U.S. Import and Export Data
Pharmaceutical products HS Chapter 30
Overview
IMPORTS
2008
2020
Top Origin Country
Ireland
Top Destination State
Pennsylvania
EXPORTS
2008
2020
Top Destination Country
Canada
Top Origin State
Puerto Rico
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| U.S. Import Rank (amongst 2 digit HS Codes) | 5th (of 98) |
| U.S. Export Rank (amongst 2 digit HS Codes) | 9th |
| Top Importing States | Pennsylvania ($21,836,086,608), Tennessee ($16,907,263,252), New Jersey ($16,895,398,439), and Indiana ($16,883,598,419) |
| Top Exporting States | Puerto Rico ($11,437,879,552), Indiana ($6,862,963,810), Illinois ($5,139,937,607), and North Carolina ($4,724,991,185) |
| Top Countries Importing from the U.S. | Germany ($5,617,860,940), Netherlands ($5,101,039,843), China ($4,597,533,212), and Canada ($4,441,024,025) |
| Top Countries Exporting to the U.S. | Ireland ($27,663,447,965), Germany ($20,090,265,639), Switzerland ($17,683,688,315), and Belgium ($10,081,028,176) |
CHAPTER 30
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
VI
30-1
Notes
- 1. This chapter does not cover:
- (a) Foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages and mineral waters), other than nutritional preparations for intravenous administration (section IV);
- (b) Preparations, such as tablets, chewing gum or patches (transdermal systems), intended to assist smokers to stop smoking (heading 2106 or 3824),
- (c) Plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 2520);
- (d) Aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 3301);
- (e) Preparations of headings 3303 to 3307, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties;
- (f) Soap or other products of heading 3401 containing added medicaments;
- (g) Preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 3407); or
- (h) Blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 3502).
- 2. For the purposes of heading 3002, the expression "immunological products" applies to peptides and proteins (other than goods of heading 2937) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological processes, such as monoclonal antibodies (MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumor necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hematopoietins and colony stimulating factors (CSF).
- 3. For the purposes of headings 3003 and 3004 and of note 4(d) to this chapter the following are to be treated--
- (a) As unmixed products:
- (1) Unmixed products dissolved in water;
- (2) All goods of chapter 28 or 29; and
- (3) Simple vegetable extracts of heading 1302, merely standardized or dissolved in any solvent;
- (b) As products which have been mixed:
- (1) Colloidal solutions and suspensions (other than colloidal sulfur);
- (2) Vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixtures of vegetable materials; and
- (3) Salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters.
- (a) As unmixed products:
- 4. Heading 3006 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the tariff schedule:
- (a) Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;
- (b) Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents;
- (c) Sterile absorbable surgical or dental hemostatics, sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable;
- (d) Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, being unmixed products put up in measured doses or products consisting of two or more ingredients which have been mixed together for such uses;
- (e) Blood-grouping reagents;
- (f) Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements;
- (g) First-aid boxes and kits;
- (h) Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides;
- (ij) 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;
- (k) Waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their original intended purpose, for example, because of expiry of shelf life; and
- (l) Appliances identifiable for ostomy use, that is, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy pouches cut to shape and their adhesive wafers or faceplates.
Subheading Notes- 1. For the purposes of subheadings 3002.13 and 3002.14, the following are to be treated:
- (a) As unmixed products, pure products, whether or not containing impurities;
- (b) As products which have been mixed:
- (1) The products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water or in other solvents;
- (2) The products mentioned in (a) and (b)(1) above with an added stabilizer necessary for their preservation or transport; and
- (3) The products mentioned in (a), (b)(1) and (b)(2) above with any other additive.
- 2. Subheadings 3003.60 and 3004.60 cover medicaments containing artemisinin (INN) for oral ingestion combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients, or containing any of the following active principles, whether or not combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients: amodiaquine (INN); artelinic acid or its salts; artenimol (INN); artemotil (INN); artemether (INN); artesunate (INN); chloroquine (INN); dihydroartemisinin (INN); lumafantrine (INN); mefloquine (INN); piperaquine (INN); pyrimethamine (INN) or sulfadoxine (INN).
Compiler's Note
The provisions of subchapter II of chapter 99 (Miscellaneous Tariff Bills or MTBs), the provisions of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) found in General Note 4 and most product exclusions from the additional tariffs on products of China in subchapter III of chapter 99 expired on December 31, 2020. However, no endnotes or footnotes relating to these provisions have been deleted as of the issue date of this edition.
U.S. Tariff Rates
| Heading/ Subheading |
Article Description |
Unit of Quantity |
General | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3001 | Glands and other organs for organotherapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organotherapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included: | |||
| 3001.20.00.00 | Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions | kg | Free | |
| 3001.90.01 | Other | Free | ||
| 3001.90.01.10 | Liver | kg | ||
| 3001.90.01.50 | Other | kg | ||
| 3001.90.01.90 | Other | kg | ||
| 3002 | Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; cell cultures, whether or not modified: | |||
| 3002.12.00 | Antisera and other blood fractions | Free | ||
| 3002.12.00.10 | Human blood plasma | kg | ||
| 3002.12.00.20 | Normal human blood sera, whether or not freeze-dried | kg | ||
| 3002.12.00.30 | Human immune blood sera | kg | ||
| 3002.12.00.40 | Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) | kg | ||
| 3002.12.00.90 | Other | kg | ||
| 3002.13.00 | Immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | kg | Free | |
| 3002.13.00.10 | Monoclonal antibodies | kg | ||
| 3002.13.00.90 | Other | kg | ||
| 3002.14.00 | Immunological products, mixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | kg | Free | |
| 3002.14.00.10 | Containing monoclonal antibodies | kg | ||
| 3002.14.00.90 | Other | kg | ||
| 3002.15.00 | Immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | kg | Free | |
| 3002.15.00.10 | Diagnostic reagents based on an antibody test | kg | ||
| 3002.15.00.90 | Other | kg | ||
| 3002.41.00 | Vaccines for human medicine | kg | Free | |
| 3002.42.00.00 | Vaccines for veterinary medicine | kg | Free | |
| 3002.49.00.00 | Other | kg | Free | |
| 3002.51.00.00 | Cell therapy products | kg | Free | |
| 3002.59.00.00 | Other | kg | Free | |
| 3002.90 | Other: | |||
| 3002.90.10.00 | Ferments | kg | Free | |
| 3002.90.52 | Other | Free | ||
| 3002.90.52.10 | Whole human blood | kg | ||
| 3002.90.52.20 | Antiallergenic preparations | kg | ||
| 3002.90.52.50 | Other | kg | ||
| 3003 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale: | |||
| 3003.10.00.00 | Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives | kg | Free | |
| 3003.20.00.00 | Other, containing antibiotics | kg | Free | |
| 3003.31.00.00 | Containing insulin | kg | Free | |
| 3003.39 | Other: | |||
| 3003.39.10.00 | Artificial mixtures of natural hormones | g | Free | |
| 3003.39.50.00 | Other | kg | Free | |
| 3003.41.00.00 | Containing ephedrine or its salts | kg | Free | |
| 3003.42.00.00 | Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts | kg | Free | |
| 3003.43.00.00 | Containing norephedrine or its salts | kg | Free | |
| 3003.49.00.00 | Other | kg | Free | |
| 3003.60.00.00 | Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in subheading note 2 to this chapter | kg | Free | |
| 3003.90.01 | Other | kg | Free | |
| 3003.90.01.20 | Antivirals | kg | ||
| 3003.90.01.40 | Antifungals | kg | ||
| 3003.90.01.60 | Antiprotozoals (excluding goods described in subheading note 2 to this chapter) | kg | ||
| 3003.90.01.80 | Other | kg | ||
| 3003.90.01.90 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale: | |||
| 3004.10 | Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives: | |||
| 3004.10.10 | Containing penicillin G salts | Free | ||
| 3004.10.10.10 | For veterinary use | kg | ||
| 3004.10.10.20 | Singles | kg | ||
| 3004.10.10.45 | Combination antibiotics | kg | ||
| 3004.10.50 | Other | Free | ||
| 3004.10.50.10 | For veterinary use | kg | ||
| 3004.10.50.45 | Combination antibiotics | kg | ||
| 3004.10.50.60 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.20.00 | Other, containing antibiotics | Free | ||
| 3004.20.00.10 | For veterinary use | kg | ||
| 3004.20.00.20 | Erythromycin, singles or in combination with other antibiotics | kg | ||
| 3004.20.00.30 | Tetracycline, singles or in combination with other antibiotics | kg | ||
| 3004.20.00.60 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.31.00.00 | Containing insulin | kg | Free | |
| 3004.32.00.00 | Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues | kg | Free | |
| 3004.39.00 | Other | Free | ||
| 3004.39.00.10 | For veterinary use | kg | ||
| 3004.39.00.50 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.41.00.00 | Containing ephedrine or its salts | kg | Free | |
| 3004.42.00.00 | Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts | kg | Free | |
| 3004.43.00.00 | Containing norephedrine or its salts | kg | Free | |
| 3004.49.00 | Other | Free | ||
| 3004.49.00.05 | For veterinary use | kg | ||
| 3004.49.00.10 | Cardiovascular medicaments | kg | ||
| 3004.49.00.20 | Anticonvulsants, hypnotics, and sedatives | kg | ||
| 3004.49.00.30 | Antidepressants, tranquilizers and other psychotherapeutic agents | kg | ||
| 3004.49.00.40 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.49.00.50 | Dermatological agents and local anesthetics | kg | ||
| 3004.49.00.60 | Medicaments primarily affecting the eyes, ears or respiratory system | kg | ||
| 3004.49.00.70 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.50 | Containing vitamins synthesized wholly or in part from aromatic or modified aromatic industrial organic compounds: | |||
| 3004.50.10.00 | Vitamin B2 | kg | Free | |
| 3004.50.20.00 | Vitamin B12 | kg | Free | |
| 3004.50.30.00 | Vitamin E | kg | Free | |
| 3004.50.40.00 | Other | kg | Free | |
| 3004.50.50 | Other | Free | ||
| 3004.50.50.05 | For veterinary use | kg | ||
| 3004.50.50.10 | Combined with minerals or other nutrients | kg | ||
| 3004.50.50.20 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.50.50.30 | Combined with minerals or other nutrients | kg | ||
| 3004.50.50.40 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.60.00.00 | Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in subheading note 2 to this chapter | kg | Free | |
| 3004.90 | Other: | |||
| 3004.90.10.00 | Containing antigens or hyaluronic acid or its sodium salt | kg | Free | |
| 3004.90.92 | Other | Free | ||
| 3004.90.92.03 | For veterinary use | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.07 | Antivirals | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.09 | Antifungals | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.11 | Antiprotozoals (excluding goods described in subheading note 2 to this chapter) | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.13 | Sulfonamides | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.14 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.15 | Antineoplastic and immunosuppressive medicaments | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.20 | Cardiovascular medicaments | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.22 | Tolmetin | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.24 | Tolmetin sodium dihyrate | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.26 | Tolmetin sodium (anhydrous) | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.28 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.30 | Anticonvulsants, hypnotics and sedatives | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.35 | Antidepressants, tranquilizers, and other psychotherapeutic agents | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.40 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.45 | Dermatological agents and local anethestics | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.50 | Laxatives | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.55 | Antacids | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.60 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.65 | Diuretics | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.70 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.76 | Cough and cold preparations | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.80 | Antihistamines | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.85 | Other | kg | ||
| 3004.90.92.90 | Other | kg | ||
| 3005 | Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes: | |||
| 3005.10 | Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer: | |||
| 3005.10.10.00 | Coated or impregnated with pharmaceutical substances | kg | Free | |
| 3005.10.50.00 | Other | kg | Free | |
| 3005.90 | Other: | |||
| 3005.90.10.00 | Coated or impregnated with pharmaceutical substances | kg | Free | |
| 3005.90.50 | Other | Free | ||
| 3005.90.50.10 | Laparotomy sponges | kg | ||
| 3005.90.50.90 | Other | kg | ||
| 3006 | Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter: | |||
| 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: | |||
| 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% | Free (A+, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, K, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) |
| 3006.91.00.00 | Appliances identifiable for ostomy use | kg | 4.2% | Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) |
| 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: | |||
| 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% | Free (BH, CL, JO, KR, OM, SG)See 9822.05.20 (P+)See 9822.06.10 (PE)See 9822.08.01(CO)See 9822.09.17 (PA)See 9823.10.01-9823.10.45 (S+)See 9912.17.05,9912.17.35 (MA) |
| 3006.93.50.00 | Containing ingredients having nutritional value, in which starch or other foodstuff predominates by weight | 6.4% | Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) | |
| 3006.93.60.00 | In liquid form for oral intake | liters | 0.2¢/liter | Free (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) |
| 3006.93.80.00 | Placebos and clinical trial kits containing other chemicals other than medicaments | 5% | Free (A+, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, JP, K, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG) |
Ruling
No rulings related to HS Code 30.