HS HEADING 3006

Pharmaceutical goods

HEADING

3006

CHAPTER

6-digit subheadings (9)

Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.

3006.10

Pharmaceutical goods; sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers

3006.30

Pharmaceutical goods; opacifying preparations for x-ray examinations, diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient

3006.40

Pharmaceutical goods; dental cements and other dental fillings, bone reconstruction cements

3006.50

Pharmaceutical goods; first aid boxes and kits

3006.60

Pharmaceutical goods; chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides

3006.70

Pharmaceutical goods; 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

3006.91

Pharmaceutical goods; appliances identifiable for ostomy use

3006.92

Pharmaceutical goods; waste pharmaceuticals

3006.93

Pharmaceutical goods; placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses

Chapter 30 classification notes

Retail-packaged pharmaceuticals classify under 3004. The chapter is the primary home of controlled medicines (amphetamines, benzodiazepines, opioids) when in final dosage form. Import licences, pharmacy-only restrictions, and prescription requirements apply on top of ordinary customs rules.

Frequent misclassification in this chapter

Dietary supplements without therapeutic claims: Chapter 21 (2106.90). Cosmetic creams with added pharmaceutical actives: Chapter 33 unless the primary purpose is therapeutic. Medical devices vs pharmaceuticals: Chapter 90 for instruments, Chapter 30 for consumables.

Classification certainty

The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.

Binding tariff ruling database

Other headings in Chapter 30

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