HTS 3006
Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter
| General rate | Not stated for this line What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them. |
|---|---|
| Special rate | Not stated for this line Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes. |
| Column 2 rate | Not stated for this line Only for the few countries without normal trade relations. |
This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.
Additional duties may apply
This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.
Statistical breakouts
The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.
| Code | Description | Units | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3006.10.01.00 | Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental hemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable | kg | Free |
| 3006.30 | Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient | — | see above |
| 3006.30.10.00 | Containing antigens or antisera | kg | Free |
| 3006.30.50.00 | Other | kg | Free |
| 3006.40.00.00 | Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements | kg | Free |
| 3006.50.00.00 | First-aid boxes and kits | kg | Free |
| 3006.60.00.00 | Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides | kg | Free |
| 3006.70.00.00 | Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments | kg | 5% |
| 3006.91.00.00 | Appliances identifiable for ostomy use | kg | 4.2% |
| 3006.92.00.00 | Waste pharmaceuticals | kg | Free |
| 3006.93 | Placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognized clinical trial, put up in measured doses | — | see above |
| 3006.93.10.00 | Packaged with medicinal preparations | kg | Free |
| 3006.93.20.00 | Containing over 10 percent by dry weight of sugar | kg | 40¢/kg + 10.4% |
| 3006.93.50.00 | Containing ingredients having nutritional value, in which starch or other foodstuff predominates by weight | kg | 6.4% |
| 3006.93.60.00 | In liquid form for oral intake | liters | 0.2¢/liter |
| 3006.93.80.00 | Placebos and clinical trial kits containing other chemicals other than medicaments | kg | 5% |
What changed
No recorded change to this line since we began reading the schedule daily. That is the ordinary state: USITC revises it fifteen to eighteen times a year, and most codes are untouched in any given revision.
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One email if the duty on 3006 moves, or the line is reworded or withdrawn. USITC publishes revisions without a calendar, and a rate change applies to goods entered from the day it takes effect.
Before you rely on this
Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call. This page publishes the schedule as USITC does; it does not calculate what an entry will cost.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.