Chapter 30 — Pharmaceutical products

Nepal Customs Tariff 2026/27 import duty rates and 59 HS code lines for Pharmaceutical products (Section VI — Products of the chemical or allied industries). Each code shows the general and SAARC customs duty; tap a code to open the full breakdown and landed-cost estimate.

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30.01 — Glands and other organs for organo therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not 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 speciflied or included

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
3001.20.00	Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions	kg	10%	6%
3001.90.00	Other	kg	10%	6%

30.02 — 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 micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; cell cultures, whether or not modified

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
3002.12.00	Antisera and other blood fractions	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.13.00	Immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.14.00	Immunological products, mixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.15.00	Immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.41.00	Vaccines for human medicine	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.42.00	Vaccines for veterinary medicin	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.49.00	Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products — Other	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.51.00	Cell therapy products	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.59.00	Cell cultures, whether or not modified — Other	nos/kg	Free	Free
3002.90.00	Other	nos/kg	5%	5%

30.03 — 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

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
3003.10.00	Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives	kg	15%	14%
3003.20.00	Other, containing antibiotics	kg	15%	14%
3003.31.00	Containing insulin	kg	15%	14%
3003.39.00	Other, containing hormones or other products of heading 29.37 — Other	kg	15%	14%
3003.41.00	Containing ephedrine or its salts	kg	15%	14%
3003.42.00	Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts	kg	15%	14%
3003.43.00	Containing norephedrine or its salts	kg	15%	14%
3003.49.00	Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Other	kg	15%	14%
3003.60.00	Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter	kg	15%	14%
3003.90.10	Homoeopathic medicaments (pure ayurvedic and yunani)	kg	10%	9%
3003.90.41	Battisa, Drakshasab, Trifala, Kabjahar, and Kesari Jeevan	kg	10%	9%
3003.90.49	Chyawanprash, Dashamularishta, Ashokaristh, Kalpasundari, Abhyaristh, Arjunarishth, Ashvagandharist, Mahamanjisathadi, Khadirarishth, Putajarist, Vidangasav, Kumaryasava, Usirasav, Lohasava, Pradarsudha, Punarnavaristh, Arvindasav, Sarasvataristh, Patrangasav and similar products.	kg	10%	9%
3003.90.50	Medicated Balm contained menthol or camphor and similar products	kg	10%	9%
3003.90.90	Battisa, Drakshasab, Trifala, Kabjahar, Chyawanprash, Kesari Jeevan, Dashamularista, Ashokarista, Kalpasundari and similar products — Other	kg	15%	14%

30.04 — 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 system) or in forms or packings for retail sale

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
3004.10.00	Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives	kg	15%	14%
3004.20.00	Other, containing antibiotics	kg	15%	14%
3004.31.00	Containing insulin	kg	15%	14%
3004.32.00	Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues	kg	15%	14%
3004.39.00	Other, containing hormones or other products of heading 29.37 — Other	kg	15%	14%
3004.41.00	Containing ephedrine or its salts	kg	15%	14%
3004.42.00	Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts	kg	15%	14%
3004.43.00	Containing norephedrine or its salts	kg	15%	14%
3004.49.00	Other, containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof — Other	kg	15%	14%
3004.50.00	Other, containing vitamins or other products of heading 29.36	kg	15%	14%
3004.60.00	Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter	kg	15%	14%
3004.90.10	Homoeopathic medicaments (Pure ayurvedic and yunani)	kg	10%	9%
3004.90.41	Battisa, Drakshasab, Trifala, Kabjahar, and Kesari Jeevan	kg	10%	9%
3004.90.49	Chyawanprash, Dashamularishta, Ashokaristh, Kalpasundari, Abhyaristh, Arjunarishth, Ashvagandharist, Mahamanjisathadi, Khadirarishth, Putajarist, Vidangasav, Kumaryasava, Usirasav, Lohasava, Pradarsudha, Punarnavaristh, Arvindasav, Sarasvataristh, Patrangasav and similar products.	kg	10%	9%
3004.90.50	Medicated Balm contained menthol or camphor and similar products	kg	10%	9%
3004.90.90	Battisa, Drakshasab, Trifala, Kabjahar, Chyawanprash, Kesari Jeevan, Dashamularishta, Ashokaristh, Kalpasundari and similar products — Other	kg	15%	14%

30.05 — 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

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
3005.10.10	Adhesive gauge	kg	10%	6%
3005.10.20	Adhesive plaster	kg	10%	6%
3005.10.30	Adhesive tape	kg	10%	6%
3005.10.90	Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer — Other	kg	10%	6%
3005.90.10	Medicated cotton wool	kg	10%	6%
3005.90.20	Bandage	kg	10%	6%
3005.90.30	Surgical tape	kg	10%	6%
3005.90.90	Other	kg	10%	6%

30.06 — Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 4 to this Chapter

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
3006.10.00	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	kg	5%	5%
3006.30.00	Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient	kg	5%	5%
3006.40.00	Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements	kg	10%	6%
3006.50.00	First-aid boxes and kits	kg	10%	6%
3006.60.00	Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones on other products of Heading 29.37 or on spermicides.	kg	Free	Free
3006.70.00	Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinay 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	kg	10%	6%
3006.91.00	Appliances identifiable for ostomy use	kg	10%	6%
3006.92.00	Waste pharmaceuticals	kg	10%	6%
3006.93.00	Placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses	kg	5%	5%

Chapter 30 legal notes

Notes. 1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) 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); (b) Products, such as tablets, chewing gum or patches (transdermal systems), containing nicotine and intended to assist tobacco use cessation (heading 24.04); (c) Plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 25.20); (d) Aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 33.01); (e) 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); (h) Blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 35.02);or (ij ) Diagnostic reagents of heading 38.22. 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; (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) Vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixtures of vegetable materials; and (3) 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) Placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for use in recognised clinical trials, put up in measured doses, even if they might contain active medicaments; (f) Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements; (g) First-aid boxes and kits; (h) Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 29.37 or on spermicides; (ij) 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; (k) Waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their originalintended purpose due to, for example, expiry of shelf life; and (l) Appliances identifiable for ostomy use, that is, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy pouches cut to shape and their adhesive wafers or faceplates. Subheading Notes. 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) The products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water or in other solvents; (2) The products mentioned in (a) and (b) (1) above with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation or transport; and (3) 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).

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