Bacteriological Agar Strips from United States
Bacteriological agar strips are thin, dried sheets of pure agar-agar from Gelidium algae, rehydrated for lab plating. They are unmodified vegetable mucilage in strip form, not a finished diagnostic product, and fall under tariff item 1302.31.00.
Duty Rate — United States → Canada
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Import Tips
• Confirm the strips are not pre-treated with nutrients or reagents, which would reclassify them
• Declare the agar as unmodified for laboratory use to the CBSA
• Keep records of the algae source for verification