Pharmaceutical products covered in the Pharmaceutical Zero-for-Zero Initiative can be imported either as bulk active ingredients or in dosage forms that can be packaged for retail sale. Products in dosage form are generally classified under chapter 30 of the HTS, where most of the subheadings are duty-free. Many of the bulk pharmaceutical active ingredients and chemical intermediates are classified under HTS subheadings that also contain non-pharmaceutical products and have rates of duty ranging from 0 to percent ad valorem. In order for pharmaceutical products classified under these HTS subheadings to be imported free of duty, they must.
