Code 3003 49 · Heading 3003

Mixed, non-retail medicines containing alkaloids or their derivatives

This covers medicines made from at least two mixed products for therapeutic or preventive use, containing alkaloids or their derivatives. They must not be in measured doses or in packs for retail sale.

For example

A mixed therapeutic medicine containing morphine, an alkaloid, not in measured doses or in a pack for retail sale

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Official tariff text

Medicaments containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof, not containing hormones, steroids used as hormones or antibiotics, not in measured doses or put up for retail sale (excl. containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine "INN", norephedrine or their salts)

How we got to this code

VI
30
3003
3003 49

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Step 1 · Section VI Products of the chemical or allied industries
Is it an inorganic or organic chemical; a pharmaceutical product; a fertilizer; a tanning or dye extract, pigment, paint, varnish, filler or printing ink; an essential oil, perfume, cosmetic or toilet product; soap, a surface-active, washing, cleaning, polishing or wax product; a protein, modified starch, glue or enzyme; an explosive, pyrotechnic article, match or other specified combustible material; a photographic or cinematographic product; or another chemical product?
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Step 2 · Chapter 30 Pharmaceutical products 3 of 11 chapters in section VI
What kind of pharmaceutical product is it: an organ or organ extract, blood or immune product, a mixed or unmixed medicine, a medicated dressing or similar medical item, or another specifically listed pharmaceutical product?
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Step 3 · Heading 3003 Medicaments consisting of two or more constituents … 3 of 6 headings under chapter 30
Which named type of medicine is it: one containing penicillin or streptomycin; another antibiotic; one containing insulin; one containing hormones or hormone-like steroids but no antibiotic; one containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine or other alkaloids; one containing the specified antimalarial active substances; or another mixed medicine?
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Step 4 · Subheading 3003 49 Medicaments containing alkaloids or derivatives the… 8 of 10 subheadings under heading 3003
Does the mixed medicine contain penicillin or streptomycin, another antibiotic, insulin, hormones or hormone-like steroids, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine, or an active substance against malaria named in the chapter note—or does it instead contain alkaloids or their derivatives not covered by those categories?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

Only one code below

3003 49 00

Duty free

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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This is the catch-all under 3003: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within this parent group, this is for mixed medicines containing alkaloids or their derivatives that are not covered by the sibling categories naming penicillin or streptomycin, antibiotics, insulin, hormones or hormone-like steroids, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine, or specified antimalarial active substances.

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Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

30.03.4900 Other

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

3003 49 00 00 Other

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

0.0% or 15.0%

Depends on a question

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

3003.49.00.00 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

30.03.4900

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

3003 49 00 00

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

3003.49.00.00

Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale, Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

0.0% or 15.0% Depends on a question US headings applied: 9903.04.62, 9903.05.86 Section 232 pharmaceuticals, Proclamation 11020 of 2 April 2026 (91 FR 18183) clauses (3)(c), (4), (5) and (7), heading 9903.04.62 of subchapter III of chapter 99 with U.S. note 40(c) and (f): the rate for patented pharmaceuticals and associated ingredients shall be 15 percent for products of the European Union, the sum of the column 1 duty rate and the additional duty being that rate; generic pharmaceuticals are not subject to tariffs pursuant to section 232 at this time; effective 31 July 2026 for the companies listed in Annex III and 29 September 2026 for other companiesU.S. note 52(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.86, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 shall not apply to articles classifiable in the listed provisions

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.