3250 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies


This class includes the manufacture of laboratory apparatus, surgical and medical instruments, surgical appliances and supplies, dental equipment and supplies, orthodontic goods, dentures and orthodontic appliances. Included is the manufacture of medical, dental and similar furniture, where the additional specific functions determine the purpose of the product, such as dentist's chairs with built-in hydraulic functions.

Corresponding CPA codes

  • 32.50.1 Medical, surgical and dental instruments and appliances
  • 32.50.11 Instruments and appliances used in dental treatment
  • 32.50.12 Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers
  • 32.50.13 Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; ophthalmic and other instruments and appliances n.e.c.
  • 32.50.2 Therapeutic instruments and appliances; accessories, protheses and orthopaedic appliances
  • 32.50.21 Therapeutic instruments and appliances; breathing appliances
  • 32.50.22 Artificial joints; orthopaedic appliances; artificial teeth; dental fittings; artificial parts of the body n.e.c.
  • 32.50.23 Parts and accessories of prostheses and orthopaedic appliances
  • 32.50.3 Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture; barbers' chairs and similar chairs and parts thereof
  • 32.50.30 Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture; barbers' chairs and similar chairs and parts thereof
  • 32.50.4 Spectacles, lenses and parts thereof
  • 32.50.41 Contact lenses; spectacle lenses of any material
  • 32.50.42 Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
  • 32.50.43 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like
  • 32.50.44 Parts of frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like
  • 32.50.5 Other articles for medical or surgical purposes
  • 32.50.50 Other articles for medical or surgical purposes
  • 32.50.9 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of medical and surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances
  • 32.50.99 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of medical and surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances

Codification rules

Priority in case of multiple activities

If production, repair and sales activities are carried out, the priority is as follows :

- if production and sale: production takes priority
- if production and repair: production takes priority
- if repair and sale: repair takes priority

Outsourced activities (outsourcing)

There are several types of outsourcing, the enterprise may outsource::
• Part of a production process, classification: production
• All of a production process
o & owner of commodities, classification: production
o & non-owner of commodities, classification: section G, M or N :

For a construction enterprise:
• Part of the construction activities, classification: construction - section F

Further information:
- Introduction to NOGA 2008