Clinical Waste Sharps Container from Japan
Sealed containers of used syringes, needles, and lancets from medical procedures, treated as infectious waste. HTS 3825.69 includes clinical waste per chapter note 6(a) as contaminated medical waste requiring special disposal.
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
• Use triple packaging per IATA infectious substances rules; provide pathogen risk assessment; ensure destination incinerator approval