Waste and scrap of paper and paperboard
6-digit subheadings (4)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, of unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard
Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass
Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (e.g. newspapers, journals and similar printed matter)
Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, of paper or paperboard n.e.c. in heading no. 4707 and of unsorted waste and scrap
Chapter 47 classification notes
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Paper bags / packaging fall under Chapter 48 not 47.
Classification certainty
The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.
Binding tariff ruling databaseOther headings in Chapter 47
- 4701 — Wood pulp, mechanical wood pulp
- 4702 — Chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades
- 4703 — Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades
- 4704 — Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades
- 4705 — Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping…
- 4706 — Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or pape…