20 Mar 2020

HS classification reference for Covid-19 medical supplies

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HS classification reference for Covid-19 medical supplies

Note: this list is provided as an indicative list only.  It does not have legal status.

 

 

Categories

Product names

Brief info

HS

Classification

 

 

I. COVID-19 Test kits/ Instruments and apparatus used in Diagnostic Test

 

COVID-19 Test kits

Diagnostic reagents based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nucleic

acid test.

 

3822.00

COVID-19 Test kits

Diagnostic reagents based on

immunological reactions

3002.15

COVID-19 Diagnostic Test instruments and

apparatus

Instruments used in clinical laboratories for In Vitro Diagnosis

 

9027.80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. Protective garments and the like

Face and eye protection

 
  • Textile face-masks, without a replaceable filter or mechanical parts, including surgical masks and disposable

face-masks made of non-woven textiles.

 

6307.90
  • Gas masks with mechanical parts or replaceable filters for protection against biological agents. Also includes such

masks incorporating eye protection or facial shields.

 

9020.00
  • Protective spectacles and goggles

9004.90
  • Plastic face shields (covering more than the eye area)

3926.20

Gloves

 
  • Plastic gloves

3926.20
  • Surgical rubber gloves

4015.11
  • Other rubber gloves.

4015.19
  • Knitted or crocheted gloves which have been impregnated

or covered with plastics or rubber

6116.10
  • Textile gloves that are not knitted or crocheted

6216.00

Other

 
  • Disposable hair nets

6505.00
  • Protective garments for surgical/medical use made up of felt or nonwovens whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (fabrics of heading 56.02 or 56.03).

This includes spun-bonded garments.

 

6210.10
  • Other protective garments of textiles of rubberised textile fabrics or woven fabrics that are impregnated, coated, covered or laminated (fabrics of headings 59.03, 59.06 or 59.07).                                     Actual classification will depend on type of garment and if for males or females.                                  Example: a unisex full body woven suit impregnated with plastics would be

classified under 6210.50 ‑ Other women’s or girls’ garments

 

6210.20

6210.30

6210.40

6210.50
  • Protective garments made from plastic sheeting

3926.20

 

 

 

III.

Thermometers

Liquid filled thermometer for

direct reading

Includes standard “Mercury-in-glass” clinical thermometer.

 

9025.11

 

Other thermometers

For example, digital thermometers, or infrared thermometers for placing on

the forehead.

 

9025.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV. Disinfectants/ Sterilisation products

Alcohol solution

Undenatured, containing by volume

80% or more ethyl alcohol

2207.10

Alcohol solution

Undenatured, 75% ethyl alcohol

2208.90

 

Hand sanitizer

A liquid or gel generally used to decrease infectious agents on the

hands， alcohol-based type.

 

3808.94

 

Other disinfectant preparations

Put up in forms or packings for retail sale such as rubs and wipes impregnated with alcohol or other

disinfectants.

 

3808.94

Medical, surgical or

laboratory sterilisers

Function by steam or boiling water

8419.20

Hydrogen peroxide in

bulk

Bulk H2O2 whether or not with solidified with urea.

2847.00

 

Hydrogen peroxide presented as a medicament

H2O2 put up for internal or external use as a medicine, including as an antiseptic for the skin.          Only covered here if in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale (including directly to

hospitals) for such use.

 

 

 

3004.90

Hydrogen peroxide put up in disinfectant preparations for

cleaning surfaces

 

H2O2 put up as cleaning solutions for surfaces or apparatus.

 

3808.94

 

Other chemical disinfectants

Put up in forms or packings for retail sale as disinfectants or as disinfectant preparations, containing alcohol, benzalkonium chloride solution or

peroxyacids, or other disinfectants.

 

 

3808.94

 

 

 

 

V. Other medical devices

Computed tomography (CT) scanners

Uses a rotating X-ray machine to image thin slices of the body to diagnose diseases such as pneumonia.

 

9022.12

 

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Provides prolonged cardiac and respiratory support by removing blood from the person's body and artificially removing the carbon dioxide and

oxygenating red blood cells.

 

 

9018.90
 

 

 

Medical ventilators

(artificial respiration apparatus)

Provides mechanical ventilation by

moving breathable air into and out of the lungs.

 

9019.20

Other oxygen therapy

apparatus including oxygen tents

As well as complete oxygen therapy

apparatus, this subheading also covers recognisable parts of such systems.

 

9019.20

 

 

 

 

Patient monitoring devices - Electro‑diagnostic apparatus

Electrical or electronic equipment for the observation of a disease, condition or one or several medical parameters over time. This includes such devices as pulse oximeters or bedside monitoring stations used for continuous monitoring of various vital signs.

 

(Note: this does not include devices more specifically covered elsewhere e.g. electro-cardiographs (9018.11) or

electronic thermometers (9025.19).)

 

 

 

 

 

 

9018.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI. Medical Consumables

Wadding, gauze, bandages, cotton sticks and similar

articles

Impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for

medical use.

 

3005.90

Syringes, with or

without needles

 

9018.31

Tubular metal needles

and needles for sutures

 

 

9018.32

Needles, catheters,

cannulae and the like

 

9018.39

Intubation kits

 

9018.90

Paper bed sheets

 

4818.90