4811.90.90

Analysis

HTS 4811.90.90 covers other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibers: other under heading 4811 (paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibers, coated, impregnated…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 100% of the 225 tariff lines in chapter 48. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 32212 (Paper Mills), an industry of 188 US establishments employing 42,893 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

The ten-digit suffixes separate tissue papers having a basis weight not…, direct thermal coated paper and paper in sheets, lined or ruled, having…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.