CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND IRRADIATION EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING X-RAY) - 1995 MA38R(95)-1 ISSUED OCTOBER 1996 Contact: Chris Blackburn, 301-457-4817 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS During 1995, the total value of shipments of electromedical and irradiation equipment increased 4.5 percent to $9.6 billion from the 1994 level of $9.2 billion. X-Ray and other irradiation equipment increased 6.7 percent from its 1994 level. Electromedical equipment increased 3.7 percent to $6.9 billion from the 1994 level of $6.7 billion. Table 1. VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND IRRADIATION EQUIPMENT, BY CLASS OF PRODUCT: 1988 TO 1995 (Value in millions of dollars) Product code Product description 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 38440 X-ray and other irradiation equipment...... 2,623.2 2,458.2 2,480.0 2270.2 2,205.2 1,870.4 1,745.2 1,585.9 38450 Electromedical equipment................... 6,999.6 6,752.1 6,222.0 6273.1 5,673.8 4,849.6 4,594.2 4,017.2 Table 2. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND IRRADIATION EQUIPMENT: 1995 and 1994 (Quantity in number of units. Value in thousands of dollars) Product No. of 1995 1994 code Product description cos. Quantity Value Quantity Value Medical diagnostic equipment........................... 274 (X) 9,622,837 (X) 9,210,342 X-ray equipment: 38440 02 Digital radiography equipment...................... 4 971 66,831 774 r/62,591 38440 03 Computerized axial tomography (CT OR CAT SCAN)................................... 7 (S) (1) (S) (1) 38440 09 Dental and conventional (2)........................ 13 16,049 447,022 17,593 r/473,813 38440 11 All other medical diagnostic x-ray equipment....... 15 (X) 1/837,056 (X) r/1/787,206 38440 06 Nuclear medicine equipment (all equipment used for nuclear in vivo studies)...................... 9 1,116 337,244 1,101 314,987 38450 18 Magnetic resonance imaging equipment (MRI)........... 7 1,744 624,991 (S) r/(3) 38450 17 Ultrasound scanning devices.......................... 11 8,981 772,314 8,558 r/750,474 38450 11 Electrocardiograph (EKG)............................. 15 49,711 215,714 r/45,345 r/211,033 38450 13 Electroencephalograph (EEG) and electromyograph (EMG) (2)....................... 8 (S) (4) (S) (3) 38450 21 Audiological equipment............................... 7 (X) 11,403 (X) r/10,346 38450 23 Endoscopic equipment (bronchoscope, cystoscope, proctosigmoidoscope, colonoscope, etc.).................................. 6 (S) 24,756 (S) 19,908 38450 25 Respiratory analysis equipment....................... 6 4,792 46,009 3,592 38,658 38450 29 All other medical diagnostic equipment............... 26 (X) 4/157,650 (X) r/ 3/784,074 Patient monitoring equipment: 38450 51 Intensive care/coronary care units, including component modules such as temperature, blood pressure, and pulse......................... 27 (X) 536,937 (X) 509,866 38450 53 Prenatal monitoring ............................... 6 (X) (5) (X) r/123,354 38450 55 Respiratory monitoring............................. 7 (X) 5/177,903 (X) r/15,118 38450 57 All other patient monitoring....................... 35 (X) 500,264 (X) 711,918 Medical therapy equipment: 38450 43 Ultrasound therapy................................. 7 (X) 9,234 (X) r/12,090 38450 31 Pacemakers......................................... 10 203,879 639,039 161,158 562,366 38450 33 Defibrillators..................................... 13 46,459 439,298 51,715 476,779 38450 39 Dialyzers (includes machines and equipment)........ 4 (X) 301,749 (X) 236,180 38450 41 Medical laser equipment............................ 20 (X) 464,569 (X) 430,028 38440 32 Radiation therapy (linear accelerators, x-ray, cobalt 60, brachetherapy) ...................... 7 (X) (6) (X) (6) 38450 49 All other medical therapy equipment (2)............ 34 (X) 480,806 (X) 470,411 All other irradiation and electromedical equipment: 38440 13 Industrial and scientific x-ray equipment.......... 18 1,827 138,757 r/1,669 r/129,539 38440 21 X-ray tubes (sold separately)...................... 11 42,186 360,714 r/40,587 r/301,890 38440 23 Other non-medical irradiation equipment, including gamma and beta ray equipment (n.e.c.) ............................... 5 (X) 17,392 (X) 13,840 38440 27 Parts and accessories for x-ray equipment and other non-medical irradiation equipment (n.e.c.).. 26 (X) 6/418,172 (X) 6/374,348 Surgical systems: 38450 35 Electrosurgical equipment.......................... 16 (X) 336,768 (X) r/280,117 38450 71 Heart-lung machines (excluding iron lungs) ........ 3 (S) (7) (S) (7) 38450 73 Blood flow systems................................. 10 (X) 7/292,563 (X) 7/262,848 38450 75 All other surgical support systems................. 12 (X) 328,285 (X) 288,896 38450 83 Other electromedical equipment, except diagnostic and therapeutic (n.e.c.) .............. 11 (X) 37,319 (X) r/31,473 38450 89 Electromedical parts and accessories, including diagnostic and therapeutic (n.e.c.)............... 41 (X) 602,078 (X) r/526,191 (D) Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual companies. r/Revised by 5 percent or more from previously published data. (S) Data withheld where value was combined with items without quantity data to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. (X) Not applicable. 1/Products were combined to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 2/For 1995, product is revised: Conventional combined with Dental; Electromyograph (EMG) combined with Electroencephalograph (EEG); Diathermy apparatus, and Extracorporeal lithotripters combined with All other medical therapy equipment. 3/For 1994, product codes 38450 18, 38450 13, and 38450 29 are combined to avoid disclosing data for indivudual companies. 4/For 1995, product codes 38450 13 and 38450 29 are combined to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 5/For 1995, product codes 38450 53 and 38450 55 are combined to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 6/Product codes 38440 33 and 38440 27 are combined to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. 7/Product codes 38450 71 and 38450 73 are combined to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. Table 3. SHIPMENTS, EXPORTS, AND IMPORTS OF ELECTROMEDICAL AND IRRADIATION EQUIPMENT: 1995 (Value in thousands of dollars) Manufacturers' Exports of shipments domestic Product (value merchandise Imports for code Product description f.o.b. (value consumption plant) at port)/1 (value)/2 38440 02 Digital radiography equipment......................... 66,831 535,810 727,116 38440 03 Computerized axial tomography (CT or CAT SCAN)........ (D) 83,780 10,879 38440 13 Industrial and scientific x-ray equipment............. 138,757 70,646 54,140 38440 21 X-ray tubes sold separately........................... 360,714 163,040 83,868 38440 27 Parts and accessories for x-ray equipment and other non-medical irradiation equipment, n.e.c. (S) 270,054 202,954 38440 23 Non-medical irradiation equipment, including gamma and beta ray equipment, n.e.c................ 17,392 19,794 6,803 38450 11 Electrocardiograph (EKG), diagnostic.................. 235,669 65,670 22,137 38450 13 Electroencephalographs (EEG) and Electromyograph (EMG).............................. (D) 15,436 7,572 38450 17 Ultrasound scanning devices, diagnostic............... 772,314 301,166 62,192 38450 31 Pacemakers, therapeutic............................... 639,039 159,082 12,814 38450 18, Diagnostic electromedical equipment, n.e.c............ 661,150 814,015 489,188 38450 33 Therapeutic electromedical equipment, n.e.c........... 439,298 173,453 40,364 38450 71, Electromedical equipment and irradiation equipment including x-ray, n.e.c................... 292,563 287,391 295,160 38450 39 Dialyzers, machines and equipment..................... 301,749 67,836 32,763 38450 51 Patient monitoring equipment.......................... 536,937 276,785 33,103 38450 43 Therapeutic ultrasound equipment...................... 9,234 24,399 2,483 38450 35 Electrosurgical equipment............................. 336,768 287,403 36,268 38450 89 Electromedical parts and accessories, including diagnostic and therapeutic, n.e.c........ 563,660 619,742 391,617 1/Source: Bureau of the Census report EM 545, "U.S. Exports." 2/Source: Bureau of the Census report IM 145, "U.S. Imports for Consumption." (D) Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual companies. (S) Data withheld due to product combined on table 2 to avoid disclosure of individual companies. Table 4. COMPARISON OF STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION-BASED PRODUCT CODES WITH SCHEDULE B EXPORT NUMBERS, AND HTSUSA IMPORT NUMBERS: 1995 Product Export Import code Product description number 1/ number 2/ 38440 02 Digital radiography equipment....... 9022.11.0000 9022.11.0000 38440 03 Computerized axial tomography (CT or CAT SCAN)................. 9022.21.0000 9022.21.0000 38440 09 Medical x-ray and nuclear equipment, 38440 11 diagnostic and therapeutic....... 38440 06 38440 32 38440 13 Industrial and scientific x-ray equipment......................... 9022.19.0000 9022.19.0000 38440 21 X-ray tubes sold separately......... 9022.30.0000 9022.30.0000 38440 27 Parts and accessories for x-ray 9022.90.4000 9022.90.4000 equipment and other non-medical 9022.90.6000 9022.90.6000 irradiation equipment, n.e.c. 9022.90.8000 9022.90.9095 38440 23 Non-medical irradiation equipment, including gamma and beta ray equipment, n.e.c. ................ 9022.29.8000 9022.29.8000 38450 11 Electrocardiograph (EKG), diagnostic 9018.11.0040 9018.11.3000 38450 13 Elecltroencephalographs (EEG) and electromyographs (EMG), diagnostic 9018.19.8035 9018.19.9535 38450 17 Ultrasound scanning devices, diagnostic........................ 9018.19.8045 9018.19.9545 38450 31 Pacemakers, therapeutic............. 9021.50.0000 9021.50.0000 38450 18 Diagnostic electromedical 9018.19.4000 9018.19.4000 38450 21 equipment, n.e.c.................. 9018.19.8030 9018.19.9530 38450 23 9018.19.8050 9018.19.9550 38450 25 38450 29 38450 33 Therapeutic electromedical 9018.90.7060 9018.90.7560 38450 41 equipment, n.e.c.................. 9018.20.0040 38450 49 38450 71 Electromedical equipment and 38450 73 irridation equipment including 9018.20.0000 9018.20.0080 38450 75 x-ray, n.e.c. .................... 9018.90.7080 9018.90.7580 38450 83 38450 39 Dialyzers, machines and equipment... 9018.90.7020 9018.90.7520 38450 51 Patient monitoring equipment........ 9018.19.8020 9018.19.5500 38450 53 38450 55 38450 57 38450 43 Therapeutic ultrasound equipment.... 9018.90.7040 9018.90.7540 38450 35 Electrosurgical equipment........... 9018.90.6000 9018.90.6000 38450 89 Electromedical parts and 9018.11.0080 9018.11.0090 accessories, including diagnostic 9018.19.8060 9018.19.9560 and therapeutic, n.e.c. .......... 9018.90.7070 9018.90.7570 9021.90.4080 n.e.c. Not elswhere classified. 1/Source: 1995 edition, Harmonized System-Based Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. 2/Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Annotated (1995)  gamma and beta ray equipment, n.e.c..........