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HS code for pharmaceuticals
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “pharmaceuticals” points to chapter 30: pharmaceutical products. Check the description and the notes of the chapter before declaring: the right code depends on what the goods are made of and how they are used.
In the UK Global Tariff, 30 covers 58 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides 30 into 55 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 6.5% (average 0.3%). 52 of them are duty-free.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, 30 covers 91 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 6.5%. 86 of them are duty-free.
Duty rates compared
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USASee also
- tablets
- antisera
- medicine
- vaccines
- eye drops
- antibodies
- antiseptic
- blood tests
- haemoglobin
- blood, human
- blood plasma
- eye solutions
- first aid kits
- sterile catgut
- herbal medicine
- ointments (medical)
- organo therapeutics
- bandages and plasters
- vitamins, medicaments
- wadding, pharmaceutical
- bandages, plaster-coated
- contraceptives - chemical
- reagents - blood grouping
- tissues - human or animal
- corticosteroid medicaments
- cultures of micro-organisms
- dental cements and fillings
- block, animal for therapeutic uses
- dressings for medical and surgical
- gauze - in retail packs for medical use
- surgical ligatures and sutures, sterile
- gauze - impregnated with pharmaceuticals
- adhesive plasters, bandages and dressings
- organs (animal) for organo-therapeutic uses
- glands or other organs and extracts (medical)
- opacifying preparations for x ray examinations
- lints (medical) impregnated or put up for retail sale
- anaesthetics, not in measured doses or packings for retail sale
- veterinary medicaments (in measured doses or packings for retail sale)
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for pharmaceuticals?
Pharmaceuticals are classified under 30 (Pharmaceutical products) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.