报注册编号
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
2.4%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
2.4%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9018199000999Other electrodiagnostic apparatus (not specified in heading 90181000)其他电气诊断装置(编号90181000中未列名的)

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