Customs Tariff of Canada · tariff item · HS 3001.90
3001.90.00.20: Heparin, glands and organotherapeutic goods: Bone, organs and other human or animal tissue, living or preserved, suitable for permanent grafting or implantation
Heparin, glands and organotherapeutic goods
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff of Canada, in force from 11 September 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 3001 Glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo-therapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included.
- 3001.90.00 Other
- 3001.90.00.20 Bone, organs and other human or animal tissue, living or preserved, suitable for permanent grafting or implantation
What you pay
Importing into Canada
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
3001.90 Glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, dried: other
UK Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
EU Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico Free – 5% General (MFN) 8 tariff lines · average 1.3% 
Brazil Free – 7.2% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 2.9% 
Argentina Free – 7.2% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 1.3% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Japan Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 10 tariff lines 
GCC Free General (MFN) 9 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Nigeria Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada lines: 3001.90
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N357673 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of nitinol tubing from Germany and bovine pericardium tissue from the Netherlands
- N291252 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of various tissue matrix, from the United States
- 600012429 HMRC
Human tissue, The samples are of human tissue biological substances, being utilised for diagnostic testing and laboratory research as part of therapeutic clinical trials. It is important to note that human tissue samples are handled following stringent ethical and regulatory guidelines to maintain…
- 600009447 HMRC
Human resected Tumour Material submerged in Phosphate Buffered Saline with Antibiotics. This is to be used as starting material in an autologous therapy.
Legal notes
In the Customs Tariff of Canada, 3001.90.00.20 is one of 3 lines under subheading 3001.90, glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, dried: other.
The MFN tariff rate is free, and quantities are declared in KGM.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–5%, the Brazil duty is 0%–7.2%, the Argentina duty is 0%–7.2%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is free, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is free.
Canada imported goods of subheading 3001.90 worth US$74m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States, and the United Kingdom ranked 7th with US$1m.
Questions and answers
What is the Canada import duty for tariff item 3001.90.00.20?
The MFN tariff rate in the Customs Tariff of Canada is free; the supplementary unit is KGM. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does Canada import these goods from?
For subheading 3001.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$45m), followed by France.