Blinded Antidepressant Placebo Tablets with Sertraline from China
Sugar-based placebo tablets identical to sertraline antidepressant pills, packaged together in kits for depression treatment clinical trials. This fits HTS 3006.93.10.00 for blinded clinical trial placebos in measured doses with medicinal preparations.
Duty Rate — China → United States
100%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.60100%Pharmaceuticals Annex IV: patented pharma articles — 100% floor rate
9903.05.860%Universal product exemption (U.S. note 52(b))
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Provide evidence of trial randomization and blinding protocols to justify 3006 classification
• Declare total kit value accurately, separating placebo and medicinal components for duty calculation
• Watch for re-export requirements in trial protocols to manage bonded warehouse use