Soiled Surgical Dressings from Canada
Bandages and gauze saturated with blood, pus, and exudates from wound care and operations, falling under clinical waste per chapter note 6(a) as contaminated from surgical procedures. These require incineration or autoclaving due to pathogen risk.
Duty Rate — Canada → United States
60%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.1450%Articles the product of Canada as provided in subdivision (b)(3) of U.S. note 51 to this subchapter
9903.05.2910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.93, articles the product of Canada, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Label shipments as UN3291 Clinical Waste and follow IATA Packing Instruction 650 for air transport
• Submit facility closure or decommissioning certificates if from hospital waste streams