U.S. exports of Clinical Waste (SITC 59920) totaled $2.4M in August 2026.
Importers of Clinical Waste paid $8K in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 7.42% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule. Clinical Waste imports of $114K in August 2026 ran 38% above the year-to-date monthly average of $83K.
Last updated: August 2026 dataClinical waste—including sharps, pathological material, and other infectious or potentially infectious materials generated by healthcare facilities—is subject to stringent EPA and state-level hazardous-waste regulations that effectively prohibit routine commercial importation into the US. Cross-border movement requires compliance with RCRA hazardous-waste import rules, CDC and USDA APHIS permit requirements for biological materials, and DOT infectious-substance packaging and labeling standards. In practice, this category appears in US trade data primarily in the context of specialized research transfers or regulatory reporting rather than commercial trade flows.
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36 import shipments a month
Routine commercial importation of clinical waste for disposal is effectively prohibited under a combination of RCRA hazardous-waste import rules, state medical-waste regulations, and EPA enforcement policy. Limited transfers may occur under specific research or regulatory frameworks, but any such movement requires advance EPA notification, applicable CDC or APHIS permits for biological materials, and strict DOT packaging compliance for infectious substances.
Jurisdiction is shared across multiple agencies: EPA oversees hazardous-waste import requirements under RCRA; DOT regulates packaging, labeling, and transport of infectious substances; CDC issues permits for the importation of biological agents and etiologic agents; and USDA APHIS may be involved when animal-derived pathological material is present. Importers must coordinate compliance across all applicable agencies before any shipment.
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Basic heading 59920 · $2.4M of $26.2B
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Exports · August 2026
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Mexico and United Kingdom together take 100% of it.
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12-mo low · imports
Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $900K of Clinical Waste and exported $32.5M.
Through August 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.