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CHAPTER 30 PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS Notes.

1.
This Chapter does not cover: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages and mineral waters), other than nutritional preparations for intravenous administration (Section IV); Preparations, such as tablets, chewing gum or patches (transdermal systems), intended to assist smokers to stop smoking (heading 21.06 or 38.24); Plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 25.20); Aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 33.01); Preparations of headings 33.03 to 33.07, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties; (f) Soap or other products of heading 34.01 containing added medicaments; (g) Preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 34.07); or (h) Blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 35.02).
2.

For the purposes of heading 30.02, the expression "immunological products" applies to peptides and proteins (other than goods of heading 29.37) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological processes, such as monoclonal antibodies (MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumor necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hematopoietins and colony stimulating factors (CSF).

3.
For the purposes of headings 30.03 and 30.04 and of Note 4 (d) to this Chapter, the following are to be treated: (a) As unmixed products: (1) Unmixed products dissolved in water; 201 (2) All goods of Chapter 28 or 29; and (3) Simple vegetable extracts of heading 13.02, merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent; (b) As products which have been mixed: (1) Colloidal solutions and suspensions (other than colloidal sulphur); (2) (3) Vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixtures of vegetable materials; and Salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters.
4.
Heading 30.06 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the Nomenclature: (a) Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; (b) Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; (c) Sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable; (d) Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, being unmixed products put up in measured doses or products consisting of two or more ingredients which have been mixed together for such uses; (e) Blood-grouping reagents; (f) Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements; (g) First-aid boxes and kits; (h) (i) Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 29.37 or on spermicides.
Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments; 202 (j) Waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their original intended purpose due to, for example, expiry of shelf life; and (k) Appliances identifiable for ostomy use, that is, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy pouches cut to shape and their adhesive wafers or faceplates.
Subheading Notes.

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1.

For the purposes of subheadings 3002.13 and 3002.14, the following are to be treated: (a) As unmixed products, pure products, whether or not containing impurities; (b) As products which have been mixed: (1) (2) (3) The products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water or in other solvents; The products mentioned in (a) and (b)(1) above with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation or transport; and The products mentioned in (a), (b)(1) and (b)(2) above with any other additive.

2.
Subheadings 3003.60 and 3004.60 cover medicaments containing artemisinin (INN) for oral ingestion combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients, or containing any of the following active principles, whether or not combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients: amodiaquine (INN); artelinic acid or its salts; artenimol (INN); artemotil (INN); artemether (INN); artesunate (INN); chloroquine (INN); dihydroartemisinin (INN); lumefantrine (INN); mefloquine (INN); piperaquine (INN); pyrimethamine (INN) or sulfadoxine (INN).
Additional CARICOM Guidelines.

1.

Heading 30.03 covers only medicaments consisting of mixtures of constituents for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, which are not in dosage form or in retail packages.

Heading 30.04 covers only medicaments, whether or not mixtures of constituents for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, which are in dosage form or in retail packings.

Medicaments, unmixed, not in dosage form or not in retail packings, are classified elsewhere, usually Chapter 29.
See also Note 3 to this Chapter.

2.

Headings 30.03 and 30.04 cover only products officially recognized as having therapeutic value, e.g.

those listed in an official pharmacopoeia or proprietary 203 medicines, in the form of gargles, eye drops, ointments, liniments, injections, counter-irritant and other preparations.

Products consisting of a mixture of plants or parts of plants or consisting of plants or parts of plants mixed with other substances, used for making herbal infusions or herbal .teas.
(e.g., those having laxative, purgative, diuretic or carminative properties), and claimed to offer relief from ailments or contribute to general health and well-being, are excluded from this Chapter and are usually classified in heading 21.06.

3.

This Chapter generally does not cover products considered to be folk or alternative medicine, In addition, foodstuffs or beverages, e.g., dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, tonic beverages or mineral waters are classified in their own Headings.
HS CET PR1 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS DUTY RATE UNIT SITC REV 4 30.01 Glands and other organs for organo- therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not 204 HS CET PR1 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS DUTY RATE UNIT SITC REV 4 3001.20 00 3001.90 00 30.02 3002.10 3002.11 00 3002.12 00 3002.13 00 3002.14 00 3002.15 00 3002.19 00 3002.20 00 3002.30 00 3002.30 10 3002.30 90 3002.90 00 powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo-therapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included.
- Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions - Other Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of microorganisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products.
- Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; - - Malaria diagnostic test kits - - Antisera and other blood fractions - - Immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale - - Immunological products, mixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale - - Immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale - - Other - Vaccines for human medicine - Vaccines for veterinary medicine: - - - Vaccines against foot and mouth disease - - - Other - Other 205 Free kg 541.622 Free kg 541.629 Free Free kg kg 541.631 541.6312 Free kg 541.6313 Free kg 541.6314 Free kg 541.6315 Free Free kg kg 541.6319 541.632 Free kg 541.633 Free Free kg kg 541.639 541.64 HS CET PR1 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS DUTY RATE UNIT SITC REV Free Free Free Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) 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.
- Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives: - - - Ampicillin (capsules or oral suspension) - - - Amoxicillin (capsules or oral suspension) - - - Other - Other, Containing antibiotics: - - - Tetracycline (capsules or skin ointment) Free Free - - - Chloraphenicol (capsules, oral suspension or optic drops) - - - Griseofulvin (tablets of a strength of 125 mg or 500 mg) - - - Nystatin (skin cream or skin ointment) Free - - - Other Free - Other, containing hormones or other products of heading 29.37: - - Containing insulin (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - - Other (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof: - - Containing ephedrine or its salts - - Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts - - Containing norephedrine or its salts - - - Other - Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter - Other: Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 206 kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg kg 542.111 542.112 542.119 542.121 542.122 542.123 542.124 542.129 542.21 542.22 542.319 542.319 542.319 542.914 542.319 HS CET PR1 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS 3003.90 10 3003.90 20 3003.90 30 3003.90 40 3003.90 50 3003.90 60 3003.90 70 3003.90 80 3003.90 90 - - - Containing paludrin (or 1-(p- chlorophenyl)-5-isopropyl-biguanide hydrochloride), atebrin (or mepacrin or mepacrine hydrochloride), pamaquin (or plasmoquine or pamaquin naphthoate) and aralen
 disphosphate (or chloroquine disphosphate) and other products or preparations of the kind mainly used for the treatment of Malaria, not containing antibiotics, hormones or alkaloids; containing salvarsan (or arsphenamine) (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - - - Containing vitamin A, D1, D2, D3 and injectibles or other products of heading 29.36, not containing antiniotics, hormones or alkaloids (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - Other vitamins - - - Containing paracetamol, aspirin, ibuprofen and
 indomethacin (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - - - Containing other analgesics (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - - - Containing sulpha drugs (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - - - Containing coughs and cold preparations; antacids (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - - - Containing salbutamol, ephedrine, theophylline, ephedrine HCL, phenobarbitone, chlorpheniramine maleate; propranolol, frusemide, hydro- chlorothiazide, hydralazine, methyldopa; diazepam, thioridazine; chlorpropamide, prednisolone, dexamethasone; oral rehydration powder; pilocarpine nitrate, timolol maleate and atropine sulphate (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - - - Other (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) 207 DUTY RATE UNIT SITC REV 4 Free kg 542.911 Free Kg 542.912 Free Free kg kg 542.913 542.914 Free kg 542.915 Free kg 542.916 Free kg 542.917 Free kg 542.918 Free kg 542.919 HS CET PR1 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS DUTY RATE UNIT SITC REV Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale.
- Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives: - - - Containing ampicillin (capsules or oral suspension) - - - Containing amoxicillin (capsules or oral suspension) - - - Other (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - Other, containing antibiotics: - - - Containing tetracycline (capsules or skin ointment) - - - Containing chloramphenicol (capsules, oral suspension or optic drops) - - - Containing griseofulvin (tablets of a strength of 125 mg or 500 mg) - - - Containing nystatin (skin cream or skin ointment) - - - Other (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - Other, containing hormones or other products of heading 29.37: - - Containing insulin - - Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues - - Other (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof: - - Containing ephedrine or its salts - - Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts - - Containing norephedrine or its salts - - Other - - - Containing quinine sulphate, quinine hydrochloride and quinine dihydrochloride 208 Free kg 542.131 Free kg 542.132 Free kg 542.139 Free kg 542.191 Free kg 542.192 Free kg 542.193 Free kg 542.194 Free kg 542.199 Free Free kg kg 542.23 542.24 Free kg 542.29 Free Free Free Free Free kg kg kg 542.3211 542.3212 542.3213 kg 542.321 HS CET PR1 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS DUTY RATE UNIT SITC REV 4 3004.49 90 3004.50 3004.50 10 3004.50 90 3004.90 00 3004.90 10 3004.90 20 3004.90 30 3004.90 40
 3004.90 50 3004.90 60 and all alkaloids (or salts thereof) derived from cinchona bark, but not including quinine compounded with other drugs - - - Other (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - Other, containing vitamins or other products of heading 29.36 - - - Containing vitamins A, D1, D2, D3 and injectibles - - - Containing other vitamins - Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter: - - - Containing paludrin (or 1-(p- chlorophenyl)-5- isopropylbiguanidide
 hydrochloride), atebrin (or mepacrin or mepacrine hydrochloride), pamaquin (or plasmoquine or pamaquin naphthoate) and aralen disphosphate (or chloroquine disphosphate) and other products or preparations of the kind mainly used for the treatment of malaria; containing salvarsan (or arsphenamine) (see Additional CARICOM Guideline 1) - - - Containing paracetamol, aspirin, caffeine, codeine, ibuprofen and indomethacin - - - Containing other analgesics - - - Containing sulpha drugs - - - Containing other coughs and cold preparations; containing antacids - - - Containing salbutamol, ephedrine, theophylline, ephedrine HCl, phenobarbitone, chlorpheniramine maleate; containing propranolol, frusemide, hydro- chlorothiazide, hydralazine, methyldopa; containing diazepam or thioridazine; containing chlorpropamide, prednisolone or 209 Free kg 542.329 Free kg 542.921 Free kg 542.922 Free kg 542.931 Free kg 542.932 Free Free Free kg kg kg 542.933 542.934 542.935 Free kg 542.936 HS CET PR1 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS DUTY RATE UNIT SITC REV 4 3004.90 70 3004.90 90 30.05 3005.10 00 3005.90 00 30.06 3006.10 00 3006.20 00 3006.30 00 3006.40 00 3006.50 00 3006.60 00 3006.70 00 3006.90 00 3006.91 00 dexamethasone; oral rehydration powder; containing pilocarpine nitrate, timolol maleate or atropine sulphate - - - Soft candles - - - Other Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or
 put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes.
- Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer - Other Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 4 to this Chapter.
- Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable - Blood-grouping reagents - Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient - Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements - First-aid boxes and kits - Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 29.37 or on spermicides - Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examination or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments - Other: - - Appliances identifiable for ostomy use 210 Free Free kg kg 542.937 542.939 10% kg 541.911 10% kg 541.919 Free kg 541.991 Free Free kg kg 541.92 541.93 Free kg 541.992 Free Free kg kg 541.993 541.994 Free kg 541.995 Free kg 541.997 HS CET PR1 DESCRIPTION OF GOODS DUTY RATE UNIT SITC REV 4 3006.92 00 - - Waste pharmaceuticals Free kg 541.996 211