Endoscopy Biopsy Waste from Japan
Tissue samples and channel cleaning waste from gastrointestinal endoscopies, contaminated with GI pathogens, as clinical waste.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
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
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease protocols if neurological
• Endoscope model traceability for contamination source