Code 3006 70 · Heading 3006

Gel preparations for human or animal treatment, used as surgical or examination lubricant or as a contact medium for medical instruments

This covers gel preparations for treating people or animals when they are used to lubricate body parts during surgery or physical examinations, or to provide contact between body parts and medical instruments.

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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

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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 3006 Pharmaceutical preparations and products of subhead… 6 of 6 headings under chapter 30
Which named category describes the product: sterile surgical or dental materials; X-ray contrast media or diagnostic reagents; dental or bone-fracture cement; a first-aid kit; chemical contraceptives; a medical gel lubricant or contact gel; a stoma-care article; pharmaceutical waste; or a placebo or equipment kit for an acknowledged clinical trial?
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Step 4 · Subheading 3006 70 Gel preparations designed to be used in human or v… 6 of 9 subheadings under heading 3006
Which named category best describes the product: a gel preparation for human or animal treatment used as a surgical or examination lubricant or as contact between body parts and medical instruments; sterile sutures or wound-closing tissue glue; an X-ray contrast or diagnostic reagent; dental or fracture cement; a first-aid kit; a chemical contraceptive; a stoma-care article; pharmaceutical waste; or a placebo or clinical-trial set?

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3006 70 00 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 Duty free Save

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3006 10 Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials, incl. 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 0.0%
3006 30 Opacifying preparations for x-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents for administration to patients 0.0%
3006 40 Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements 0.0%
3006 50 First-aid boxes and kits 0.0%
3006 60 Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes, derivatives and structural analogues thereof or on spermicides 0.0%
3006 70 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 you are here 0.0%
3006 91 Appliances identifiable for ostomy use 0.0%
3006 92 Waste pharmaceuticals 0.0%
3006 93 Placebos and blinded or double-blinded clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses 0.0%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

30.06.7000

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

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

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

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

3006 70 00 00

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

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

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

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 9, 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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Appliances identifiable for ostomy use

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