NMFC Code 56590 - Freight Classification Details
Description
Dental, Hospital, Medical or Surgical Apparatus, Instruments, Machines or Supplies, NOI, see Note, item 56591, in boxes, subject to Item 170 and having a density in pounds per cubic foot of:
Notes
NOTE-Provisions for dental, hospital, medical or surgical apparatus, instruments, machines or supplies include, but are not limited to: Bandages or Dressings, NOI; Blankets, emergency first aid for burn victims; Braces, Collars, Splints or Supports; Clinical Thermometers; Commodes, Commode Chairs or Commode Stations, sanitary; Compresses, hot or cold, NOI; Containers, blood collecting; Dental Units; Dental Fountain Bowls or Cuspidors; Dialyzers, artificial kidney machine; Driers, X-ray film; Droppers, medicine (Eyedroppers), or Medicine Droppers and Bottle Caps combined; Electrodes, patient monitoring or testing instrument or device; Kits or Sets, expendable aspirating, administration or transference; Kits or Sets, patient care, comfort or treatment, consisting of articles for the personal care or comfort of the patient; Limbs, artificial or prosthetic; Medical Treatment Accessories, with or without chemicals, drugs or medicines, other than narcotics; Pads or Sponges, dental, medical or surgical, NOI; Processors, blood cell, centrifugal; Safes, X-ray film; Stretchers or Litters; Surgical Stapling Machines (Staplers) or Suturing Machines; Swabs, Swab Sticks or Swab-type Applicators; Tape, adhesive; Trusses, medical or surgical, or Hernia Belts.
NMFC Sub Class 1 | Freight Class 400
Description
Less than 1
NMFC Sub Class 2 | Freight Class 300
Description
1 but less than 2
NMFC Sub Class 3 | Freight Class 250
Description
2 but less than 4
NMFC Sub Class 4 | Freight Class 175
Description
4 but less than 6
NMFC Sub Class 5 | Freight Class 125
Description
6 but less than 8
NMFC Sub Class 6 | Freight Class 100
Description
8 but less than 10
NMFC Sub Class 7 | Freight Class 92.5
Description
10 but less than 12
NMFC Sub Class 8 | Freight Class 85
Description
12 but less than 15
NMFC Sub Class 9 | Freight Class 70
Description
15 but less than 22.5
NMFC Sub Class 10 | Freight Class 65
Description
22.5 but less than 30
NMFC Sub Class 11 | Freight Class 60
Description
30 or greater