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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. Further included is the manufacture of medical, dental and similar furniture where the additional specific functions determine the purpose of the product (for example, dentist’s chairs with built-in hydraulic functions).

  • 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
  • 32.50.14 Other therapeutic apparatus and appliances

    This subcategory excludes:

    • artificial respiration or therapeutic respiration apparatus, see 26.60.15
    • electrical vibratory-massage apparatus, see 26.60.15
  • 32.50.2 Artificial joints; orthopaedic appliances; artificial teeth; dental fittings; other artificial parts of the body; parts thereof

    This category excludes:

    • artificial respiration or therapeutic respiration apparatus, see 26.60.15
    • electrical vibratory-massage apparatus, see 26.60.15
  • 32.50.21 Artificial joints; orthopaedic appliances; artificial teeth; dental fittings; other artificial parts of the body
  • 32.50.22 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

    This subcategory also includes:

    • single-use drapes used during surgical procedures made up of non-wovens
  • 32.50.9 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of medical and dental instruments and supplies
  • 32.50.99 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of medical and dental instruments and supplies