4816

Analysis

Heading 4816 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those of heading 4809), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put up in boxes. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 2 eight-digit tariff lines, with 2 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 2 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 4816.20 (unnamed, 1 line) and 4816.90 (unnamed, 1 line).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Office Supplies (except Paper) Manufacturing (339940). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 50th percentile of the headings in chapter 48.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.