Mexican Tariff (TIGIE) · tariff fraction · HS 9018.90
9018.90.12.00: Other medical and surgical instruments: Pinzas, excepto lo comprendido en las fracciones arancelarias 9018.90.10 y 9018.90.11.
Other medical and surgical instruments
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Mexican Tariff (TIGIE), in force from 14 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
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- 9018 Instrumentos y aparatos de medicina, cirugía, odontología o veterinaria, incluidos los de centellografía y demás aparatos electromédicos, así como los aparatos para pruebas visuales.
- 9018.90 Los demás instrumentos y aparatos.
- 9018.90.12 Pinzas, excepto lo comprendido en las fracciones arancelarias 9018.90.10 y 9018.90.11.
- 9018.90.12.00 Pinzas, excepto lo comprendido en las fracciones arancelarias 9018.90.10 y 9018.90.11.
What you pay
Importing into Mexico
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
9018.90 Other instruments and appliances
Mexico lines: 9018.90
- 9018.90.01.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: espejos.
- 9018.90.02.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: tijeras.
- 9018.90.03.00Aparatos para medir la presión arterial.
- 9018.90.04.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: aparatos para anestesia.
- 9018.90.05.00Equipos para derivación ventricular con reservorio para líquido cefalorraquídeo.
- 9018.90.06.00Estuches de cirugía o disección.
- 9018.90.07.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: bisturís.
- 9018.90.08.00Valvas, portaagujas y escoplos para cirugía.
- 9018.90.09.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: separadores para cirugía.
- 9018.90.10.00Pinzas tipo disección para cirugía.
- 9018.90.11.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: pinzas para descornar.
- 9018.90.12.00Pinzas, excepto lo comprendido en las fracciones arancelarias 9018.90.10 y 9018.90.11.
- 9018.90.13.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: castradores de seguridad.
- 9018.90.14.00Bombas de aspiración pleural.
- 9018.90.15.00Aparatos de succión, excepto lo comprendido en la fracción arancelaria 9018.90.14.
- 9018.90.16.00Espátulas del tipo de abatelenguas.
- 9018.90.17.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: dispositivos intrauterinos anticonceptivos.
- 9018.90.18.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: desfibriladores.
- 9018.90.19.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: estetoscopios.
- 9018.90.20.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: aparatos de actinoterapia.
- 9018.90.25.00Aparatos de diatermia de onda corta.
- 9018.90.27.00Incubadoras para niños, partes y accesorios.
- 9018.90.28.00Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: aparatos de electrocirugía.
- 9018.90.31.00Equipos para hemodiálisis (riñón artificial).
- 9018.90.99.01Partes y accesorios para tijeras, pinzas o cizallas.
- 9018.90.99.02Partes y accesorios de aparatos para anestesia.
- 9018.90.99.99Los demás instrumentos y aparatos: los demás.
Binding rulings for similar goods
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- 600015542 HMRC
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68 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
In the Mexican Tariff (TIGIE), 9018.90.12.00 is one of 27 lines under subheading 9018.90, other instruments and appliances.
The import duty (IGI) is 10%, and quantities are declared in Kg.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Brazil duty is 0%–20%, the Argentina duty is 0%–16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
Mexico imported goods of subheading 9018.90 worth US$3.2bn in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the Mexico import duty for tariff fraction 9018.90.12.00?
The import duty (IGI) in the Mexican Tariff (TIGIE) is 10%; the supplementary unit is Kg. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does Mexico import these goods from?
For subheading 9018.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$2.6bn), followed by China.
Typical products
- anaesthetic instruments
- audiometers
- blood pressure testing kits
- burrs, medical
- dialysis apparatus
- forceps
- needles - holders, for medical use
- oximeters
- scalpels
- stethoscopes
- surgical saws
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.