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HS HEADING 6809

Plaster or compositions based on plaster; articles thereof

In plain English

This category includes items made from plaster or plaster-based mixtures, such as boards, sheets, panels, and tiles. The first group covers these flat articles if they are only faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard and have no decoration. A second group includes similar unornamented articles that do not use paper or paperboard for facing or reinforcement. Any other plaster items not fitting these descriptions fall into a final group for goods not elsewhere specified.

PARAPHRASE OF THE OFFICIAL HS 2022 TEXTS BELOW — NOT LEGAL ADVICE

6-digit subheadings (3)

Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.

6809.11

Plaster, or plaster compositions; boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only, not ornamented

6809.19

Plaster, or plaster compositions; boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, (other than faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only), not ornamented

6809.90

Plaster articles or articles of compositions based on plaster; n.e.c. in heading no. 6809

Chapter 68 classification notes

Chapter 68 includes asbestos-containing articles which are prohibited for personal-use imports in most destinations under occupational health rules.

Frequent misclassification in this chapter

Asbestos-cement vs. fibre-cement (modern non-asbestos) — same heading, different conformity rules.

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 database

Other headings in Chapter 68

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