4802

Analysis

Heading 4802 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other…. It divides into 11 six-digit subheadings and 43 eight-digit tariff lines, with 56 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 43 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The largest subheadings are 4802.55 (weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150…, 6 lines), 4802.56 (weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150…, 6 lines), 4802.54 (weighing less than 40 g/m², 5 lines) and 4802.61 (in rolls, 5 lines).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Paper Mills (32212), Paperboard Mills (322130) and Stationery Product Manufacturing (322230). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.