Subheading · Chapter 90 · Heading 9018
9018.49: Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences: other
Other dental instruments
Official description Other
9018.49 is the HS subheading for other dental instruments, under heading 9018 in chapter 90.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 9018 49 00 00 Other
- 9018 49 10 00 Burrs, discs, drills and brushes, for use in dental drills Free
- 9018 49 90 00 Other Free
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 598
- Documents
- 9014
- Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Syria, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/707, S.I. 2019/792, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, 2020 No. 1665
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £28.8m | 16.7% | +30.7% | |
| £26.4m | 15.3% | +12% | |
| £20.6m | 12% | +15.8% | |
| £20.5m | 11.9% | +25.1% | |
| £18.8m | 10.9% | +10.1% | |
| £12.6m | 7.3% | +20.2% | |
| £5.3m | 3% | +165% | |
| £4.5m | 2.6% | +8% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$113kUS$113k+US$4m+US$76m+> US$469m
Exports: 172
- Germany: US$2bn
- Switzerland: US$705m
- China: US$693m
- United States: US$672m
- Israel: US$469m
- South Korea: US$277m
- Netherlands: US$249m
- Austria: US$220m
- Japan: US$199m
- France: US$193m
- Italy: US$183m
- Denmark: US$167m
- Poland: US$145m
- Spain: US$91m
- Sweden: US$87m
- United Kingdom: US$81m
- Belgium: US$76m
- Finland: US$69m
- Canada: US$63m
- Pakistan: US$56m
- Taiwan: US$55m
- Brazil: US$53m
- Mexico: US$51m
- Thailand: US$46m
- Vietnam: US$41m
- Ireland: US$26m
- Czechia: US$22m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$21m
- Australia: US$17m
- India: US$15m
- Portugal: US$12m
- Lithuania: US$12m
- Philippines: US$12m
- Hungary: US$11m
- Slovenia: US$8m
- Singapore: US$8m
- Türkiye: US$8m
- Russia: US$6m
- Croatia: US$5m
- Slovakia: US$5m
- Armenia: US$4m
- Malaysia: US$4m
- Romania: US$4m
- South Africa: US$4m
- Greece: US$3m
- Serbia: US$3m
- Estonia: US$3m
- Bulgaria: US$3m
- New Zealand: US$2m
- Luxembourg: US$2m
- Tunisia: US$2m
- Indonesia: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$2m
- Latvia: US$2m
- Norway: US$2m
- Oman: US$1m
- Albania: US$1m
- Costa Rica: US$877k
- Colombia: US$693k
- Cyprus: US$574k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1mUS$1m+US$16m+US$89m+> US$226m
Imports: 218
- United States: US$1bn
- Germany: US$623m
- Netherlands: US$390m
- France: US$330m
- Canada: US$298m
- Japan: US$264m
- China: US$226m
- Italy: US$202m
- United Kingdom: US$192m
- Russia: US$180m
- Spain: US$176m
- Switzerland: US$156m
- Israel: US$139m
- Mexico: US$133m
- Poland: US$129m
- Australia: US$123m
- Belgium: US$106m
- Austria: US$104m
- India: US$96m
- South Korea: US$95m
- Türkiye: US$94m
- Brazil: US$89m
- Sweden: US$75m
- Saudi Arabia: US$67m
- United Arab Emirates: US$61m
- Romania: US$59m
- Portugal: US$48m
- Denmark: US$45m
- Finland: US$45m
- Taiwan: US$44m
- Norway: US$44m
- Thailand: US$40m
- Czechia: US$38m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$37m
- Greece: US$37m
- Vietnam: US$35m
- Egypt: US$30m
- Ukraine: US$26m
- Ireland: US$24m
- Chile: US$24m
- Singapore: US$23m
- Fiji: US$23m
- Kazakhstan: US$22m
- Slovakia: US$20m
- Malaysia: US$20m
- Croatia: US$19m
- New Zealand: US$19m
- Colombia: US$19m
- Slovenia: US$18m
- Lithuania: US$17m
- Iraq: US$17m
- Argentina: US$17m
- Bulgaria: US$17m
- Algeria: US$16m
- South Africa: US$16m
- Peru: US$15m
- Indonesia: US$14m
- Kuwait: US$13m
- Hungary: US$12m
- Morocco: US$11m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$2bn | 22.9% | |
| 2 | US$705m | 10.5% | |
| 3 | US$693m | 10.3% | |
| 4 | US$672m | 10% | |
| 5 | US$469m | 7% | |
| 6 | US$277m | 4.1% | |
| 7 | US$249m | 3.7% | |
| 8 | US$220m | 3.3% | |
| 9 | US$199m | 3% | |
| 10 | US$193m | 2.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$1bn | 17.9% | |
| 2 | US$623m | 9.3% | |
| 3 | US$390m | 5.8% | |
| 4 | US$330m | 4.9% | |
| 5 | US$298m | 4.4% | |
| 6 | US$264m | 3.9% | |
| 7 | US$226m | 3.4% | |
| 8 | US$202m | 3% | |
| 9 | US$192m | 2.9% | |
| 10 | US$180m | 2.7% |
Import duty on this product around the world 164
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 3.3%median duty
- 73number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 30%highest: Algeria, Bermuda, Cayman Islands
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 11% | 0% – 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 0% – 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6.3% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3.5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.9% | 5% – 15% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
| 3% | 0% – 6% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1.5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 3% | 0% – 6% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 0% – 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 0% – 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 0% – 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 87219 Other dental instruments & appliances
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 712020
- CPC 2.1 product
- 48130 Other instruments and appliances (except syringes, needles and the like), used in dental sciences
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3250 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9018.49 | changed |
| 2012 | 9018.49 | changed |
| 2007 | 9018.49 | changed |
| 2002 | 9018.49 | changed |
| 1996 | 9018.49 | changed |
| 1992 | 9018.49 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 6
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N361752 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a compact milling machine and parts from China
- N361754 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of compact milling machine parts from China
- N361755 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of compact milling machine parts from China
- N358675 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of dental orthodontic wire-bending machines from China.
- N297791 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of 3D printed dental models from Canada
- N278673 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a dental implant part from China
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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CELEX 32026R1873 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
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İthalatta Haksız Rekabetin Önlenmesine İlişkin Tebliğ (No: 2026/24)
RG 04.07.2026 sayı 33300 · Tebliğ 2026/24 · Source: resmigazete.gov.tr
In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 9018.49 covers 2 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides subheading 9018.49 into 2 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported other dental instruments worth £172.5m (up 16% on the year before), at an average of £72.79 per kg; Israel supplied 17%, followed by Germany.
World trade in other dental instruments reached US$7bn in 2024, up 0.5% on 2023.
Germany was the largest exporter with 22.9% of the total, ahead of Switzerland.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences: other?
Other instruments and appliances, used in dental sciences: other fall under HS subheading 9018.49, part of heading 9018, in section XVIII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other instruments and appliances, used in dental… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 9018.49 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on other instruments and appliances, used in dental… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 9018.49 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most other instruments and appliances, used in dental…?
Germany, with US$2bn in 2024 (22.9% of world exports).
Which countries can export other dental instruments to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on other dental instruments?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import other dental instruments from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Israel (17%), Germany (15%) and China (12%), out of total imports of £172.5m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.