# HS code 8419.20: Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers > HS code 8419.20 covers medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers. It sits in heading 84.19 (machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). Other goods of heading 84.19 are classified under 8419.11 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, instantaneous gas water heaters), 8419.12 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, solar water heaters), 8419.19 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, other), 8419.33 (dryers, lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units or spray dryers) and 9 others. National tariff lines under 8419.20 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country). Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/841920 Last updated: 11 October 2026 [HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 84](https://border.bot/hs-codes/84) / [84.19](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8419) / [8419.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841920) ## Key facts - HS code: 8419.20 - Covers: Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers - Heading: [84.19: Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8419) - Chapter: [84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof](https://border.bot/hs-codes/84) - Edition: HS2022 - Duty in the United States: [See its 2 lines](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/841920) ## What this code covers HS code 8419.20 covers medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers. The legal text of the subheading is “Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers”, in HS2022. ## What it doesn’t cover Other goods of heading 84.19 are classified under 8419.11 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, instantaneous gas water heaters), 8419.12 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, solar water heaters), 8419.19 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, other), 8419.33 (dryers, lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units or spray dryers) and 9 others. - [8419.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841911) Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric: Instantaneous gas water heaters - [8419.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841912) Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric: Solar water heaters - [8419.19](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841919) Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric: Other - [8419.33](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841933) Dryers: Lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units and spray dryers - [8419.34](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841934) Dryers: Other, for agricultural products - [8419.35](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841935) Dryers: Other, for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard - [8419.39](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841939) Dryers: Other - [8419.40](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841940) Distilling or rectifying plant - [8419.50](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841950) Heat exchange units - [8419.60](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841960) Machinery for liquefying air or other gases - [8419.81](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841981) Other machinery, plant and equipment: For making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food - [8419.89](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841989) Other machinery, plant and equipment: Other - [8419.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841990) Parts ## How it is structured 8419.20 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8419, are heading 84.19; the last two, 20, identify the subheading within the heading. Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines. - Chapter 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof - Heading 84.19: Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric - Subheading 8419.20: Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers ## In other countries National tariff lines under 8419.20 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country). - [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/841920): 2 lines, used by 1 other country - Previous subheading: [8419.19](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841919) Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric: Other - Next subheading: [8419.33](https://border.bot/hs-codes/841933) Dryers: Lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units and spray dryers ## Frequently asked questions ### What does HS code 8419.20 cover? HS code 8419.20 covers medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers. ### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8419.20 in? HS code 8419.20 is in heading 84.19 (machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). ### Where are goods of heading 84.19 classified when 8419.20 doesn’t fit? Other goods of heading 84.19 are classified under 8419.11 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, instantaneous gas water heaters), 8419.12 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, solar water heaters), 8419.19 (instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric, other), 8419.33 (dryers, lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units or spray dryers) and 9 others. ### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 8419.20? National tariff lines under 8419.20 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country). ## Sources and updates The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026. This page was last updated on 11 October 2026. Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling. 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