Analysis
HTS 3006.93.10 covers packaged with medicinal preparations under heading 3006 (pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 5% to 6.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 3006.93.50 (containing ingredients having nutritional value, in which starch or…) at 6.4%, a difference of 6.4 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 93% of the 58 tariff lines in chapter 30 that are also free. 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 30% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 30% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 3006.93.20 (containing over 10 percent by dry weight of sugar, 40¢/kg + 10.4%), 3006.93.50 (containing ingredients having nutritional value, in which…, 6.4%), 3006.93.60 (in liquid form for oral intake, 0.2¢/liter) and 3006.93.80 (placebos and clinical trial kits containing other chemicals…, 5%).
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3006.93.20 | Containing over 10 percent by dry weight of sugar | 40¢/kg + 10.4% |
| 3006.93.50 | Containing ingredients having nutritional value, in which starch or other foodstuff predominates by weight | 6.4% |
| 3006.93.60 | In liquid form for oral intake | 0.2¢/liter |
| 3006.93.80 | Placebos and clinical trial kits containing other chemicals other than medicaments | 5% |