3006.93: Placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses

1. 3006 93 00 00 Placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses Free

Additional duties and import rules

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

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£44.6m-22% · previous 12 months

Average import price£836.85 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Switzerland	£11.1m	24.9%	+1,188.1%
Denmark	£8.9m	20%	-24.8%
United States	£7.6m	17.1%	-25.5%
Ireland	£5m	11.2%	-56.2%
Italy	£3m	6.7%	+8.3%
France	£2.4m	5.5%	+170.4%
Germany	£1.8m	4%	-54.3%
Canada	£1.1m	2.4%	+33%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free – 6.4% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 3.8% · 2× specific or compound duty Canada Free – 11% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 7.4% Mexico 5% – 10% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 7.5% · 3× specific or compound duty Brazil 7.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 7.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 3.8% Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines GCC Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Nigeria Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$365m	22.6%
2	Ireland	US$114m	7.1%
3	Malaysia	US$97m	6%
4	India	US$96m	5.9%
5	Switzerland	US$95m	5.9%
6	United Kingdom	US$86m	5.3%
7	France	US$84m	5.2%
8	Italy	US$83m	5.1%
9	Canada	US$82m	5.1%
10	Germany	US$79m	4.9%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Malaysia	US$466m	28.8%
2	United States	US$173m	10.7%
3	China	US$84m	5.2%
4	Japan	US$74m	4.6%
5	United Kingdom	US$70m	4.3%
6	Germany	US$67m	4.2%
7	Belgium	US$62m	3.9%
8	Switzerland	US$54m	3.4%
9	Canada	US$52m	3.2%
10	South Korea	US$36m	2.2%

Import duty on this product around the world 93

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
• 63number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 31%highest: Algeria, Pakistan, French Polynesia

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	31%	5% – 60%	2023
Armenia	0%		2023
Australia	0%		2023
Bahamas	0%		2022
Bahrain	0%		2023
Belize	0%		2023
Benin	0%		2023
Bermuda	0%		2023
Bhutan	0%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%	0% – 10%	2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Burkina Faso	0%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cameroon	5%		2023
Canada	7.4%	0% – 11%	2023
Central African Republic	5%		2023
Chad	5%		2023
China	0%		2023
Congo - Brazzaville	5%		2023
Costa Rica	7.4%	0% – 14%	2023
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
El Salvador	9%	5% – 15%	2022
Equatorial Guinea	5%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	0%		2023
French Polynesia	15%		2023
Gabon	5%		2023
Gambia	0%		2023
Ghana	0%		2023
Guatemala	6%	0% – 15%	2023
Guinea	0%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	0%		2023
Honduras	8%	0% – 15%	2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	10%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kuwait	0%		2023
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	0%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	0%		2023
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	0%		2023
Mali	0%		2023
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	0%		2023
Namibia	0%		2023
Nepal	10%		2023
New Zealand	3.8%	0% – 5%	2023
Nicaragua	10%	0% – 15%	2023
Niger	0%		2023
Nigeria	0%		2023
North Macedonia	5%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	0%		2023
Pakistan	20%		2023
Panama	4.6%	0% – 10%	2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Philippines	7%		2023
Qatar	0%		2023
Rwanda	0%		2023
Saudi Arabia	0%		2023
Senegal	0%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	0%		2023
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	6.5%		2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	0%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	0%		2023
Switzerland	0%		2023
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	5%		2023
Togo	0%		2023
Türkiye	0%		2023
Uganda	0%		2023
United Arab Emirates	0%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	3.8%	0% – 6.4%	2023
Vanuatu	0%		2023
Vietnam	15%		2023
Zambia	0%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; 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

54293 Medicaments, n.e.s., put up in measured doses/in forms/packings for retail sale

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 711220

CPC 2.1 product

23670 Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa; vegetables, fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar

23999 Other food products n.e.c.

24490 Other non-alcoholic caloric beverages

35260 Medicaments, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

1073 Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery

1079 Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.

1104 Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters

2100 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 2

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. Tariff change 30 October 2026 · Applies from: 19 November 2026

   Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2163 of 17 September 2026 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

   CELEX 32026R2163 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

2. Tariff change 29 October 2026

   Updated VAT Z Coverage on Medicines – 29 October 2026

   Trade Tariff news 9636 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

3. Tariff change 23 September 2026

   Guidance and Procedures for Implementing Tariff Adjustments for Specialty Pharmaceuticals and Associated Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for Duties Imposed Under Proclamation 11020

   FR Doc. 2026-19498 · 91 FR 60360 · Source: federalregister.gov

4. Import and export controls 20 July 2026

   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

5. Tariff change 4 June 2026

   Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: 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. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov

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Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 3004.90.

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