4802.20.10

Analysis

HTS 4802.20.10 covers in strips or rolls of a width exceeding 15 cm or in rectangular (including square) sheets with one side exceeding 36 cm and the other side exceeding 15 cm in… under heading 4802 (uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic…).

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 100% of the 225 tariff lines in chapter 48 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

The other lines in the same group are 4802.20.20 (basic paper to be sensitized for use in photography, duty-free) and 4802.20.40 (other: other, duty-free).

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 32212 (Paper Mills), an industry of 188 US establishments employing 42,893 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.