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HS 9018 31 00Syringes, with or without needles

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof › Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

Customs duty
7.5%
Tariff rate
GST now
5%
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
units
Duty in China
5.2%
On Indian goods
Landed costSearch codesDuty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Importing into India

What customs charges, what trade agreements take off, and the rules the goods must meet.

Customs duty

Customs duty on imports into India
DutyRateCharged on
Basic customs duty (BCD), MFN rate7.5%Assessable value
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC)NilAssessable value11/2021-Customs, S.No. 17
Health Cess (HC)5%Assessable value
Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS)Exempt (11/2018-Customs, S.No. 56C)BCD + AIDC + HC11/2018-Customs, S.No. 56C
Integrated GST (IGST)5%Assessable value + BCD + AIDC + HC + SWS

Lower duty under trade agreements

Lower customs duty under India's trade agreements
AgreementCustoms dutyGoods from
ASEAN–India FTA0%Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Duty-free tariff preference for LDCs0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Cambodia, Comoros, Laos, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, Togo, Timor-Leste, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
India–Japan CEPA0%Japan
India–Korea CEPA0%South Korea
India–Malaysia CECA0%Malaysia
India–Mauritius CECPA0%Mauritius
India–Singapore CECA0%Singapore
India–Sri Lanka FTA0%Sri Lanka
SAFTA0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–UAE CEPA2%United Arab Emirates
SAPTA3.75%Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
SAFTA5%Sri Lanka
APTA5.25%Bangladesh, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka
India–EFTA TEPA51/2025-Customs6%Switzerland, Liechtenstein
India–UK CETA29/2026-Customs7.4%United Kingdom

Goods from Pakistan pay 200%.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

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

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))

  • Free.
Notes on these rates
  • BCD is the statutory tariff rate from a one-time snapshot of the Indian Trade Portal. Exemption notifications (such as 45/2025-Customs) and tariff changes made after the snapshot, including the Finance Act 2026 changes from 1 May 2026, are not applied.
  • IGST comes from our archived GST table, which still has the 12% and 28% slabs, so it may pre-date the GST rate changes of 22 September 2025. Check the current rate.
  • AIDC, Health Cess and the SWS exemptions are read from notifications 11/2021-Customs, 08/2020-Customs and 11/2018-Customs as amended (to 16/2026-Customs), and the notifications that lower AIDC for a while. SWS is 10% of BCD, AIDC and Health Cess together (Finance Act 2018, s.110), never of anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty or IGST.
  • AIDC is Nil (S.No. 17 of 11/2021-Customs, which exempts all goods it does not name).
  • Health Cess is 5% of the assessable value on medical devices of headings 9018 to 9022 (Finance Act 2020, s.141). 08/2020-Customs exempts some of them on a condition, for example S.No. 3 of 08/2020-Customs (All goods covered under S. Nos. 363, 364, 374, 375, 377, 378, 380, 381, 385, 386, 387 and : Nil; only for goods covered by another notification's entry (a condition the importer must meet)); not applied.
  • SWS is exempt under S.No. 56C of 11/2018-Customs, as amended by 07/2025-Customs (except where an exemption under another notification is claimed).
  • Not included: GST compensation cess, anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties, and exemptions or concessions such as end-use, EOU/SEZ or project imports.
  • This does not check whether the import is allowed (DGFT import policy, licences, quality-control orders). The HS code explorer shows the import policy.
  • This is an estimate, not an assessment. Confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE's duty calculator before you price a deal.

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 incentives (RoDTEP and RoSCTL)

  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4R (exports from the domestic tariff area): 0.5% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.
  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): 0.3% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2)

  • Free.

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 9018 31, and China's below.

China: the same goods (9018 31)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 1 in force under 9018 31. 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
9018.31.00.00Syringes注射器5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin8%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

9018.31.00Syringes, with or without needles

9018.31.00.00Syringes注射器

Whether or not fitted with needles不论是否装有针头

Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
8%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
50%
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.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 4.Model型号
  • 5.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
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.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
3.2%
Ecuador
3.2%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
5.2%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
4%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
4.4%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9018310000101Syringes, with or without needles (sterile single-use syringes)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(一次性使用无菌注射器)
  • 9018310000102Syringes (with or without needles) (glass syringes)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(玻璃注射器)
  • 9018310000103Syringes, with or without needles (pre-filled with medicaments and syringes for use with liquid medicaments)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(预填充药剂及与药液配套的注射器)
  • 9018310000104Syringes (with or without needles) (insulin syringes)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(胰岛素注射器)
  • 9018310000105Syringes (whether or not with needles) (veterinary metal syringes)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(兽医金属注射器)
  • 9018310000106Syringes (with or without needles) (veterinary plastic steel continuous syringes)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(兽医塑钢连续注射器)
  • 9018310000107Syringes (whether or not with needles) (disposable precision filtered infusion sets)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(一次性使用精密过滤输液器)
  • 9018310000108Syringes (with or without needles) (disposable gravity (burette) type infusion sets)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(一次性使用重力(滴定管)式输液器)
  • 9018310000109Syringes, with or without needles (single-use light-proof infusion sets)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(一次性使用避光输液器)
  • 9018310000110Syringes, with or without needles (infusion sets for single-use pressure infusion equipment)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(一次性使用压力输液设备用输液器)
  • 9018310000111Syringes (with or without needles) (Disposable infusion sets, bottle and bag type)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(一次性使用吊瓶式和袋式输液器)
  • 9018310000112Syringes, with or without needles (single-use flow-rate adjustable infusion sets)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(一次性使用流量设定微调式输液器)
  • 9018310000113Syringes (with or without needles) (other syringes, infusion sets)注射器(不论是否装有针头)(其他注射器、输液器)

China's tariff as compiled by HS编码网 from China Customs, the State Council Tariff Commission and the State Taxation Administration. The Chinese is the original.

Nearby codes

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Sources

For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.