HTS tariff line · chapter 30
3003.20.00
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: other, containing antibiotics
Analysis
HTS 3003.20.00 covers medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or… under heading 3003 (medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more…).
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 93% of the 58 tariff lines in chapter 30. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325412 (Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing), an industry of 1,436 US establishments employing 170,029 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
All 10 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3003.10.00 | Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives | Free |
| 3003.31.00 | Containing insulin | Free |
| 3003.39.10 | Artificial mixtures of natural hormones | Free |
| 3003.39.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 3003.41.00 | Containing ephedrine or its salts | Free |
| 3003.42.00 | Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts | Free |
| 3003.43.00 | Containing norephedrine or its salts | Free |
| 3003.49.00 | Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof: other | Free |
| 3003.60.00 | 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: other, containing antimalarial active principles described in subheading note 2 to this chapter | Free |
| 3003.90.01 | 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: other | Free |