Syringe import duty from China to the USA (2026) — HTS 9018.31.00.40

110%

HTS code 9018.31.00.40 · Syringe · origin China · data as of 2026-09-22

A shipment of syringe entering the United States from China is classified under HTS code 9018.31.00.40 and pays 110% total import duty on its customs value. That is the 0% normal (MFN) rate plus Section 301 and IEEPA country programme, each of which is a separate heading in Chapter 99 of the tariff schedule. The duty is worked out on the customs value of the goods, which is normally what you paid for them; freight, insurance, customs brokerage and any merchandise processing fee come on top and are not included in the figure above.

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How the rate is built up

LayerHeadingRateAs the schedule words it
Normal duty (MFN, column 1-General)9018.31.00.400%Free
Section 301 (China, 2024 four-year review)9903.91.03100%The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 100%
IEEPA country programme9903.01.2410%The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 10%
Total110%

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What each of these duties is

Normal duty (MFN, column 1-General)

The normal duty is the column 1-General rate the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sets for this code. Every country the United States trades with normally pays it unless a trade agreement or a preference programme says otherwise.

Section 301 (China, 2024 four-year review)

The 2024 four-year review of Section 301 added a second set of headings, covering goods such as batteries, solar cells, steel and aluminium products, medical goods and electric vehicles.

IEEPA country programme

The IEEPA duty is a country programme added under emergency economic powers. It is charged on top of the normal rate and is keyed to the country of origin, not to the product.

What the code rests on

Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments; parts and accessories thereof: > Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like; parts and accessories thereof: > Syringes, with or without needles; parts and accessories thereof > Syringes, with or without their needles: > Hypodermic

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