Waste and scrap of paper and paperboard
In plain English
This category covers waste and scrap made from paper or paperboard. The items are sorted into groups based on their material composition and processing. One group includes unbleached kraft or corrugated paper, while another covers bleached chemical pulp that has not been colored. A third group consists of mechanical pulp products like newspapers, and a final group contains other types of paper waste not listed elsewhere or unsorted scrap.
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…