Starch-Based Clinical Trial Placebo Blister Packs from Japan
Pregelatinized starch tablets in foil blister packs identical to antibiotic trial medication packaging. HTS 3006.93.80.00 for placebos containing other chemicals in measured doses.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
22.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.04.6210%Patented pharmaceutical articles that are the product of Japan, of a European Union member country, of South Korea, of Switzerland, or of Liechtenstein as provided for in subdivisions (c) and (f) of U.S. note 40 to this subchapter
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Blister integrity testing certificates
• Matching dissolution profiles documentation
• Avoid generic starch labeling that suggests food use