Subheading · Chapter 30 · Heading 3003

3003.60

3003.60: Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter

Subheading 3003.60 belongs to heading 3003 (medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two…) in chapter 30.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges — Import requirements: 1
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

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  1. 3003 60 00 00 Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in subheading note 2 to this chapter Free

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Import requirements 1

  • Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
    Applies to goods from
    Ukraine
    Legal act
    S.I. 2022/395
    Documents
    • 9009
    • 9010
    • 9017

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—Free
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

 Free
European Union (including code " EU")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

 Free
CARIFORUM
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 more

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago

 Free
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories)
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 more

Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands

 Free
Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Free
SADC EPA Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia Free
Eastern and Southern Africa States Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe Free
CPTPP Brunei, Malaysia Free
UK–Andorra agreement Andorra Free
UK–Albania agreement Albania Free
UK–Australia agreement Australia Free
UK–Canada agreement Canada Free
UK–Switzerland agreement Switzerland Free
UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement Côte d’Ivoire Free
UK–Chile agreement Chile Free
UK–Cameroon agreement Cameroon Free
UK–Colombia agreement Colombia Free
UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement Ceuta & Melilla Free
UK–Ecuador agreement Ecuador Free
UK–Egypt agreement Egypt Free
UK–Fiji agreement Fiji Free
UK–Faroe Islands agreement Faroe Islands Free
UK–Georgia agreement Georgia Free
UK–Ghana agreement Ghana Free
UK–Israel agreement Israel Free
UK–India agreement India Free
UK–Iceland agreement Iceland Free
UK–Jordan agreement Jordan Free
UK–Japan agreement Japan Free
UK–Kenya agreement Kenya Free
UK–South Korea agreement South Korea Free
UK–Lebanon agreement Lebanon Free
UK–Liechtenstein agreement Liechtenstein Free
UK–Morocco agreement Morocco Free
UK–Moldova agreement Moldova Free
UK–North Macedonia agreement North Macedonia Free
UK–Mexico agreement Mexico Free
UK–Norway agreement Norway Free
UK–New Zealand agreement New Zealand Free
UK–Peru agreement Peru Free
UK–Papua New Guinea agreement Papua New Guinea Free
UK–Palestinian Territories agreement Palestinian Territories Free
UK–Serbia agreement Serbia Free
UK–Solomon Islands agreement Solomon Islands Free
UK–Singapore agreement Singapore Free
UK–San Marino agreement San Marino Free
UK–Tunisia agreement Tunisia Free
UK–Türkiye agreement Türkiye Free
UK–Ukraine agreement Ukraine Free
UK–Vietnam agreement Vietnam Free
UK–Samoa agreement Samoa Free
UK–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
UK–South Africa agreement South Africa Free

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£40k+849.9% · previous 12 months
Average import price£2,834.00 per kg
Feb 2024: £395kMar 2024: £380kOct 2024: £4kApr 2026: £8kAug 2026: £32k
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
United States £32k 80.6% —
Italy £8k 19.4% —
Israel £0 0% -100%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil 7.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 7.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

3003.60 · US$26m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$45kUS$45k+US$217k+US$1m+> US$2m

Exports: 43
  1. Lithuania: US$18m
  2. Australia: US$2m
  3. Egypt: US$2m
  4. United States: US$1m
  5. India: US$824k
  6. China: US$728k
  7. Tunisia: US$393k
  8. Germany: US$293k
  9. Türkiye: US$257k
  10. Belgium: US$217k
  11. Slovenia: US$159k
  12. United Kingdom: US$133k
  13. Sweden: US$119k
  14. Denmark: US$75k
  15. Norway: US$74k
  16. Switzerland: US$71k
  17. Finland: US$54k
  18. Bulgaria: US$52k
  19. American Samoa: US$49k
  20. Netherlands: US$45k
  21. Philippines: US$40k
  22. Ireland: US$38k
  23. Poland: US$33k
  24. Spain: US$20k
  25. Italy: US$19k
  26. Angola: US$14k
  27. Greece: US$10k
  28. Portugal: US$10k
  29. France: US$8k
  30. New Zealand: US$6k
  31. Israel: US$5k
  32. South Africa: US$5k
  33. Hungary: US$4k
  34. Czechia: US$3k
  35. United Arab Emirates: US$3k
  36. Kenya: US$2k
  37. Burkina Faso: US$600
  38. South Korea: US$100
  39. Togo: US$100
  40. Guatemala: US$0
  41. Japan: US$0
  42. Mexico: US$0
  43. Thailand: US$0

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Lithuania US$18m 67.3%
2 Australia US$2m 7.2%
3 Egypt US$2m 6.1%
4 United States US$1m 5.1%
5 India US$824k 3.1%
6 China US$728k 2.8%
7 Tunisia US$393k 1.5%
8 Germany US$293k 1.1%
9 Türkiye US$257k 1%
10 Belgium US$217k 0.8%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 Sweden US$18m 67.5%
2 Vietnam US$2m 7.1%
3 Zambia US$1m 4.3%
4 United Kingdom US$1m 3.8%
5 Netherlands US$469k 1.8%
6 Sudan US$442k 1.7%
7 France US$394k 1.5%
8 Tunisia US$290k 1.1%
9 Burkina Faso US$257k 1%
10 South Sudan US$215k 0.8%

Import duty on this product around the world 150

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.

  • 0%median duty
  • 108number of duty-free countries (MFN)
  • 15%highest: French Polynesia, Nepal, Pakistan

150

Importing countryMFN dutylines from – todata year
Albania 0% 2023
Algeria 5% 2023
Angola 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Argentina 8% 2023 · HS 2017
Armenia 0% 2023
Australia 0% 2023
Azerbaijan 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas 0% 2022
Bahrain 0% 2023
Bangladesh 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Barbados 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Belarus 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Belize 0% 2023
Benin 0% 2023
Bermuda 0% 2023
Bhutan 0% 2022
Bolivia 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0% 2022
Botswana 0% 2023
Brazil 8% 2023 · HS 2017
Brunei 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso 0% 2023
Burundi 0% 2023
Cambodia 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon 5% 2023
Canada 0% 2023
Cape Verde 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Central African Republic 5% 2023
Chad 5% 2023
Chile 6% 2023 · HS 2017
China 0% 2023
Colombia 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Comoros 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville 5% 2023
Cook Islands 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica 0% 2023
Côte d’Ivoire 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Cuba 1% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominica 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic 0% 2023
Ecuador 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Egypt 1% 0% – 2% 2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador 0% 2022
Equatorial Guinea 5% 2023
Eswatini 0% 2023
Ethiopia 5% 2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries) 0% 2023
Fiji 0% 2023
French Polynesia 15% 2023
Gabon 5% 2023
Gambia 0% 2023
Georgia 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Ghana 0% 2023
Gibraltar 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Guatemala 5% 2023
Guinea 0% 2023
Guinea-Bissau 0% 2023
Guyana 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Haiti 0% 2020 · HS 2017
Honduras 0% 2023
Hong Kong SAR China 0% 2023
Iceland 0% 2023
India 10% 2023
Indonesia 5% 2023
Iran 5% 2020 · HS 2017
Israel 6% 0% – 12% 2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica 0% 2023
Japan 0% 2023
Jordan 0% 2023
Kazakhstan 0% 2023
Kenya 0% 2023
Kuwait 0% 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Laos 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon 5% 2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho 0% 2023
Liberia 0% 2023
Libya 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China 0% 2023
Madagascar 0% 2023
Malawi 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia 0% 2023
Maldives 0% 2023
Mali 0% 2023
Mauritania 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius 0% 2023
Mexico 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia 4% 2021 · HS 2017
Moldova 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia 5% 2023
Montserrat 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Morocco 10% 2.5% – 18% 2023
Mozambique 0% 2023
Myanmar (Burma) 1.5% 2023 · HS 2017
Namibia 0% 2023
Nauru 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Nepal 15% 2023
New Zealand 0% 2023
Nicaragua 0% 2023
Niger 0% 2023
Nigeria 0% 2023
North Macedonia 0% 2023
Norway 0% 2023
Oman 0% 2023
Pakistan 11% 2023
Palestinian Territories 6% 0% – 12% 2017 · HS 2017
Panama 0% 2023
Papua New Guinea 0% 2023
Paraguay 8% 2023 · HS 2017
Peru 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Philippines 3% 2023
Qatar 0% 2023
Russia 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda 0% 2023
Samoa 0% 2020 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia 0% 2023
Senegal 0% 2023
Seychelles 0% 2023
Sierra Leone 0% 2023
Singapore 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Somalia 5% 2023 · HS 2017
South Africa 0% 2023
South Korea 8% 2023
Sri Lanka 0% 2023
St Kitts & Nevis 0% 2023
St Pierre & Miquelon 5% 2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines 0% 2023
Sudan 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Switzerland 0% 2023
Tanzania 0% 2023
Thailand 10% 2023
Togo 0% 2023
Tonga 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Türkiye 0% 2023
Tuvalu 0% 2017 · HS 2017
Uganda 0% 2023
Ukraine 0% 2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates 0% 2023
United Kingdom 0% 2023
United States 0% 2023
Uruguay 8% 2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu 0% 2023
Venezuela 8% 2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam 0% 2023
Zambia 0% 2023
Zimbabwe 0% 2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)

Classifications and correspondences

Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.

SITC Rev. 4
54291 Medicaments, n.e.s., not put up in measured doses/in forms/packings for retail.
End use (BEC Rev. 5)
Intermediate goods · BEC 711220
CPC 2.1 product
35260 Medicaments, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses
ISIC Rev. 4 activity
2100 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products

Earlier HS editions

HSCode
20173003.60unchanged
20123003.90changed
20073003.90changed
20023003.90changed
19963003.90changed
19923003.90changed

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

  1. US Import and export controls

    Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

    FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov

Rule changes →

Code history

Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 3003.90.

The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 3003.60; the duty is duty-free.

Subheading 3003.60 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.

156 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of Free.

Imports of these goods into the UK came to £39.7k between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 850% on the year before); United States supplied 81%, followed by Italy.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$26m (−0.4% year on year).

The largest exporter was Lithuania (US$18m), followed by Australia.

Legal notes

Subheading notes

1. For the purposes of subheadings 300213 and 300214, the following are to be treated:

  1. (a) as unmixed products, pure products, whether or not containing impurities;

  2. (b) as products which have been mixed:

    1. (1) the products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water or in other solvents;

    2. (2) the products mentioned in (a) and (b) (1) above with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation or transport; and

    3. (3) The products mentioned in (a), (b) (1) and (b) (2) above with any other additive.

2. Subheadings 300360 and 300460 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); lumefantrine (INN); mefloquine (INN); piperaquine (INN); pyrimethamine (INN) or sulfadoxine (INN).

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter?

Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter fall under HS subheading 3003.60, part of heading 3003, in section VI of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on other, containing antimalarial active principles… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 3003.60 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on other, containing antimalarial active principles… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 3003.60 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most other, containing antimalarial active principles…?

Lithuania, with US$18m in 2024 (67.3% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

156 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, CARIFORUM. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were United States (81%), Italy (19%) and Israel (0%), out of total imports of £39.7k.

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