Soiled Surgical Dressings from Mexico
Soiled surgical dressings are bandages and gauze saturated with blood, pus, and exudates from wound care and operations. They are explicitly listed under tariff item 3825.30.10 as clinical waste, contaminated from surgical procedures and requiring special disposal per chapter note 6(a).
Duty Rate — Mexico → Canada
0%
Import Tips
• Package the dressings in leak-proof, labelled biohazard bags and containers
• Provide a waste manifest and certificate of treatment (e.g
• incineration) for CBSA
• Ensure compliance with provincial regulations for biomedical waste transport