HTS Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical products
HTS Chapter 30 covers Pharmaceutical products. Browse 6 published headings, then narrow to the active product line that matches the goods.
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Written to help non-specialists understand this page. Rates, dates, and legal facts come from the official records above and on the linked source.
HTS Chapter 30 covers pharmaceutical and certain medical products. It includes biological materials and therapeutic substances, such as organ extracts, blood products, vaccines, immunological products, medicaments, and medicated dressings. Heading 3006 covers specified pharmaceutical goods identified in the chapter notes. The product’s composition, preparation, intended medical use, packaging, and form can all affect classification.
The HTS is organized from broad to specific: chapter, heading, subheading, and then the complete 10-digit tariff number. Start by determining whether the product belongs in Chapter 30, then compare the relevant headings—such as 3002 for biological products, 3003 or 3004 for medicaments, and 3005 for certain medicated or retail medical articles. Read the legal notes, heading descriptions, subheading text, and applicable tariff provisions rather than relying only on a product name or marketing description. Classification that depends on medical claims, formulation, or technical distinctions may require a customs broker or other qualified professional.
What to check
- Confirm the product’s ingredients, formulation, physical form, dosage presentation, and packaging before selecting a subheading.
- Distinguish products by their actual composition and preparation, not only by intended use or labels such as “supplement,” “therapy,” or “medical.”
- Check whether the goods are excluded from a heading or directed elsewhere by the General Rules of Interpretation, chapter notes, or heading notes.
- For medicaments, verify whether the product is mixed or unmixed and whether it is in measured doses or retail packaging; these features can separate headings 3003 and 3004.
- After finding the base HTS classification, check current Chapter 99 provisions and other applicable trade measures, and confirm any additional filing requirements with official sources or a customs professional.
How to use this chapter
A chapter is the first classification level, not a duty rate. Choose the heading that describes the product, narrow by material, construction, use, or other legal distinctions, and verify the final line against the official HTS notes.
Heading list
| HTS code | Description | Linked 8-digit entries |
|---|---|---|
| 3001 | Glands and other organs for organotherapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organotherapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included: | 1 |
| 3002 | Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; cell cultures, whether or not modified: | 5 |
| 3003 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale: | 1 |
| 3004 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale: | 1 |
| 3005 | Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes: | 0 |
| 3006 | Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter: | 0 |
Linked measures
0 linked measure entries in the current snapshot.
Questions about HTS Chapter 30
What does HTS Chapter 30 cover?
HTS Chapter 30 covers Pharmaceutical products. This page groups the chapter’s 4-digit headings; a shipment still needs the most specific active 8- or 10-digit line supported by the product facts.
Is HTS Chapter 30 a final product classification?
No. A chapter is a broad 2-digit category. Narrow it to the applicable heading and the most specific active statistical line before estimating duty or filing an entry.