HTS Index

HTS heading 2941

Antibiotics — 25 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
2941Antibiotics + Ch. 99not stated
2941.10Penicillins and their derivatives with a penicillanic acid structure; salts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
2941.10.10.00Ampicillin and its salts + Ch. 99Freekg
2941.10.20.00Penicillin G salts + Ch. 99Freekg
2941.10.30.00Carfecillin, sodium; Cloxacillin, sodium; Dicloxacillin, sodium; Flucloxacillin (Floxacillin); and Oxacillin, sodium + Ch. 99Freekg
2941.10.50.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
2941.20Streptomycins and their derivatives; salts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
2941.20.10.00Dihydrostreptomycin and its derivatives; salts thereof + Ch. 993.5%g
2941.20.50.00Other + Ch. 99Freeg
2941.30.00Tetracyclines and their derivatives; salts thereof + Ch. 99Free
2941.30.00.10Doxycycline (INN) and its salts + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.30.00)g
2941.30.00.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.30.00)g
2941.40.00.00Chloramphenicol and its derivatives; salts thereof + Ch. 99Freekg
2941.50.00.00Erythromycin and its derivatives; salts thereof + Ch. 99Freeg
2941.90Other + Ch. 99not stated
2941.90.10Natural + Ch. 99Free
2941.90.10.20Tobramycin (INN) + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.90.10)kg
2941.90.10.25Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.90.10)kg
2941.90.10.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.90.10)kg
2941.90.30Aromatic or modified aromatic + Ch. 99Free
2941.90.30.30Vancomycin (INN) and its salts + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.90.30)kg
2941.90.30.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.90.30)kg
2941.90.50Other + Ch. 99Free
2941.90.50.30Clindamycin (INN) and its salts + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.90.50)kg
2941.90.50.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 2941.90.50)kg

9 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

25 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.